Mike talks with Binyamin Appelbaum, who writes about economics and business for the editorial page of the New York Times. From 2010 - 2019 he was a Washington correspondent for the Times, covering economic policy in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis. They discuss his recently released book: The Economists' Hour.
After the interview, Jay joins Mike to provide a conservative perspective.
Topics Mike & Binyamin discuss include:
why markets are wonderful
Keynesianism, monetarism, and supply side economics
the massive influence of Milton Friedman
fine-tuning the economic machine
balancing unemployment and inflation
the shifting value of a human life
why we shouldn’t reinstate 20th century financial regulations
President Trump’s ‘turtle shell nationalism’
defending Alan Greenspan
and lots more!
Binyamin Appelbaum’s NYT Columns
Binyamin Appelbaum on Twitter
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