- Bob takes a close look at Oren Cass’s recent appearance on Tucker Carlson, where Cass argued for free trade to a skeptical conservative audience.
- Bob unpacks Cass’s arguments about tariffs, comparative advantage, and trade deficits—not to attack, but to clarify.
- Using classical and Austrian economics, Murphy shows why U.S. economic malaise can’t be solved with tariffs, but also why dismissing Cass’s concerns outright is a strategic and economic mistake.
- Oren Cass on The Tucker Carlson Show: Mises.org/HAP501a
- Oren Cass on The Infineo Podcast: Mises.org/HAP501b
- The Human Action Podcast Episode on Comparative Advantage: Mises.org/HAP501c
- Oren Cass, “Free Trade’s Origin Myth”: Mises.org/HAP501d
- Oren Cass, “The Truth About Tariffs”: Mises.org/HAP501e
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