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Why Industrial Policy Is (Almost) Always a Bad Idea (with Scott Sumner)

· 1 h 29 min · Episode 975

Episode Why Industrial Policy Is (Almost) Always a Bad Idea (with Scott Sumner)

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Tariffs are in the air. Will they help or hurt Americans? Listen as economist Scott Sumner makes the case against tariffs and various other forms of government intervention that go by the name of industrial policy. Along the way he looks at some of the history of worrying about the economic and military dangers posed by foreign countries.

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