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20 - Douglas Irwin on Free Trade, the Gold Standard, and American Economic History

Macro Musings with David Beckworth

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Analysis of US Economic Development and Trade Policies

Exploring how high tariffs played a role in the US industrialization alongside other factors like technology transfer, capital markets, and immigration, showing that despite tariffs, the US had advantages like access to technology, a competitive market, and efficient producers.

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