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Best Of BPR 12/05: "It Started with the Hats" + Trump's Big Tariff Lie

Author
WGBH Educational Foundation
Published
Thu 05 Dec 2024
Episode Link
https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_154_ef408194-2ef6-44d1-88b2-69324861b21b&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wgbh.org%2F154%2Ffeed-rss.xml

Today:

In the 1980s, the height of the crack epidemic, Paul Joyce was a Boston police officer. He’s now out with a new book about how the department struggled during that era, and the rise in gun and gang violence. He joins to discuss his new book “It Started With the Hats” – the life experiences of Boston’s founding street gang members.

And, MIT economist Jon Gruber breaks down Trump’s view on tariffs, and how changing policy would affect the global economy.

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