One of the ironies of the tariffs is that, while ostensibly the goal is to reshore US manufacturing, it's actually been US makers of physical goods themselves that have warned about the damage that trade barriers can cause. Or, to put it another way, if we really want to see more domestic US production in order to decouple from China, then perhaps there are other levers to pull besides the tariffs. On this episode of the podcast, we speak with Sam D'Amico, the founder and CEO of California-based Impulse Labs, which makes an amazing induction oven. We talk about what the tariffs mean for his business, and the various things, including capital markets and NIMBYism, that really stand as impediments to building out mass US production of goods.

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One of the ironies of the tariffs is that, while ostensibly the goal is to reshore US manufacturing, it's actually been US makers of physical goods themselves that have warned about the damage that trade barriers can cause. Or, to put it another way, if we really want to see more domestic US production in order to decouple from China, then perhaps there are other levers to pull besides the tariffs. On this episode of the podcast, we speak with Sam D'Amico, the founder and CEO of California-based Impulse Labs, which makes an amazing induction oven. We talk about what the tariffs mean for his business, and the various things, including capital markets and NIMBYism, that really stand as impediments to building out mass US production of goods.
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-16/the-impulse-labs-induction-stove-that-s-also-a-home-battery-transcript?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=odd_lots&amp;utm_content=article" data-testid="link-with-safety" data-renderer-mark="true">The High-Tech Stove That&rsquo;s Also a Home Battery</a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-09/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-basis-trade-spooking-markets?srnd=undefined?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=odd_lots&amp;utm_content=article" data-testid="link-with-safety" data-renderer-mark="true">Everything You Need to Know About the Basis Trade Spooking Markets</a>
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What an American Stove Maker Wants You to Know About US Manufacturing

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