The Biden administration is aiming to triple tariffs on Chinese steel to protect U.S. manufacturers. Sound familiar? We’ll explain who is actually paying the price and what raising tariffs would mean for U.S. workers. We’ll also get into why economic data doesn’t always translate into how voters view the economy, especially in an election year. And, what the buzz over the popular animated series “Bluey” is all about.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
Join us tomorrow for Economics on Tap! The YouTube livestream starts at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time, 6:30 p.m. Eastern. We’ll have news, drinks, and play a round of Half Full/Half Empty!
Crypto goes to court
Consumers are still living it up
Washington’s looming deadlines (note the plural)
The sliver of the federal budget Congress is fighting over
Musk and the military industrial complex
The real problem with passing the federal budget
Why big GOP money matters less than ever
Corruption is a bipartisan problem
What a shock to the economy could mean right now
AI and its role in elections
The clash of Bidenomics and MAGAnomics
What’s happening in Congress is not normal
The quest for a perfect smile
What happened to stakeholder capitalism?
Air conditioning and political dysfunction
What you need to know about ranked choice voting
Retail theft and capitalism today
Our 1,000th episode!
What happened to economic conservatism?
A new demographic reality is coming
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