Freakonomics Radio

533. Will the Democrats “Make America Great Again”?

Feb 9, 2023

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The Biggest Problem in America

01:53

Is This a Corporate Welfare on Steroids?

01:57

Trade With China, Trade With the United States

01:58

Introduction

2min

The Hidden Side of Everything on Freakonomics Radio

3min

Investing in Communities That Need It

4min

The Commerce Department - What Is It?

2min

The Chips and Science Act - President Biden's Big Vision

2min

Is This a Corporate Welfare on Steroids?

2min

I Don't Like Giving Money to Big Companies, Okay?

3min

Is It a Blank Check?

2min

Is There a Need for Low Wage Noncompetes?

2min

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What Does All This Mean for the US and China?

4min

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Trade With China, Trade With the United States

2min

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Are You Double-Dipping?

2min

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We Need Chips in America

2min

14.

Do You Think Secretary of State Blinken Is Heading Over?

5min

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Biden's Chief Economic Policy Maker, Brian Deese, Will Be Leaving the White House

1min

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Investing in America, Infrastructure, and Clean Energy, Et Cetera

5min

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The Government Is Not Good at Picking Winners

4min

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Share on the Upside

2min

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The Biggest Problem in America

2min

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When Are You Running for President?

2min

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The Maid for Radio Answer or the Real Honest Answer?

4min

For decades, the U.S. let globalization run its course and hoped China would be an ally. Now the Biden administration is spending billions to bring high-tech manufacturing back home. Is this the beginning of a new industrial policy — or just another round of corporate welfare?