I am getting mixed signals on Navarro. He seems to be positive about Keynesian stimulus here, and is a mercantilist on trade (which isn’t necessarily bad).But he seems hostile to conventional Keynesianism in this interview, and even (if I am not mistaken) implying that public infrastructure will be private?[embedded content]Admittedly, he is not wrong on the disaster of free trade and the collapse of manufacturing, and the need for rebuilding US manufacturing.
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