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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