A Wild Week of Economic News

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 30, 2018

Felix Salmon, Ideas contributor for WIRED and host of the Slate Money podcast and the Cause & Effect blog, talks about the state of the economy as GDP climbs and the stock market drops.

.@felixsalmon points out that the 4% GDP growth is an early data point: it's better than a lower number, but don't put too much stock in it. pic.twitter.com/OB73b1VlZA
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 30, 2018

.@felixsalmon: "Do you think honestly, Brian, that Donald Trump has a long term strategic vision which he's trying to put in place? No, I don't." Salmon says Trump imposes a mercantilist view that no one agrees with, and it's going wrong, as every economist would have told him.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 30, 2018

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