Are We Suckers?

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News Commentary, Politics, News

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🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In the morning, a tariff war; in the evening, a declaration of a truce in the tariff war. If there's no tariff war, was there ever going to be a tariff war? Were we silly for taking it seriously? And what does this portend for the talks with Israel on its war with Hamas, now currently quiescent? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.9	Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast. Today is Tuesday, February 4th, 2025. I am John Bud Horowitz. The editor of Commentary Magazine, importuning you yet again. To sign up for our daily
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1:30.1	along with links of interest from Commentary.org, and our magazine, the articles on
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