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Podcast: History Unplugged Podcast
Episode: Did Tariffs Make America a Manufacturing Powerhouse Or Trigger Economic Misery and Stifle Global Trade?ads)
Description: At a time when debates over tariffs, regulation, and the scope of government are back at center stage. Is this time in American history unprecedented, or can we find parallels in the past? For example, has trade âhollowed outâ U.S. manufacturingâor have fact tariffs like the Corn Laws in Britain hurt working-class families the most? Was the Great Depression a failure of capitalismârather than a policy crisis worsened by poor monetary responses and overreach? Todayâs guest is Phil Gramm, a former U.S. Senator and author of âThe Triumph of Economic Freedom.â We look at five pe...