Tariff Terrorism

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute and a general tariff expert, took some time out of his very busy schedule to talk to Jonah Goldberg about Trump’s trade-deficit delusions,why reciprocal tariffs will harm the United States, and the likelihood of increased inflation as trade tensions rise. Show Notes: —Scott’s Capitolism newsletter for The Dispatch —Scott’s column on trade deficits The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Jonah’s G-File newsletter, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:18.0	My name is a Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention?
1:20.9	Can you digger? Greetings your listeners. This is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant podcast, brought to you by the Dispatch and Dispatch Media.
1:34.1	So I've been making this joke for a while now that Scott Linsicum, author of our terrific capitalism newsletter and a fancy pants vice president at the Cato Institute these days.
1:45.7	And before that, he was once upon a time just a lowly caveman trade lawyer.
1:50.0	But now he's like a trade scholar, bestrides the earth like a colossus.
1:56.9	I've been making a joke for a very long time that one day he found a monkey paw, picked it up, and made a wish and said, I just wish people cared about my issues more.
2:07.1	Why don't people feel so marginalized in political discourse? Why can't people care more about trade?
2:14.4	And the little crooked ethereal finger on the monkey bends down and grants his wish and here
2:21.0	we are so scott linscomb how's it going uh it's busy it is busy the um the monkey's paw
2:30.8	is doing its thing um i the way i put it is you, I rubbed the genie and I just asked, I wish I were popular.
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