The Unseen Costs of Protectionism and the Value of Free Trade

Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute and a general tariff expert, took some time out of his very busy schedule to talk to Jonah Goldberg about Trump’s trade-deficit delusions,why reciprocal tariffs will harm the United States, and the likelihood of increased inflation as trade tensions rise.

Show Notes:

—Scott’s Capitolism newsletter for The Dispatch

—Scott’s column on trade deficits

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