Work, Risk, Politics & the People Who Keep America Moving

In this episode of Optimized Entrepreneur with Jeremy Hanson, Jeremy returns to the microphone for a wide-ranging conversation about entrepreneurship, American workers, economic policy, courage, and what it means to Build Different.

Jeremy examines the debate surrounding tariffs and American manufacturing—not as a simple good-or-bad proposition, but through the lens of business owners, workers, prices, domestic production, and long-term economic strategy. U.S. International Trade Commission research illustrates those tradeoffs: certain Section 232 and 301 tariffs reduced affected imports and increased domestic production, while also increasing prices in affected industries.

The episode also celebrates Mary McGee, one  ...