Rajiv Sethi – Are Trump's Tariff Threats Working?

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links1:04 Rajiv’s role in getting Glenn’s forthcoming book published 7:39 Self-censorship and racial passing 9:29 Rajiv’s work on parental investment and educational attainment 17:01 Rajiv: Prediction markets outperformed forecasting models in 2024 23:36 Are Trump’s tariff threats having their intended effects on foreign markets? 31:53 Why Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008 35:07 Rajiv recommends some public-facing economists 39:26 Secular backsliding in India 43:51 Trump’s revocation of LBJ’s 1965 anti-discrimination executive orderRecorded January 25, 2025Links and ReadingsRajiv’s Substack, Imperfect InformationRajiv post Substack post, “Self-Censorship, Passing, and Natural Cover”James Weldon Johnson’s novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored ManGlenn and Rajiv’s 2014 conversation about self-censorshipGlenn and Young-Chul Kim’s article, “To Be, or Not to Be: Stereotypes, Identity Choice and Group Inequality”Glenn and Rajiv’s previous conversationRajiv and Dyotona Dasgupta’s working paper, “Educational Standards and Parental Investment”Rajiv’s post, “The Tariff Threat”Paul Krugman’s post, “The Dollar and the Trade Deficit”John Cochrane’s review of Late AdmissionsTyler Cowen’s Marginal RevolutionGyan Mukherjee’s 1943 film, KismetRajiv and Brendan O’Flaherty’s book, Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime, and the Pursuit of Justice This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe