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    Guns, Tribes and Steel

    President Trump wants tariffs on steel, and softens his tone on gun restrictions after meeting with the NRA.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Matt Yglesias • Mar 2, 2018 • 51m Listen

    President Trump announced a plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum. That's good news for American steelmakers, but it spells higher prices for products that contain metal, from cars to canned beer. It surprised some of the president's staff, and the administration is in even more personnel turmoil than usual. Theda Skocpol talks about the college-educated suburban women that may change the gun debate and the Democratic party. Amy Chua talks about the impacts and consequences of political tribalism.

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      Matt Yglesias

      Senior correspondent for Vox

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      Josh Barro

      Former host of Left, Right & Center

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      Rich Lowry

      National Review / KCRW's Left, Right & Center

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      Sara Fay

      Former producer of Left, Right and Center

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      Katie Beurskens

      Production assistant, 'Left, Right & Center'

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      Theda Skocpol

      Victor S. Thomas professor of government and sociology at Harvard and director of the Scholars Strategy Network

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      Amy Chua

      Yale law school professor and author of the new book Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations

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