How Trump’s economic proposals offer visions from the past

Name: How Trump’s economic proposals offer visions from the past
Uploaded: 2016-11-11T00:09:52Z
Duration: P492S
Description: On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to revive American manufacturing, get tough on trade with China, cut taxes and invest in infrastructure. Do those proposals recall other visions for economic development over history? Economics correspondent Paul Solman speaks with historian Adam Tooze of Columbia University to put the president-elect’s proposals into perspective.

Clip: 11/10/2016 | 8m 12s

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to revive American manufacturing, get tough on trade with China, cut taxes and invest in infrastructure. Do those proposals recall other visions for economic development over history? Economics correspondent Paul Solman speaks with historian Adam Tooze of Columbia University to put the president-elect’s proposals into perspective.

Aired: 11/10/16

Rating: NR

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