A warning about America’s industrial policy

Recently, the United States’ economic policies have focused on America first. But those policies and the promise of bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. could jeopardize the very thing they seek: a stronger U.S. economy. We get into the ways American protectionism could backfire. And, expelling a member of a state legislature is a rare occurrence; Tennessee did it twice in a day. Plus, we double jump into a game of Half-Full/Half-Empty.Here’s everything we talked about today:

• • • • It is alcohol responsibility month! from Responsibility.org
    • • “BAC Calculator: The Virtual Bar” from Responsibility.org
    • • “America’s Zero-Sum Economics Doesn’t Add Up” from Foreign Policy
    • • “TN House expels two Dems over gun protest, despite removal looking temporary” from Tennessee Lookout
    • • Tweet from @jhollymc on the Tennessee General Assembly expelling two representatives
    • • A photo of Sabri’s ceramic art that was featured in the “Dungeons & Dragons” movie
    • • “Elon Musk replaced Twitter’s bird logo with the ‘doge’ meme” from KOMO News
    • • “Potatoes sprout as cheaper Easter egg substitute” from Axios
    • • “Has the banking crisis been a boon for crypto?” from Marketplace
    • • Video game adaptations are on the rise from the Make Me Smart newsletter

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