Paul Krugman on the ‘Biggest Trade Shock in History’
The Ezra Klein Show5 Apr 2025

Paul Krugman on the ‘Biggest Trade Shock in History’

The tariffs President Trump unveiled this week were both bigger than most people expected and a lot more confusing. These aren’t the flat tariffs he proposed during the campaign. And they aren’t reciprocal tariffs, as he claimed in his Rose Garden speech. So what is Trump actually doing here?

I knew my former colleague Paul Krugman would have some thoughts. Krugman is a Nobel laureate trade economist who was a New York Times Opinion columnist for 25 years. He now writes an excellent newsletter on Substack, where he’s been trying to make sense of the theories behind Trump’s tariff policies and, now, their strange reality.

Mentioned:

“Stop Looking for Methods in the Madness” by Paul Krugman

Book Recommendations:

The Price of Peace by Zachary D. Carter

How Not to Invest by Barry Ritholtz

War and Power by Phillips Payson O’Brien

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