Douglas Irwin: Peddling Protectionism: Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression
Jeanne Hoffman interviews Douglas Irwin about his new book, Peddling Protectionism: Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression. Dr. Irwin is the Robert E. Maxwell Professor of Arts and Sciences in the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and has also served on the staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.