There are a lot of ways we could wrap up the year, but probably none better than to take a step back, look at 2018, and ask ourselves what the most important economic developments were.

From trade wars to interest rate hikes, inverting yield curves to tax reform implementation, a lot happened this year. We've asked our guests today to be prepared to talk about…well, just about everything.

• From the Washington Post, we’re joined by economics correspondent Heather Long [1].
• And returning to the show, we have David Beckworth [2]. David heads up our monetary policy research here at Mercatus, and is the host of his own wildly successful economics podcast, Macro Musings [3]

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