Episode 95: The Unalloyed Case for Free Markets — with Dominic Pino

About this episode

Charles discusses economic topics with Dominic Pino before his move to the Washington Post.

On episode 95, Charles takes his last chance to talk to Dominic Pino as a colleague before Dominic heads to the Washington Post. Among the topics they discuss are whether free markets are superior to the alternatives; whether tariffs are a good or a bad idea—and what the exceptions should be; whether industrial policy can work; what to do about America's massive national debt; whether it's a bad move to keep cutting taxes; and whether Dominic is optimistic about our economic future.

People in this episode

Host: Charles C. W. Cooke

Guest: Dominic Pino

Topics covered

• free markets
• tariffs
• industrial policy
• national debt
• tax cuts
• economic future

Keywords

• free markets
• tariffs
• industrial policy
• national debt
• tax cuts
• economic optimism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington Post

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