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GoodFellows: Conversations on Economics, History & Geopolitics

2025-04-12

1 小时 7 分钟

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What are the economic and geopolitical effects of President Trump's imposition of tariffs on America's trading friends and foes? In an episode devoted solely to viewers' questions, Hoover senior fellows Sir Niall Ferguson, John Cochrane, and Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster delve into the certain volatility (and uncertain logic) of Trump's tariff maneuvers, what the future holds for the European Union, institutional decline within the U.S., plus what if any parallels between historical periods past and present (do all roads lead to Rome or Richard Nixon?). Also discussed: the uniqueness of a hybrid American republic/empire, "sleeper" nations that might emerge as powerhouses by 2050, and recommended biographies for secondary-school readers. Finally, as this month marks GoodFellows' fifth anniversary, the three fellows reflect on what they've learned over the course of gathering online and in-person for 150-plus shows.       Recorded on April 10, 2025.
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  • Can you walk us through what you were thinking about why you decided to put a 90-day pause?

  • Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line.

  • They were getting yippy, you know?

  • They were getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid,

  • unlike these champions, because we have a big job to do.

  • No other president would have done what I did.

  • No other president.

  • I know the president.

  • They wouldn't have done it.

  • It's Thursday, April 10th, 2025, and welcome back to Goodfellows,

  • a Hoover Institution broadcast examining social, economic, political, and geopolitical concerns.

  • I'm Bill Whalen.

  • I'm a Hoover Distinguished Policy Fellow.

  • I'll be your moderator today.

  • And guess what?

  • I have all three Goodfellows in the house with me today.

  • And our Goodfellows are, of course, Sir Neil Ferguson.

  • an eminent historian,

  • the economist John Cochran and former presidential national security advisor,

  • Lieutenant General H.R.