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Mostly Economics Podcast #45: Nobody Wins a Trade War with Chad P. Bown

July 30, 2026

Chad Bown, Peterson Institute for International Economics economist, joins Dean Baker to discuss his new book (co-authored with Soumaya Keynes), How to Win a Trade War. They dig into the real gains from trade, why locking in agreements matters more than tariff levels, lessons from 1980s Japanese auto restraints, and why China's chokehold on rare earths and chips is the trade war actually worth fighting. --- Follow Chad P. Bown https://x.com/ChadBown https://bsky.app/profile/chadpbown.com Foll...

Mostly Economics Podcast #44: How Patents Made Our Medicine Cost More with Tahir Amin

July 23, 2026

On this episode of Mostly Economics, Dean Baker talks with Tahir Amin, co-founder and CEO of I-MAK and co-author of Pharma Monopoly, about how drug patents drove up prices and blocked vaccines during the pandemic. Find out how a drug like Humira made $114 billion off patent monopolies and more. -- Follow Tahir Amin https://bsky.app/profile/tahiramin.bsky.social https://x.com/realtahiramin Follow Dean Baker and CEPR: https://x.com/deanbaker13 https://x.com/ceprdc https://bsky.app/profile/deanb...

Mostly Economics Podcast #43: Millions Lose Health Insurance with Sabrina Corlette

July 16, 2026

This week on Mostly Economics, Dean Baker talks with Sabrina Corlette, Research Professor at Georgetown University's Center on Healthcare Insurance Reforms, about the ramifications of Trump's one big ugly bill, which gutted Affordable Care Act coverage. People are grappling with expired subsidies as well as new rules that severely harm documented immigrants. Dean and Sabrina also discuss private equity's damage to our health care system. --- Follow Sabrina Corelette, J.D. https://x.com/Sabrin...