31: Trade Wars and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff: What Really Happened?

20/03/2018

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Episode Synopsis

Keynes and Bown speak with Douglas Irwin (PIIE and Dartmouth College) about popular misconceptions around the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, the Great Depression, and the global trade wars that ensued. They discuss how the...