Mia looks at the economics behind American and European steel tariffs to explain the push behind the broader tariff regime and how capitalism works.

Sources:

https://archive.ph/YUg11

https://foleyhoag.com/news-and-insights/publications/alerts-and-updates/2025/october/eu-proposes-new-safeguard-measures-to-protect-its-steel-industry/

https://www.piie.com/blogs/china-economic-watch/chinas-excess-capacity-steel-fresh-look

https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay/alma992976480893401631/44MAN_INST:MU_NUI

https://endnotes.org.uk/articles/misery-and-debt

Mia looks at the economics behind American and European steel tariffs to explain the push behind the broader tariff regime and how capitalism works.
Sources:
<a href="https://archive.ph/YUg11">https://archive.ph/YUg11</a>
<a href="https://foleyhoag.com/news-and-insights/publications/alerts-and-updates/2025/october/eu-proposes-new-safeguard-measures-to-protect-its-steel-industry/">https://foleyhoag.com/news-and-insights/publications/alerts-and-updates/2025/october/eu-proposes-new-safeguard-measures-to-protect-its-steel-industry/</a>
<a href="https://www.piie.com/blogs/china-economic-watch/chinas-excess-capacity-steel-fresh-look">https://www.piie.com/blogs/china-economic-watch/chinas-excess-capacity-steel-fresh-look</a>
<a href="https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay/alma992976480893401631/44MAN_INST:MU_NUI">https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay/alma992976480893401631/44MAN_INST:MU_NUI</a>
<a href="https://endnotes.org.uk/articles/misery-and-debt">https://endnotes.org.uk/articles/misery-and-debt</a>

It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

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The Economics of the Tariff Regime

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