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  "title": "Douglas Irwin on Trade: Reality vs Perception",
  "publication": "IMF Podcasts, December 19, 2016",
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  "summary": "The realities don’t always match people’s perceptions.",
  "publishDate": "2016-12-19",
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      "content": "- Publication date: December 19, 2016\n- Speaker: Douglas Irwin, John Sloan Dickey Third Century Professor in Social Sciences, Department of Economics at Dartmouth College\n- Event participation: Irwin participated in a seminar entitled Making Trade an Engine of Growth for All at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings\n- Producers / behind the mic:\n  - Bruce Edwards, International Monetary Fund\n  - Rhoda Metcalfe, independent journalist and audio producer"
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      "heading": "Main themes and framing",
      "content": "- The central question: Who benefits from free trade and who doesn’t?\n- Core observation: The realities of trade outcomes do not always match people’s perceptions.\n- Subject focus: Controversies surrounding free trade and its distributional effects."
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      "content": "- Free trade produces winners and losers; perceptions about who benefits can diverge from actual outcomes.\n- The episode addresses controversial aspects of trade policy and public understanding of trade impacts.\n- Emphasis on making trade an engine of growth for all, as reflected by participation in the seminar Making Trade an Engine of Growth for All."
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      "heading": "Intended audience and purpose",
      "content": "- Audience: Listeners interested in trade policy, economic controversies, and the distributional consequences of trade.\n- Purpose: To clarify misconceptions about trade, present economic perspectives on who benefits from free trade, and inform debate around trade policy."
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    "Purpose: To clarify misconceptions about trade, present economic perspectives on who benefits from free trade, and inform debate around trade policy.",
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