Can Small Businesses Survive the Squeeze? (ft. Joe Hakim)
There's a story we often tell ourselves about the American economy, particularly when we talk about trade, manufacturing, and small business.
It is often simplified in political debates – one focused on bringing jobs back, on buying American, on protecting local industries through measures like tariffs.
But the reality, as lived by the people actually making things, sourcing ingredients, and meeting payroll, is often far more complex, tangled in global supply chains and buffeted by forces far beyond their control.
Homes, families, and livelihoods are at stake while people up top seem to be…
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