Trump’s First 100 Days: The Economic Agenda

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The first 100 days of President Trump’s second term have come with a wide range of changes for the nation’s economy and global supply chains. Could these changes lead to a more prosperous America, or hardship for individuals and businesses? In partnership with Bloomberg, five renowned economists look at President Trump’s economic agenda during his first 100 days and discuss tariffs as a strategy, whether deregulation is good for growth, and whether the President's "medicine" means a recession. Jason Furman, Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; Professor at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Allison Schrager, Economist, Bloomberg Opinion Contributor & Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute Stephen Moore, Former Senior Economic Advisor to President Trump; Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation; Co-founder of Unleash Prosperity Mariana Mazzucato, Professor of Economics at University College London; Author of "Mission Economy" Jeff Ferry, Chief Economist Emeritus at the Coalition for a Prosperous America; Previous Tech Executive Mishal Husain, Editor-at-Large for Bloomberg Weekend, is the guest moderator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.6	This is open to debate. I'm John Donvan. Hi, everybody. For a special episode recorded live
0:36.3	at Bloomberg headquarters in New York City to mark Donald Trump's 100th day in office, this one moderated by Michelle Hussein, award-winning journalist and also author of two books, including Broken Threads. She is also editor-at-large for Bloomberg Weekend. And now Trump's first 100 days, the economic agenda.
0:55.9	Hello, on behalf of Bloomberg and open to debate, a warm welcome from me, Michelle Hussein,
1:01.1	to this discussion of the past 100 days and the economic future ahead.
1:06.8	Through three key questions, we are going to look at the choices made since January the 20th
1:12.2	and here some very different views on what they mean.
1:16.2	The open-to-debat unresolved format, which you're about to see, is going to involve yes-no responses
1:22.1	and short explanations before we get into discussion on each of the questions.
1:27.8	So, let us meet the debaters.
1:29.9	Let me begin with you, Stephen Moore, economist.
1:33.3	You were an advisor to Donald Trump in his first presidential term,
1:37.0	co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity.
1:40.1	It favours low taxes, repealing regulation, reigning in spending.
1:44.0	And you are also the co-author of the Trump Economic Miracle, which was published last year.
1:49.3	Welcome, Stephen.
1:51.5	Next to Stephen is Marianna Mazukato, a professor in the economics of innovation and public value at University College London.
1:59.6	The author most recently of Mission Economy,
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