Senior Fellow Phillip W. Magness is interviewed on RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM radio. Magness talks about the differences between tariffs and income taxes. He coauthored a recent Op-Ed in National Review “Don’t Substitute Tariffs for Income Taxes: You’ll Get Both.” He describes the tension in the Trump administration with goals from tariffs that are at odds. Magness calls it “Schrödinger’s Tariffs.”

Within minutes of his swearing in, President Donald Trump shot out of the starting gate with a burst of executive orders covering everything from immigration, to DEI, to energy, and more. Keeping up with all this, much less making sense of it all, feels kind of like drinking from a fire hydrant. But we take a stab at it in this episode of Independent Outlook, tackling seven or eight of the most pivotal orders.

Senior Fellow Judy Shelton, author of Good as Gold is interviewed on BBC radio. In the last months of 2024, the US economy grew at a lower pace than economists forecast. Judy Shelton says the effect of tariffs will be less important than the supply side agenda of the Trump administration. Inflation should go down if energy prices fall and businesses can expand with access to captal. International currency manipulation hurts US manufacturing and Trump intends to use tariffs as a negotiating tactic, she says .

Senior Fellow Judy Shelton, author of Good as Gold: How to Unleash the Power of Sound Money, discusses her economic outlook for Donald Trump’s second term. She says his main concern is to re-energize the private sector and boost economic liberty with lower taxes and less regulation. She adds a pro-growth agenda would be more powerful than any tariffs Trump might impose.

President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on some goods imported to the US. Economists are not a fan of tariffs, says Whaples, who has surveyed economists on the subject. Customers end up paying for tariffs, especially for automobiles and parts, he says

Independent Institute Research Fellow Benjamin Ginsberg, author of The New American Anti-Semitism: The Left, the Right, and the Jews is interviewed on WFSX radio. Ginsberg discusses how Israel became the enemy of the left after the 1967 Six-Day War, when progressives saw the US was making an ally of Israel. Ginsberg, a political science professor says he ends up teaching history to students who don't know the facts of recent history of the Middle East.

Sr. Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Is Social Justice Just? is interviewed on the Schilling Show Unleashed Podcast. Whaples discusses the new book and the concept of justice and social justice and whether or not the world would be better if everyone were equal. Our inequality has benefits, he says, but everyone deserves respect as an unrepeatable soul worthy of human dignity.

Sr. Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Is Social Justice Just? is interviewed on the Bill Martinez radio show. Whaples discusses the new book and the roots of justice. Reliance on big government has hurt the poor, he says. Whaples’ list to move toward social justice include: Education reform in the form of school choice, or vouchers. In healthcare, he says a similar voucher or tax credit to spend on healthcare, along with reducing occupational licensing requirements so more people can work in the healthcare field. Whaples also talks about free trade and cheap energy which also can help poorer people.