How to help left behind regions and workers

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  Welcome to the LSE Events podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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  Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.

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  Well, good evening, everyone.

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  It's great to have all of you here this evening.

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  My name's Peter Tribowitz.

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  I'm a professor in the international.

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  relations department and director of the Fallen US Center at LSE,

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  which is hosting tonight's lecture.

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  So tonight's lecture is part of the US Center's Wanger Distinguished Lecture Series at LSE,

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  which aims to promote greater understanding of America's role in the world economy through the analysis of international trade,

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  law, and institutions.

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  It's made possible by the generosity of the Henry and Consuelo Wenger Foundation.

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  So we meet at a time when there's a lot of churn in the United States and elsewhere about how to respond to the economic and social dislocations caused by globalization and automation.

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  The Biden administration in the US case tried to address this problem using industrial policies.

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  The Trump administration seems to be trying to do it using tariffs and in protectionism.

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  This year, as part of the series,

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  we wanted to shine a bright light on these dislocations and how US and other leaders are trying to kind of navigate the effects of globalization.

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  And it's hard to think of anybody better placed to speak to us about both the problem and possible remedies or paths forward than Gordon Hansen.

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  Gordon is one of the world's leading experts on the labor market consequences of globalization,

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  including path-breaking work on the China shock,

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