If you've read any headlines in the last few months, you've no doubt heard about the semiconductor shortage gripping global supply chain—and if you've tried to buy anything from a toaster to a car, you've witnessed it firsthand.
But what's really driving today's crisis, can the U.S. manufacture its way out of it, and what role does tax and economic policy have to play in all this?
On this episode of the Deduction, Jesse Solis talks to Tax Foundation Economist Erica York about the complicated world of semiconductor manufacturing and all the ways policymakers should (and shouldn't) respond to today's challenges.
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