Podcast appearances and mentions of Gordon Hanson

Join the Federalist Society for a debate on the role of tariffs during the Trump administration and their lasting impact on trade policy. This panel will explore the economic and legal implications of the administration’s tariff strategy, its effects on American businesses and consumers, and the broader consequences for international trade relations. Experts will discuss whether these policies strengthened U.S. industries or imposed unnecessary burdens, the historical context of tariffs in American economic policy, and what lessons can be drawn for future administrations. Attendees will gain insight into the constitutional and policy considerations surrounding executive trade authority and the broader debate over protectionism versus free trade.Featuring:Mark DiPlacido, Policy Adviser, American CompassProf. Gordon Hanson, Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy, Harvard Kennedy SchoolModerator: Eric J. Kadel, Jr., Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

The “China Shock”—triggered by the country's entry into the World Trade Organization—devastated America's heartland, causing a sudden exodus of manufacturing jobs and disrupting the communities that depended on them. Promoters of globalization promised “better” jobs would take their place. Nearly 25 years later, has that happened?David Autor, professor of economics at MIT and co-author of the famous “China Shock” paper, joins Oren to talk about the effects of free trade on America's working class. They also examine Autor's latest paper, which highlights that the new jobs in the hardest-hit communities often don't provide the pay or stability that the jobs outsourced by globalization did—and, even worse, that many former workers lack access to these jobs altogether. Plus, they explore the rise of automation in manufacturing and the implications of AI for American workers.Further reading:"Places versus People: The Ins and Outs of Labor Market Adjustment to Globalization" by David Autor, David Dorn, et al. "The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade" by David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson

President Trump's on-again, off-again tariff announcements sent stock markets plunging. On this week's On the Media, how to make sense of the ever-changing news about the economy. Plus, the policy behind the ‘Make America Healthy Again' rhetoric.[01:00] Host Micah Loewinger speaks with Gordon Hanson, an economist at Harvard University's Kennedy School, about President Trump's “America First” vision and the potential consequences of his chaotic tariff scheme.[17:22] Micah sits down with Mark Blyth, a professor at Brown University, who explains the rhetoric about short term pain for long term gains, and what to make of the economy right now. [35:07] Host Brooke Gladstone speaks with Helena Bottemiller Evich, Editor-in-Chief of Food Fix, to trace the complicated relationship between Republicans and food policy, from the Obama era to RFK Jr.'s “Make America Healthy Again” plan.   Further reading:“Track One Car Part's Journey Through the U.S., Canada and Mexico—Before Tariffs” by By Vipal Monga Follow and Santiago Pérez“Washington's New Trade Consensus (And What It Gets Wrong),” by Gordon Hanson“Austerity Is Back – and More Dangerous Than Ever,” by Mark Blyth“Republicans propel MAHA agenda with wave of state legislation,” by Helena Bottemiller Evich On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.

Kamala Harris has come under fire for ignoring interview requests from the press. On this week's On the Media, the debate over whether giving media access actually helps inform voters. Plus, a guide to understanding election polls, and how they've evolved since the failures of 2016 and 2020.[01:00] Host Brooke Gladstone explores a rising complaint from some in the political press that Vice President Kamala Harris isn't engaging enough with reporters, featuring: Perry Bacon Jr., Washington Post columnist, Matt Bai, a journalist at the Washington Post who has interviewed many presidential candidates, and David Lurie, a contributing writer for Public Notice.[19:57] Host Micah Loewinger speaks to Courtney Kennedy, Vice President of Methods and Innovation at Pew Research Center, to reassess our Breaking News Consumer's Handbook on polls and answer the age-old question: should we care about them at all?[34:26] Host Micah Loewinger speaks with Gordon Hanson, an economist and a co-director of the Reimagining the Economy Project at Harvard University's Kennedy School, about why tariffs have rebounded in political popularity amongst Democrats and Republicans. Further reading:“Harris should talk to journalists more. Particularly the wonky ones,” by Perry Bacon Jr.“The media gets nothing from Kamala Harris. That's mostly on us,” by Matt Bai“Kamala Harris is cutting off Trump's political oxygen,” by David Lurie“Key things to know about U.S. election polling in 2024,” by Scott Keeter and Courtney Kennedy“Washington's New Trade Consensus: And What It Gets Wrong,” by Gordon Hanson On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.

In this podcast episode dedicated to the new edition of the Handbook of Labor Economics, Gordon Hanson (Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School) and David Dorn (UBS Foundation Professor of Globalization and Labor Markets at the University of Zurich) discuss the current state of globalization and its impact on the labor market. The speakers debate the effectiveness of tariffs and protectionism, suggesting that they often fail to create jobs and can lead to retaliatory measures, exacerbating job losses. They conclude with a call for policymakers to consider the evidence against protectionist policies and to focus on strategies that genuinely support workers and promote innovation in the face of economic changes. Follow us and stay informed:

Welcome to this week's episode of "The Mixtape with Scott”! This podcast is dedicated to capturing the personal stories of living economists and creating an oral history of the profession through these narratives. This week, I'm excited to welcome David Autor, an esteemed labor economist from MIT, where he serves as the Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor, as well as the Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow. He was also last year's VP of the AEA, is on the Foreign Affairs board of the US State Department, and is a Digital Fellow at Stanford Digital Economy Lab. The number of accolades is too numerous to list, though, so I will just say that David's pioneering work in labor economics, particularly on the impact of trade, technological change, and the computerization of work, has significantly shaped and re-shaped our understanding of these critical areas.David Autor is perhaps best known for his influential research on the economic impacts of globalization and technological advancements. His groundbreaking study with David Dorn and Gordon Hanson on the effects of Chinese trade on U.S. labor markets highlighted the deep and often painful economic adjustments faced by local labor markets exposed to import competition. Additionally, his work on the computerization of labor, including studies on skill-biased technological change, has provided crucial insights into how technological advancements reshape the labor market and wage structures.One of the things you'll learn in the interview, just as a teaser, is that David was mentored by Lawrence Katz and Alan Krueger, and that mentorship had a lasting effect. Not only did it changed his own human capital and trajectory, it seems also that it changed David's own attitudes about mentorship. And although we couldn't delve into artificial intelligence in our conversation, Autor's extensive research on the computerization of labor probably positions him as one of a handful of working economists at the moment whose voice will be kay in understanding the future intersections of AI and labor economics, and probably more than that. So with that I'll stop, but thanks again to everyone for all your support. If you like the podcast, please share it!Scott's Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Scott's Substack at causalinf.substack.com/subscribe

China's share of manufacturing exports rose from just over 1% of the world's total in 1990, to almost one-fifth today. Research by Gordon Hanson and his co-authors documented how the 'China Shock' led to factory closures and job losses in places that had been producing apparel, shoes, furniture, simple electronics, and other goods that China now exported. Tariffs on Chinese goods in 2018 and 2019 did not reverse these effects and lead to job recovery. But, despite this, Hanson shows there was a political benefit to these trade restrictions. Gordon is the Peter Wertheim Professor of Urban Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he co-directs the Reimagining the Economy Project.

Gordon Hanson is the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). He is also chair of the Social and Urban Policy Area at HKS, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Gordon's current research addresses the causes and consequences of regional job loss, effectiveness of place-based policies in alleviating regional economic distress, and the labour market consequences of the energy transition. This work is part of the Reimagining the Economy project at HKS, which Gordon co-directs with Dani Rodrik. In this podcast we discuss the rise of China and its impact on the US, whether WTO entry mattered and which sectors played by the rules, comparing the rise of Japan and Asia Tigers, and much more.    Follow us here for more amazing insights: https://macrohive.com/home-prime/ https://twitter.com/Macro_Hive https://www.linkedin.com/company/macro-hive

A majority of Americans believe that the economy is in a recession even though it's not. On this week's On the Media, hear why there's a mismatch between facts and feelings about the economy. Plus, how the outlandish claims of AI companies often go unchecked by the press.[01:09] Host Micah Loewinger interviews Jeanna Smialek of The New York Times about whether the ‘vibecession' is back and the factors that are shaping negative perceptions of the economy.[14:41] Micah speaks with Gordon Hanson, economist at Harvard University's Kennedy School, about how President Biden has adopted, and even escalated, former President Trump's tariffs on China, and why the political narratives around tariffs don't always match up with the economic realities.[29:29] Lastly, Micah breaks down media hype about AI. According to Sam Harnett, a former tech reporter, journalists are repeating lazy tropes about the future of work that once boosted companies like Uber, Airbnb, and Fiverr. Plus, Julia Angwin, founder of Proof News, debunks fantastical claims by AI companies about their software. And Paris Marx, host of Tech Won't Save Us, explains how AI leaders like Sam Altman use the press to lobby regulators and investors.Further reading:“High Interest Rates Are Hitting Poorer Americans the Hardest,” by Ben Casselman and Jeanna Smialek“Washington's New Trade Consensus,” by Gordon Hanson“How Tech Media Helped Write Gig Companies into Existence,” by Sam Harnett“Press Pause on the Silicon Valley Hype Machine,” by Julia Angwin“AI is Fueling a Data Center Boom. It Must Be Stopped," by Paris Marx On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.

This week, President Biden announced major new tariffs on $18 billion worth of imports from China. The goods that will be affected include batteries, steel, aluminum, and semiconductors. Tariffs on electric vehicles will go up from 25 percent to 100 percent. These new tariffs signal a reversal from Biden's messaging on tariffs during the 2020 campaign, and also a reversal of a decades-long consensus in Washington that lower tariffs are better for the American economy. To understand how we got here, Micah spoke with Gordon Hanson, an economist and a co-director of the Reimagining the Economy Project at Harvard University's Kennedy School.Further reading:Help for the Heartland? The Employment and Electoral Effects of the Trump Tariffs in the United StatesWashington's New Trade Consensus On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.

How does place-based policy work, and what can it deliver? Gordon Hanson has spent many years studying the economic importance of where people live, and what policy can do to improve those places. He talks to Tim Phillips and what has historically succeeded and failed in US cities, and how that knowledge can be applied elsewhere.

Key Insights:* Critics: Cato-style libertarians, including AEI's Michael Strain. The last die-hard classic Milton Friedman-style economic libertarians—and starting in 1975, Milton Friedman would say, every three years, that the Swedish social democratic model was going to collapse in the next three years.* Critics: Progressives—Biden is a tool of the neoliberals, and secretly Robert Rubin in disguise. People like David Dayen. They seem to be going through the motions—half-heartedly making their arguments to try to shift the Overton Window, but knowing deep down that Biden is about as good as they are going to get* Critics: Ezra Klein and the other supply-side progressives, worried that Bidenomics in danger of supporting too much procedural obstacles through “community engagement” and “consensus building”, and will wind up pissing its money away without boosting America's productive capacity.* Critics: The Economist magazine and some of the people at the Financial Times, writing about how the Biden administration's policies are “mismanaging the China relationship” and raising “troubling questions”—that decoupling will never work, that Chinese manufactured products are too good and too cheap to pass up; that you can't correct for for externalities; & c.* Critics: Macro policy was unwise, inflationary, and pissed away on income support resources that ought to have been used to boost industrial development. But Biden may skate through because he was undeservedly lucky.* The real critique: Implementation—the U.S. government does not have the state capacity to pick or subsidize “winners” in the sense of companies whose activities have large positive externalities.* To deal with (6), supporters of Bidenomics need to (a) figure out what the limits of U.S. state capacity are, and (b) shape CHIPS and IRA spending to stay within them; meanwhile, critics need to (c) come up with evidence of overreach on attempts to use state capacity to do things.* What is valid in the criticisms of Bidenomics is part of a more general critique—that we have a society in which there are limited sources of social power, namely, primarily money, secondarily a somewhat threadbare rule of law, tertiarily a somewhat shredded state administrative staff. We need other sources of social power—like unions, civic organizations, and so forth that aren't just politicians and NGOs that use direct-to-donor advertising to terrorize and guilt-trip their funders, and that take government money and use it to do nothing constructive at all.* Friendshoring rather than onshoring.* Japan is potentially an enormous productive asset for the U.S. to draw on.* And, of course: Hexapodia!References:* Libby Cantrill & al.: CHIPS & Science Act ‘The Closest We've Had to Industrial Policy' in Decades…* Economist: The lessons from America's astonishing economic record: ‘The more that Americans think their economy is a problem in need of fixing, the more likely their politicians are to mess up…. Subsidies… risk dulling market incentives to innovate… [and] will also entrench wasteful and distorting lobbying …* Economist: The world is in the grip of a manufacturing delusion: ‘How to waste trillions of dollars…. Governments… view… factories as a cure for the ills of the age—including climate change, the loss of middle-class jobs, geopolitical strife and weak economic growth—with an enthusiasm and munificence surpassing anything seen in decades…* Henry Farrell: Industrial policy and the new knowledge problem: ‘Modern industrial policy… [requires] investment and innovation decisions [that] involve tradeoffs that market actors are poorly equipped to resolve…. [Yet] we lack the kinds of expertise that we need…. This lack of knowledge is in large part a perverse by-product of the success of Chicago economists' rhetoric…. Elite US policy schools… have by and large converged on a framework derived from a watered down version of neoclassical economics…. New skills, including but not limited to network science, material science and engineering, and use of machine learning would be one useful contribution towards solving the new knowledge problem…* Rana Foroohar: New rules for business in a post-neoliberal world: ‘“Reimagining the Economy”… by economists Dani Rodrik and Gordon Hanson…. The Roosevelt Institute… progressive politicos (many from within the administration) gathered to discuss the details of America's industrial policy… the opposite of trickle-down…* Andy Haldane: The global industrial arms race is just what we need: ‘Manufacturing is undergoing a revival around the world…. An arms race to invest in decarbonising technologies is in fact exactly what the world needs to tackle two global externalities—the climate crisis and the investment drought…* Greg Ip: This Part of Bidenomics Needs More Economics: Massive sums are being spent on industrial policy with little guidance from economic theory or research…* Réka Juhász & al.: The Who, What, When, and How of Industrial Policy: A Text-Based Approach: ‘We create an automated classification algorithm and categorize policies from a global database…* Ezra Klein & Robinson Meyer: Biden's Anti-Global Warming Industrial Policy After One Year…* Anne O. Krueger: Why Is America Undercutting Japan?: ‘United States… wasteful, inefficient industrial policies…. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the CHIPS and Science Act… directly threaten the Japanese economy (and many other US “friends”)…* Paul Krugman: ‘I guess I shouldn't be surprised that there's pushback against the observation of a Biden manufacturing boom…. The usual suspects claimed that a green energy transition would require huge economic sacrifice. Seeing this much investment in response to subsidies that are still only a fraction of 1% of GDP suggests otherwise…* Nathaniel Lane & Rék Juhász: Economics Must Catch Up on Industrial Policy: ‘Industrial policy… is back in a big way…. Governments are trying to improve the performance of key business sectors. Can they manage to do so without subverting competition and subsidizing special interests?…* Dani Rodrik: An Industrial Policy for Good Jobs: ‘A modern approach to industrial policy must… target “good-jobs externalities,” in addition to the traditional learning, technological, and national security considerations…* Noah Smith: ‘David Dayen and Marshall Steinbaum completely misrepresented Ezra Klein's "supply-side liberal" position. This is not good faith debate at all…* Noah Smith: ‘Oh, and notice that this framing [from David Dayen]—“The claim made here is that the dumb U.S. workforce fell behind, and now TSMC has to make up for it with Taiwanese workers…”—treats job skills as a test of inborn IQ, rather than something that has to be learned and taught. Wild…* Noah Smith: ‘Neoliberalism: a thread…. Markets as the fundamental generators of prosperity, and government as the way to distribute that prosperity more equitably…. Government can't shoulder the entire burden…. We need additional, quasi-independent institutions, like unions…. Industrial policy is underrated, both at the national and the local level. Neoliberalism under-emphasizes science policy, for example. I want a Big Push for science-driven growth…. Can the government "pick winners"? Yes. The government *must* pick winners. Green energy and other zero-carbon technologies being chief among the things we must pick…* Michael Spence: In Defense of Industrial Policy: ‘The real question is not whether industrial policy is worth pursuing, but how to do it well…+, of course:* Vernor Vinge: A Fire Upon the Deep  Get full access to Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality at braddelong.substack.com/subscribe

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Gordon Hanson and Harvard Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability James Stock say an important part of the green energy transition will be mitigating its effects on employment, both in the United States and overseas. Talking about the clean energy transition can conjure up images of commuters using sleek electric trains and electric cars powered by the sun and wind, and of workers with good-paying jobs installing the infrastructure of the future. But the outlook for communities that are economically tied to the fossil fuel economy that will be left behind isn't quite as sunny.  Stock is director of Harvard's Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, which brings together researchers from around the university to collaborate on climate solutions. Hanson is co-director of the Reimagining the Economy Project at the Kennedy School's Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy. They say making the green energy transition is urgent and vital, but to do it successfully will mean planning a different sort of transition for almost a million workers in just the American fossil fuel extraction and refining industries alone—not to mention millions of workers further up the fossil fuel ecosystem. Thanks to previous economic shocks like globalization, automation, and the decline of the coal industry, we've seen first-hand the devastation that large-scale job loss can wreak on one-industry cities and company towns. Hanson and Stock say harnessing the lessons from those prior transitions can help power a future that's both green and inclusively prosperous.Gordon Hanson is the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. He is also Chair of the Social and Urban Policy Area at HKS, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Hanson received his PhD in economics from MIT in 1992 and his BA in economics from Occidental College in 1986. Prior to joining Harvard in 2020, he held the Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations at UC San Diego, where he was founding director of the Center on Global Transformation. In his scholarship, Hanson studies the labor market consequences of globalization. He has published extensively in top economics journals, is widely cited for his research by scholars from across the social sciences and is frequently quoted in major media outlets. Hanson's current research addresses how the China trade shock has affected US local labor markets, the causes and consequences of international migration, and the origins of regional economic divides.James H. Stock is Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University; the Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School. His current research includes energy and environmental economics with a focus on fuels and on U.S. climate change policy. He is co-author, with Mark Watson, of a leading undergraduate econometrics textbook. In 2013-2014 he served as Member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, where his portfolio included macroeconomics and energy and environmental policy. He was Chair of the Harvard Economics Department from 2007-2009. He holds a M.S. in statistics and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.Ralph Ranalli of the HKS Office of Public Affairs and Communications is the host, producer, and editor of HKS PolicyCast. A former journalist, public television producer, and entrepreneur, he holds an AB in Political Science from UCLA and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University.The co-producer of PolicyCast is Susan Hughes. Design and graphics support is provided by Lydia Rosenberg, Delane Meadows and the OCPA Design Team. Social media promotion and support is provided by Natalie Montaner and the OCPA Digital Team. 

Gordon Hanson of the Harvard Kennedy School discusses how increasing the number of work visas issued for skilled and unskilled labor could help curb the short-term problem of inflation while ensuring the US economy remains competitive over the long-term. America Needs More Immigration to Defeat Inflation, an article Gordon co-authored with Matthew J. Slaughter of Dartmouth, can be found here: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/america-needs-more-immigration-defeat-inflation For additional commentary on this episode and other issues of the day, sign up for YDHTY's email newsletter here: www.ydhty.com/news

Welcome to the Harvard Center for International Development's Beyond COVID podcast. This podcast is a series of conversations with CID faculty experts on various key dimensions of COVID response and recovery. Our goal with these conversations, and with CID's Beyond COVID research initiative, is to make use of lessons learned and capitalize on emergent innovations sparked by the pandemic in order to address losses and reimagine global development in the post-COVID era. On June 5, 2022, we were joined by Gordon Hanson, the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. CID Student Ambassador Eiffy Luo sat down with Gordon to discuss global labor market macro-policy and economic growth post-COVID.

Special Guest Dr. Gordon Hanson, co-author of On the Persistence of the China Shock,  joins us to discuss his research. He's looked at the Chinese economic transformation from 1990 onwards and has discovered fascinating insights into what the U.S. got wrong in dealing with it -- and what we can learn from those mistakes. One big finding is that the impact was, and still is, very different depending on where in the U.S. you live.Next, a new Pew Research study of 17 countries with advanced economies and how their citizens view different aspects of America. Some of the highlighted topics in the study are our healthcare system, model of democracy, discrimination, military, and approval of the President. Spoiler alert! It ain't pretty.Finally, our fun fact is just in time for Thanksgiving! You are definitely going to want to stay to get a piece of this one!Dr. Gordon Hanson is the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and co-editor of 3 publications, including the Journal of Economic Perspectives. Find more of his research here.Follow Dr. Gordon Hanson on Twitter: @gordon_h_hanson About Poll HubEach week, Poll Hub goes behind the science to explain how polling works, what polls really show, and what the numbers really mean. Poll Hub is produced by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, home of America's leading independent college public opinion poll, the Marist Poll.Lee Miringoff (Director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion), Barbara Carvalho (Director of the Marist Poll), and Jay DeDapper (Director of Innovation at the Marist Poll) dig deep to give you a look at the inner workings of polls and what they tell us about our world, our country, and ourselves.

It's All Been Done Radio Hour #319  Mystery Dream Team #7 "Change of Hart"    Jackie leads the team to find a missing pop star, and loses quite a bit in the process.    A comedy radio show originally performed Saturday, October 10, 2020 streaming online.   STARRING  Samantha Stark as Jackie Watts  Nick Arganbright as Gordon Hanson  Seamus Talty as Violet Swallows  GUEST-STARRING James Blackmon as Iole  Scott Wilson as Caden Hart  Ashley Collins as Jackie's Mom  Dan Condo as Jackie's Dad    Narrated by Darren Esler  Foley Artist Seamus Talty   Podcast edited by Chris Allen  Created by Jerome Wetzel  Written by Samantha Stark  Directed by Nick Arganbright  Music Director Kristin Green  Theme Songs by Nathan Haley and Jerome Wetzel   Technical Director Shane Stefanchik    Visit our website iabdpresents.com   Please support us at http://patreon.com/IABD    Follow us on social media @IABDPresents   When you post about us, hashtag #IABD  

It's All Been Done Radio Hour #296  Mystery Dream Team #5 "I, Bork"      A Yeti lives by himself in the woods.     A comedy radio show originally performed Saturday, May 9, 2020 streaming online.   STARRING  Samantha Stark as Jackie Watts  Nick Arganbright as Gordon Hanson  Seamus Talty as Violet Swallows  GUEST STARRING  Nathan Haley as Bork    Narrated by Darren Esler  Foley Artist Seamus Talty   Podcast edited by Chris Allen  Written by Jerome Wetzel Directed by Samantha Stark Music Director Kristin Green  Theme Songs by Nathan Haley and Jerome Wetzel   Technical Director Shane Stefanchik  Script Editor Keith Jackson     Visit our website iabdpresents.com   Please support us at http://patreon.com/IABD    Follow us on social media @IABDPresents   When you post about us, hashtag #IABD  

The US president announces a massive spending plan for the US economy, with trillions of dollars earmarked for jobs and infrastructure. But is it too ambitious for Republicans to support? Ed Butler speaks to Ryan Heath, senior editor at Politico, and Gordon Hanson, professor of urban policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Hundreds of billions of dollars are also planned for the US's creaking healthcare system. Carer Sharon Toastin and democrat Debbie Dingell explain why it's needed. (Photo: US President Joe Biden outlines his spending plans to Congress, Credit: Getty Images)

The gap between red and blue America has been expanding for decades, and the consequences of this increasing polarization are clear to close oberserves of Washington But why Americans have grown so far apart in the first place is still a complicated, unanswered question. Part of the story appears to be the sudden rise of China as an export powerhouse, according to a paper in the October issue of the American Economic Review. Authors David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson, and Kaveh Majlesi say that trade competition from China has redicalized many Americans in declining manufacturing towns. Long-term joblessness and insecurity has pushed people in those communities to the far-right and far-left edges of the political spectrum.  But Hanson says in this episode of the Research Highlights podcast that it’s not a failure of trade policy. It’s a failure of America’s safety net to protect the workers hit hardest by Chinese imports. Hanson recently spoke with the AEA’s Tyler Smith about how economic and cultural insecurity drive hyper partisanship and what policymakers can do to help areas distressed by the China trade shock.

Jim Tankersley is a tax and economics reporter for the New York Times and has written a new book on the middle class titled, *The Riches of This Land: The Untold, True Story of the American Middle Class.* Jim joins Macro Musings to talk about this book, and the state of the middle class in the US. David and Jim also discuss the history and golden era of the middle class as well as the steps policymakers can take to ensure we return to a path of robust economic growth.   Transcript for the episode can be found here: https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/tags/macro-musings   Jim’s Twitter: @jimtankersley Jim’s New York Times archive: https://www.nytimes.com/by/jim-tankersley   Related Links:   *The Riches of This Land: The Untold, True Story of the American Middle Class* by Jim Tankersley https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/jim-tankersley/the-riches-of-this-land/9781541767836/   *The Allocation of Talent and U.S. Economic Growth* by Chang-Tai Hsieh, Erik Hurst, Charles Jones, and Peter Klenow https://www.nber.org/papers/w18693   *Populism in Place: The Economic Geography of the Globalization Backlash* by J. Lawrence Broz, Jeffry Freiden, and Stephen Weymouth https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3501263   *Testing the ‘China Shock’: Was Normalizing Trade with China a Mistake?* by Scott Lincicome https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/testing-china-shock-was-normalizing-trade-china-mistake   *The China Shock: Learning from Labor-Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade* by David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson https://economics.mit.edu/files/12751   *The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream* by Tyler Cowen https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250108708   David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth David’s blog: http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.com/

In this episode, we explore the Trump side of the US-China Trade War, including protectionism, US de-industrialization, China's trade violations and the alleged new cold war taking place before our very eyes.Please subscribe and leave a 5-star review - thank you!***‘Why Trump Will Win the US China Trade War – Stephen Moore’, American Thought Leaders – The Epoch Times, YouTube.‘US China Trade War: ‘Trump is Not Going to Back Down….This is a War of Values’ – Curtis Ellis’, American Thought Leaders – The Epoch Times, YouTube.‘Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy’, Stephen Moore and Arthur B. Laffer, 2018, All Points Books, United States.‘Schism: China, America and the Fracturing of the Global Trading System’, Paul Blustein, 2019, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada.‘Trade War From The Chinese Side’, Milton Ezrati, Forbes.‘How China Really Sees the Trade War’, Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs.‘The U.S. Trade War Has Caught Beijing’s Attention. Now Washington Needs a Longer-Term Plan.’, Tim Roemer, Foreign Policy.‘2018 Data Report’, Reshoring Initiative.U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.‘The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade’, David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson, NBER Working Paper No. 21906, January 2016, National Bureau of Economic Research.‘Trump’s Push to Bring Back Jobs to U.S. Shows Limited Results’, Jim Tankersley, New York Times.‘WTO chief: 'Months' needed to fix disputes body’’, Jonathan Josephs, BBC.‘David Autor on Trade, China, and U.S. Labor Markets’, Econ Talk Podcast.‘China’s Currency Moves Escalate Trade War, Rattling Markets’, Ana Swanson, Alexandra Stevenson and Jenna Smialek, New York Times.‘Does China manipulate its currency as Donald Trump claims?’, Farok J Contractor, The Conversation.‘Why Capital Flows Uphill’, Peter Passell, Foreign Policy.‘Why China Buys U.S. Debt With Treasury Bonds’, Shobhit Seth, Investopedia.‘The Impact of China Devaluing the Yuan’, Investopedia.‘China's Xi allowed to remain 'president for life' as term limits removed’, BBC.‘China has started ranking citizens with a creepy 'social credit' system’, Alexandra Ma, Business Insider.‘Made in China 2025: The Industrial Plan that China Doesn’t Want Anyone Talking About’, Emily Crawford, PBS.‘China NBA: How one tweet derailed the NBA's China game plan’, Mark Dreyer, BBC.‘Australia to tighten foreign investment rules amid China concerns’, Jamie Smyth, Financial Times.‘China's Belt and Road Initiative: Where it goes and what it's supposed to accomplish’, CBC.‘China’s Sea Control Is a Done Deal, ‘Short of War With the U.S’’, Hannah Beech, New York Times. ‘Steve Bannon's Warning On China Trade War (w/ Kyle Bass) | Real Vision Classics’, Real Vision Finance, YouTube.‘Steve Bannon on the US-China trade war (full interview)’, CNBC Television, YouTube.‘US China Trade War: ’Trump is Not Going to Back Down… This is a War of Values’—Curtis Ellis’, America Thought Leader – The Epoch Times, YouTube.***Music: Julian AngelatosArtwork: Nerpa Mate

It's All Been Done Radio Hour #196    Mystery Dream Team #2 "The Wolf Man"    The team heads into the woods to seek a wolf-man.     A comedy radio show originally performed Saturday, October 13, 2018 at MadLab theatre in Columbus, Ohio.     STARRING Karen Perta as Andi Swallows  Nick Arganbright as Gordon Hanson  Samantha Stark as Jackie Watts  Ryan Yohe as Violet Swallows    GUEST STARRING  Ben Wayne as Melinda  Sam Clements as The Wolf Man    Narrated by Chris Allen  Foley Artist Seamus Talty, with assistance from Kristin Green.     Podcast edited by Chris Allen  Written by Jerome Wetzel  Directed by Nick Arganbright   Music Director Kristin Green  Theme Songs by Nathan Haley and Jerome Wetzel   Technical Director Shane Stefanchik  Story Consultant Nick Arganbright  Script Editor Keith Jackson     We are a proud member of Circle270Media   Visit our website itsallbeendoneradiohour.com   Please support us at http://pateron.com/IABD    Follow us on social media @IABDPresents   When you post about us, hashtag #IABD     We are part of the IABD Presents network, found at iabdpresents.com

If it is the third Sunday in September, it can only mean one thing in Richfield: Penn Fest. Richfield’s fall festival sees 14 blocks of Penn Avenue closed down for an afternoon. This year, Penn Fest will take place on September 15 from 1-5 p.m. Annually, more than 8,000 people attend the Open Streets event that was started in 2012. The event is free to attend with music, games and other activities. It is a great opportunity for residents to meet their neighbors and spend a beautiful fall day on Richfield’s west side. For the thirty-sixth episode of the That’s Rich(field) podcast we sit down with one of the event’s organizers Gordon Hanson to discuss how the event got its start and how it has grown over the years.

Gordon Hanson joins to explain the roots of the migration emergency at both the US and Mexican southern borders.

Gordon Hanson joins to explain the roots of the migration emergency at both the US and Mexican southern borders.

Gordon Hanson joins to explain the roots of the migration emergency at both the US and Mexican southern borders.

It's All Been Done Radio Hour Bonus #2         Columbus Arts Festival 2018 full performance    A re-run show featuring first episodes of some of our segments and commercials. Originally performed Friday, June 8th at 7PM on the Dance & Theatre stage of the festival.     This was a live, outdoor show during a light rain. Please excuse the audio quality.   UNIVERSE JOURNEY "GOD MAN"  Starring Nick Arganbright as Capt. Richard Kahkay  Shane Stefanchik as Lt. Com. M-  Samantha Stark as Lt. Tokaladie   Jerome Wetzel as Chief Engineer Foley  Ryan Yohe as Lt. Who Grappa  Joe Morales as Com. Garry Marshall  with Keith Jackson as Admiral Jamieson    ASTRONAUT JAKE "TELESCOPE" Starring Ryan Yohe as Astronaut Jake    MYSTERY DREAM TEAM "FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER" Starring  Kristin Green as Andi Swallows  Nick Arganbright as Gordon Hanson  Joe Morales as Violet Swallows  Samantha Stark as Jackie Watts  Keith Jackson as Dr. Frankstein  Shane Stefanchik as Igor  Ryan Yohe as Frankenstein's Monster    TINA'S "TIRES"  Starring  Kristin Green as Tina  Joe Morales as Kevin  Keith Jackson as Stuart  Ryan Yohe as Mark    THE TOPNOTCH TANGLER "FOOD FIGHT"   Samantha Stark as Kim / The Topnotch Tangler  Keith Jackson as Commissioner Carl Darling  Joe Morales as Lt. Carson  Kristin Green as The Flimflam Floozy  Nick Arganbright as Frank the Waiter    Narrated by Chris Allen   Foley Artist Seamus Talty     Podcast edited by Chris Allen  Written and directed by Jerome Wetzel  Music Director Kristin Green Theme Songs by Nathan Haley and Jerome Wetzel   Technical Director Shane Stefanchik  Story Consultant Nick Arganbright  Script Editors Shannon Marie Watts and Keith Jackson     We are a proud member of Circle270Media   Visit our website itsallbeendoneradiohour.com   Please support us at http://pateron.com/IABD    Follow us on social media @IABDPresents   When you post about us, hashtag #IABD     We are part of the IABD Presents network, found at iabdpresents.com

Don Boudreaux is a professor of economics at George Mason University as well as the co-director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization at the Mercatus Center. He joins the show today to talk about the future of trade and globalization. David and Don also discuss the history of protectionism in the US, President Trump’s trade policies, and why the China Shock thesis may signal bad economics. Don’s blog: https://cafehayek.com/ Don’s Mercatus Profile: https://www.mercatus.org/donald-j-boudreaux Related Links: *Clashing over Commerce: A History of U.S. Trade Policy* by Doug Irwin https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo24475328.html *Tariffs, Immigration, and Economic Insulation: A New View of the U.S. Post-Civil War Era*by Cecil Bohanon and Norman Van Cott https://www.jstor.org/stable/24562083?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents *The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade* by David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson https://www.nber.org/papers/w21906 David’s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

Daniel Griswold is a Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He joins the show to discuss the theory of trade, dating back to Adam Smith, and his work on current US trade policy. Daniel and David discuss some of the misconceptions surrounding trade and why Americans should embrace free trade instead of protectionism. This episode was originally aired on May 1, 2017. [To sign-up for Mercatus’ NGDP prediction market, go to get.mercatus.org/ngdppredictions/. Just answer a few simple questions, and you’ll receive an email invitation to start forecasting!] David’s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com/ Daniel Griswold’s blog: madabouttrade.com/ David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth Daniel Griswold’s Twitter: @DanielGriswold Related links: “Plumbing America’s Balance of Trade” by Daniel Griswold www.mercatus.org/publications/ame…balance-of-trade *Mad About Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization* by Daniel Griswold www.amazon.com/Mad-About-Trade-A…ion/dp/193530819X “The China Shock: Learning from Labor-Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade” by David Autor, David Dorn, & Gordon Hanson www.ddorn.net/papers/Autor-Dorn-…son-ChinaShock.pdf

Daniel Griswold is a Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He joins the show to discuss the theory of trade, dating back to Adam Smith, and his work on current US trade policy. Daniel and David discuss some of the misconceptions surrounding trade and why Americans should embrace free trade instead of protectionism. David’s blog: http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.com/ Daniel Griswold’s blog: https://madabouttrade.com/ David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth Daniel Griswold’s Twitter: @DanielGriswold Related links: “Plumbing America’s Balance of Trade” by Daniel Griswold https://www.mercatus.org/publications/american-balance-of-trade *Mad About Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization* by Daniel Griswold https://www.amazon.com/Mad-About-Trade-America-Globalization/dp/193530819X “The China Shock: Learning from Labor-Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade” by David Autor, David Dorn, & Gordon Hanson http://www.ddorn.net/papers/Autor-Dorn-Hanson-ChinaShock.pdf

Gordon Hanson of UC San Diego presents data showing the anticipated financial losses to Canada, Mexico and the US if NAFTA is scrapped; Lindsay Oldenski of Georgetown University quantifies the sales and employment numbers resulting from the foreign direct investment of US firms in Mexico. This is the second program in the nine-part “What’s Next for NAFTA?” series exploring the future of the North American economy, sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "What's Next for NAFTA?" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32105]

Gordon Hanson of UC San Diego presents data showing the anticipated financial losses to Canada, Mexico and the US if NAFTA is scrapped; Lindsay Oldenski of Georgetown University quantifies the sales and employment numbers resulting from the foreign direct investment of US firms in Mexico. This is the second program in the nine-part “What’s Next for NAFTA?” series exploring the future of the North American economy, sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "What's Next for NAFTA?" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32105]

Gordon Hanson of UC San Diego presents data showing the anticipated financial losses to Canada, Mexico and the US if NAFTA is scrapped; Lindsay Oldenski of Georgetown University quantifies the sales and employment numbers resulting from the foreign direct investment of US firms in Mexico. This is the second program in the nine-part “What’s Next for NAFTA?” series exploring the future of the North American economy, sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "What's Next for NAFTA?" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32105]

Gordon Hanson of UC San Diego presents data showing the anticipated financial losses to Canada, Mexico and the US if NAFTA is scrapped; Lindsay Oldenski of Georgetown University quantifies the sales and employment numbers resulting from the foreign direct investment of US firms in Mexico. This is the second program in the nine-part “What’s Next for NAFTA?” series exploring the future of the North American economy, sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "What's Next for NAFTA?" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32105]

Gordon Hanson of UC San Diego presents data showing the anticipated financial losses to Canada, Mexico and the US if NAFTA is scrapped; Lindsay Oldenski of Georgetown University quantifies the sales and employment numbers resulting from the foreign direct investment of US firms in Mexico. This is the second program in the nine-part “What’s Next for NAFTA?” series exploring the future of the North American economy, sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "What's Next for NAFTA?" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32105]

Gordon Hanson of UC San Diego presents data showing the anticipated financial losses to Canada, Mexico and the US if NAFTA is scrapped; Lindsay Oldenski of Georgetown University quantifies the sales and employment numbers resulting from the foreign direct investment of US firms in Mexico. This is the second program in the nine-part “What’s Next for NAFTA?” series exploring the future of the North American economy, sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "What's Next for NAFTA?" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32105]

Gordon Hanson and Charlene Barshefsky discuss China’s commitments and market reforms since joining the WTO and the path ahead in the trade relationship between the world’s two biggest economies. They explore the policy and enforcement tools the US has to confront China over the imbalance and lack of reciprocity, and the immediate political pressure on US policy makers to address the loss of jobs due to trade. Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky served as the US Trade Representative from 1997 to 2001, she was responsible for the negotiation of hundreds of complex market access, regulatory and investment agreements with virtually every major country in the world. She is best known internationally as the architect and chief negotiator of China's historic World Trade Organization Agreement. She is currently WilmerHale's Senior International Partner, where she continues her legal career in international litigation, commercial negotiations, investment and regulatory advice, and dispute resolution. Dr. Gordon Hanson is the Acting Dean and Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations at the School of Global Policy & Strategy at UC San Diego, where he also directs the Center on Global Transformation. Dr. Hanson specializes in the economics of international trade, international migration and foreign direct investment. His recent research project on the effect of China’s rise on US workers, firms and markets spurred a wide discussion on US trade policy at the height of 2016 US presidential elections that is still being debated. This episode was recorded at UC San Diego Studio Ten300 Host: Samuel Tsoi Editors: Mike Fausner, Anthony King Production Support: Lei Guang, Susan Shirk, Amy Robinson, Sarah Pfledderer, Michelle Fredricks Music: Dave Liang/Shanghai Restoration Project Restoration Project Episode photo credit: CNN Money

For notes and references please visit: http://www.stevegerben.com/immigration/ Chapters 1. Introduction / Basketball Story 2. Jobs (Costs) - 3:30 3. Welfare (Costs) - 5:26 4. Benefits to Migrants - 10:50 5. Undocumented Immigrants - 15:45 6. Jobs (Solutions) - 20:53 7. Welfare (Solutions) - 25:51 8. Vaginas - 27:14 9. Closing Remarks - 28:40 ***I calculated this wrong. This was the only number I took the liberty of calculating and it blew it up in my big, dumb face. So let’s go to the data and see why I scored a 1030 on my SATs: During the talk I used the Brookings data, but for our discussion here let’s use Borjas’ Labor Economics textbook. (pg. 35 - http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/gborjas...) Here he has a short run loss of wages to high school dropouts of 8.3% and a long run loss of 4.8%. This comes from data between 1980-2000. Where I got lost was in the quote, “…with the average wage of high school dropouts falling by about 5%...” (again I used the Brookings numbers in the talk, which had 4.7% fixed over sixteen years. Below I'll be ignoring the short run loss as described in the textbook so you can better understand how my liberal-arts-math lead to an error in calculation): I took minimum wage for a year ($15,080) and I assumed by “falling” he meant that at the end of twenty years we’d see a reduction in those wages by 4.8%, meaning our new salary would be $14, 356. And because I thought we reached this difference over twenty years I divided the difference ($723.84) by 20 and got my answer, which here would be $36.20. But as Prof. David Henderson was kind enough to point out to me over the phone, that’s wrong. (You can read his critique here: http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2...) What we’re talking about are average wages. So you’d total all the yearly wages up, divide by 20 to get your average, and then multiply that by 4.8%. Now we’re left with $723.84. Had I calculated this correctly the first time, I would have instantly starting campaigning for Trump. Kidding. I certainly would have presented the correct information and also made more of an effort to highlight other economists like Card, Ottaviano, Peri (people I only mention in passing), who come to vastly different conclusions about the wage impact on high-school dropouts: http://www.nber.org/papers/w14188. It also wouldn’t change the premise of the talk: that increasing immigration would be the largest and most effective anti-poverty campaign in the world-- so where we do find costs we should work on finding solutions to those costs that does not involve slamming the clubhouse door closed. Nevertheless, I’m completely embarrassed by this error and I offer my full apologies to the viewer. -Steve ============================================ Disclaimer: I do not discuss Syrian refugees. This talk primarily addresses the economic concerns surrounding immigration that have existed before the Paris attacks, and that will continue to exist long after the Syrian crisis ends. A lot of questions in the Q&A revolved around the Brain Drain. Michael Clemens speaks to this concern more eloquently than I ever can, so please watch him here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKDQp... I'm generally an idiot, so everything I discuss comes from the work of people far more intelligent than myself. I tried, as best I could, to present their research and/or arguments as accurately as possible. Predominantly I pull from the work of Michael Clemens, Lant Pritchett, Bryan Caplan, Alex Nowrasteh, Philipee Legrain, William Easterly, and Gordon Hanson.

UC San Diego Professor Susan Shirk and Gordon Hanson join CIDE’s Carlos Elizondo and Arturo Sarukhan, the former Mexican Ambassador to the United States, for a discussion on how Mexico can strengthen its economic ties with Asia in this final panel of the Mexico Moving Forward 2014 symposium. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 28129]

UC San Diego Professor Susan Shirk and Gordon Hanson join CIDE’s Carlos Elizondo and Arturo Sarukhan, the former Mexican Ambassador to the United States, for a discussion on how Mexico can strengthen its economic ties with Asia in this final panel of the Mexico Moving Forward 2014 symposium. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 28129]

In Part 1 of the four-part “Mexico Moving Forward: Charting a Path to Prosperity” series, UC San Diego economist Gordon Hanson and Inter-Amerian Development Bank executive Santiago Levy Algazi detail why, in spite of its abundant resources, Mexico is not rich and how it might revise its institutions to promote economic growth. This series is presented by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 22482]

In Part 1 of the four-part “Mexico Moving Forward: Charting a Path to Prosperity” series, UC San Diego economist Gordon Hanson and Inter-Amerian Development Bank executive Santiago Levy Algazi detail why, in spite of its abundant resources, Mexico is not rich and how it might revise its institutions to promote economic growth. This series is presented by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 22482]

Mike Farrell, Author, Activist & Actor, and Gordon Hanson, Director of the Center on Pacific Economies and Professor of Economics at UCSD will share their views on the human and economic costs of illegal immigration. Additional guest, Carmen Chavez, Immigration Attorney and Executive Director of Casa Cornelia Law Center CCLC a 501(c)(3) public interest law firm discusses the impact of immigration law and policy on the community.(casacornelia.org)

Mike Farrell, Author, Activist & Actor, and Gordon Hanson, Director of the Center on Pacific Economies and Professor of Economics at UCSD will share their views on the human and economic costs of illegal immigration. Additional guest, Carmen Chavez, Immigration Attorney and Executive Director of Casa Cornelia Law Center CCLC a 501(c)(3) public interest law firm discusses the impact of immigration law and policy on the community.(casacornelia.org)