Best Paul Moreno Podcasts (2025)

My special guest today is Alex De Pase, a name synonymous with innovation in the tattoo industry. Alex, along with Gabe Ripley and others, has been involved in transformative ventures like the Venetian Tattoo Gathering and recently the International Tattoo Federation (ITF). The ITF —a real federation, not just another association or collective. aim…

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The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America (with Mehrsa Baradaran) 48:25

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Law professor Mehrsa Baradaran joins Nick and Goldy to reveal how neoliberalism wasn’t just a misguided economic theory—it was a “quiet coup” that rewired our laws, courts, and institutions to elevate capital above democracy. Drawing from her new book The Quiet Coup, Professor Baradaran explains how this ideology became like the air we breathe: a p…

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Ep. #3621: UFC review, Where’s Waldo Cortez Acosta, Jason Parillo Interview, more 1:23:05

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On Episode 3,621, the guys had UFC Qatar to go over and also spoke to Coach Jason Parillo.By MMA Junkie Radio

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S16 E60: Jonathan Bier on Bitcoin Civil Wars & BitMEX Research 3:12:03

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Jonathan Bier is the author of the influential best-seller "The Blocksize War: The battle over who controls Bitcoin’s protocol rules", as well as one of the most prolific and respected researchers in Bitcoin. He is also an active investor who sits on various company boards and advises projects in the space.In this episode, we talk about parallels b…

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Ep. #3620: UFC Preview, Marion Santos interview, more 1:20:23

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On Episode 3,620, the guys welcomed Mairon Santos onto the show and also previewed the UFC Fight Night.By MMA Junkie Radio

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The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters (with Diane Coyle) 36:00

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For nearly a century, GDP has been the world’s go-to measure of economic success—but what if it’s been telling us the wrong story? It treats cigarette sales and cancer treatments as equally “good” for the economy, while caring for your kids, volunteering, or creating art don’t count at all. This week, economist Diane Coyle joins Nick and Goldy to d…

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Ep. #3619: UFC 322 recap, Ian Garry criticizes JDM, is Bo Nickal back, more 1:05:58

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On Episode 3,619, the guys had a huge PPV to go over so they spent the whole show on that.By MMA Junkie Radio

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S16 E59: Curtis Green on Bitcoin, Silk Road & Forgiveness 5:05:05

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Curtis Green, better knows by OG bitcoiners as "Chronicpain" or "Flush", is a former forum moderator and website administrator of the Silk Road internet marketplace. He is a man who has mined bitcoin early enough to get scammed by Butterfly Labs, and was allegedly also the target of a bounty on assassination markets.He's seen all eras of Bitcoin, a…

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Ep. #3618: Best card of the year? Daniel Cormier Interview, as well as Sean Brady, Bo Nickal, and Tracy Cortez join the show, more 1:39:01

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On Episode 3,618, the guys had 4 guests on the show, Sean Brady, Bo Nickal and Tracy Cortez, who are all on UFC 322. They also had Daniel Cormier on.By MMA Junkie Radio

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S16 E58: Leona Hioki on INTMAX, ZK Rollups & Privacy 2:41:05

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Leona Hioki is the CEO, co-founder & architect of INTMAX: a ZK rollup layer 2 that focuses on private payments, scalability, and low fees. In this episode, we talk about scaling & privacy tech for Bitcoin & what we can learn from Ethereum.Time stamps:00:01:17 -Introducing Leona00:02:47 - Leona Hioki's Background00:03:38 - Discussion on Past Podcast…

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Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud (with Ben McKenzie) 32:52

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Actor and author Ben McKenzie didn’t set out to become one of crypto’s fiercest critics—but when the pandemic hit and Hollywood shut down, his curiosity turned into a full-blown investigation. The result was the bestselling book, Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud, a blistering exposé of the crypto craze as “…

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S16 E57: Trezor Safe 7 Setup with Matej Zak & Tomáš Sušánka 54:27

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Recently, Trezor unveiled the Safe 7: the first hardware wallet in the world to include the Tropic Square verifiable secure element chip, a true game-changer for Bitcoin security. In this episode, Matej Zak & Tomáš Sušánka explain how it works.Buy your Trezor Safe 7 (referral link): https://affil.trezor.io/SHuMTime stamps: 00:01:13 - Introduction t…

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Ep. #3617: UFC results, was the brown stoppage early, more 50:11

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On Episode 3,617, the guys recapped the UFC event and went over all of the new storylines.By MMA Junkie Radio

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S16 E56: Super Testnet on Papa Swaps, BIP 444 & Prediction Markets 2:59:50

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Recently, Super Testnet built Papa swaps: a novel & optimistic way of doing atomic swaps on Bitcoin. In this episode, he talks about his new projects, why he is in favor of filtering the mempool + BIP 444 activation, and prediction markets.Time stamps:00:01:28 - Intro: Super Testnet's Return to the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast00:03:03 - Lightning Priva…

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Ep. #3616: FBI involved in betting scandal, Jake Paul fight cancelled, UFC preview, Chepe Mariscal interview, more 1:02:19

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On Episode 3,616, the guys had tons to talk about with everything going on in combat sports and their guest was Chepe Mariscal.By MMA Junkie Radio

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S16 E55: Mert Mumtaz on Zcash, Privacy & Zillions 1:30:18

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Mert Mumtaz is the man of the hour: the Zcash bull who successfully popularized privacy in DeFi, and one of the architects behind the spectacular price action we've seen in the month of "ZECtober".In this episode, we talk about the meaning of privacy, why Zcash plays a leading role in this new paradigm, and what "zillions" really means.Time stamps:…

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Stock Buybacks and the Trillion Dollar Heist (with Senator Cory Booker) 39:42

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Corporations are on track to spend more than $1.3 trillion on stock buybacks this year—money that could have gone toward higher wages, innovation, or community investment. That’s the real-life Trillion Dollar Heist at the center of our new comic from Civic Ventures, which follows Marta, a janitor who interrupts a corporate board meeting just as exe…

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Ep. #3615: UFC review, Adrian Yanez interview, more 1:15:41

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On Episode 3,615, the guys recapped this weekends UFC and talked about all the storylines. They also spoke to Adrian Yanez.By MMA Junkie Radio

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S16 E54: Slava Zhygulin & Ros on Stroom Network, Bitcoin Staking 1:35:41

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The Stroom Network presents an interesting proposition: staking your bitcoin on the Lightning network, and earning yield from the transaction fees that routing nodes are collecting. To better explain how this system works, Slava and Ros join the show!Time stamps:00:01:17 - Introduction to Bitcoin Takeover Podcast Season 16 Episode 5400:01:23 - Welc…

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Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister, The Serial Killer 50:40

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Harriett Gilbert welcomes Nigerian author Oyinkan Braithwaite into the World Book Club studio to discuss her internationally bestselling debut, My Sister, the Serial Killer — a darkly comic thriller that has captivated readers around the globe. This is the story of two sisters, Korede, the responsible and overlooked older sibling, and Ayoola, the b…

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Ep. #3614: UFC Fight Night preview, Valter Walker & Muhammad Mokaev Interviews, more 1:13:47

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On Episode 3,614, the guys went over all the news, previewed the UFC card and had two guests join the show, Valter Walker and Mohammad Mokaev.By MMA Junkie Radio

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Competing Visions on Trade: A Race to the Bottom Vs. Building the Middle Class (with Thea Lee featuring Todd Tucker) 40:38

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In the final episode of our Trade series, Nick and Goldy talk with Thea Lee, former Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor, to challenge the core assumption behind decades of U.S. trade policy: That trade is about efficiency, not power. Lee explains how past trade deals were written to protect capital while …

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S16 E53: Xenu on Bitcoin Culture & Moreno vs Zcash 4:18:45

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Xenu is the anti-moonboy: someone who is deeply dedicated to promoting digital money as something that you use to purchase goods & services, and a black market connoisseur. In this episode, we talk about Bitcoin & tackle the Moreno vs Zcash debate.Time stamps:00:01:46 - Welcome to Bitcoin Takeover podcast00:01:52 - Vlad introduces himself and Xenu0…

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Ep. #3613: UFC recap, who was winning the fight, Anthony Hernandez interview, more 1:06:12

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On Episode 3,613, the guys recapped UFC 321 and also spoke to Anthony Hernandez, who is a UFC Middleweight.By MMA Junkie Radio

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S16 E52: Paul Sztorc on Bitcoin's Culture Wars 1:48:29

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While the Bitcoin Core v30 vs Knots debate went on, Paul Sztorc was hard at work building the Drivechains software. However, this doesn't meant that he doesn't have any opinions about the recent events and their greater significance.Time stamps:00:01:30 - Welcome to the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast and Paul's Second Appearance This Season00:02:28 - Bit…

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Ep. #3612: UFC preview, RDR speaks up, Farid Basharat & Shawne Merriman Interviews, more 1:21:21

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On Episode 3,612, the guys had a UFC PPV to preview and also had two guests. They had a great conversation with Farid Basharat, who just got a win, and Shawne Merriman, who came on to talk MMA and NFL.By MMA Junkie Radio

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South of the Border: A Mexican Perspective on the Free Trade Era (with Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid) 30:44

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In the sixth episode of our trade series, Pitchfork Economics producer Freddy Doss talks with Mexican economist Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid about how NAFTA — and now the USMCA — reshaped Mexico’s economy in ways that those of us north of the Rio Grande almost never hear about. Yes, exports skyrocketed. But wages stagnated, domestic industry hollowed ou…

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Ep. #3611: UFC results, was Marlon Vera robbed, bad reffing, Joshua Van Interview, more 1:10:30

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On Episode 3,611, the guys had the UFC to review and also had a guest, Joshua Van, who is fighting for the flyweight title.By MMA Junkie Radio

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S16 E51: Sean Bowe on Bitcoin, Zcash & Scaling Privacy with Tachyon 3:39:34

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Sean Bowe is a cryptographer and engineer who is best known for revolutionizing Zcash. After cooperating to fix the inflation bug in the first version of the network, he built Halo to remove the trusted setup – basically obliterating the main reason why Bitcoin did not activate the Zerocash soft fork in 2013.More recently, Sean Bowe announced proje…

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45 — The Trap 1:00:23

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“Once the kind of place where your estranged alcoholic father would buy you breakfast, the Trap now feels like that weird bar in the suburbs your friends from high school settle on for an annual evening of bad decisions the night before Thanksgiving. The Trap has grown up a bit, and so have you.” -Pete Cottell, Willamette Week, November 2017 A clas…

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Ep. #3610: UFC preview, Yan Vs Merab, DWCS is over, John McCarthy Interview, more 1:17:17

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On Episode 3,610, the guys had a lot of matchups announced and also had a guest, Big John McCarthy, who will be returning to reffing fights.By MMA Junkie Radio

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North of the Border: A Canadian Perspective on the Free Trade Era (with Luke Savage) 30:42

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In the fifth episode of our series on trade, journalist and author Luke Savage joins Pitchfork Economics Producer Freddy Doss to unpack how decades of “free trade” between the U.S. and Canada have reshaped both economies—entrenching corporate power, hollowing out manufacturing, and weakening democratic control over economic policy. Savage traces ho…

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Ep. #3609: UFC Rio results, is the UFC bulletproof, Beneil Dariush Interview, more 1:13:06

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On Episode 3,609, the guys recapped UFC in Rio, went over all the latest news, and had an interview with Beneil Dariush.By MMA Junkie Radio

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S16 E50: Ray Youssef on Why Paxful's Terminated 1:46:02

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On October 1st 2025, Paxful announced the decision to "wind down operations" and blamed the "misconduct" of co-founder Ray Youssef for the company's trajectory. But Ray Youssef had already moved on since 2023, building NoOnes as a non-US entity which better serves the peer to peer needs of the Global South.In this episode, Ray explains what's going…

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S16 E49: Jay Berg on Bitcoin, SidePit & Maximalism 4:15:04

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Jay Berg joined Bitcoin in 2010 and became the first person to tweet about BTCUSD when the price hit a new high of $12. In this episode, he talks about why most Bitcoiners are wrong in their recent filter debate and how SidePit aims to fix trading.Time stamps:00:01:57 - Hot take: Maxis wrong, shitcoining new Bitcoining00:03:00 - Bitcoin kernel: Lit…

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Ep. #3608: UFC preview, Conor McGregor gets suspended, Yana Santos Interview, Youssef Zalal Interview, more 1:26:57

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On Episode 3,608, the guys had a UFC show to preview and also had two guests, Youssef Zalal & Yana Santos, who both got wins at UFC 320.By MMA Junkie Radio

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Trade Wars Are Class Wars (with Matthew C. Klein) 49:28

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S16 E48: Christopher Smith on Quantus, Bitcoin & Quantum Resistance 2:46:35

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Ep. #3607: UFC, PFL & BKFC results, is Alex Pereria back, more 1:07:06

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Mexican Gothic 1:06:33

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Harriett is joined by Silvia Moreno-Garcia to discuss her chilling bestseller Mexican Gothic. The story begins when Noemí Taboada, a glamorous socialite from 1950s Mexico City, receives a desperate letter from her cousin Catalina, claiming her new husband is poisoning her. Unsure if Catalina is mad or truly in danger, Noemí rushes to High Place - a…

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Ep. #3606: UFC 320 preview, Smashing Machine review, John Wood interview, more 1:13:40

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On Episode 3,606, the guys had a lot to talk about, starting with a UFC preview and a Smashing Machine review. They also went over all the new matchups being announced and had an interview with John Wood.By MMA Junkie Radio

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S16 E47: Max Hillebrand on White Noise & Private Messaging on Nostr 4:02:36

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Max Hillebrand makes his 8th appearance on the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast in order to talk about his latest project: White Noise, a private messaging application for Nostr. We also talk about Core v30 vs Knots, Bitcoin layer 2s & other bull market topics.Time stamps:00:01:07 - Max Hillebrand's Background00:02:47 - Post-Wasabi Wallet Era and Privacy C…

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S16 E46: Val Venis on Bitcoin, Liberty & Wrestling 4:32:43

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Back in 2013, former WWE Intercontinental Champion Val Venis bought 24 bitcoins for $80 each. Today, he is a big advocate for freedom, privacy, and the right to benefit from the product of your own labor without extortion.In this episode, we talk about libertarianism, his love for private internet money, and his WWE stories.Time stamps: 00:00:00 - …

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You Can't Tariff Knowledge (with César Hidalgo) 41:51

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Tariffs won’t save America’s economy—but knowledge might. In the third episode of our Trade series, Nick and Goldy sit down with physicist César Hidalgo to explore how prosperity really grows—not through tariffs or trickle-down promises, but through the accumulation of knowledge and know-how. Hidalgo explains why digital exports don’t show up in tr…

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Ep. #3605: UFC review, Dana White on 60 minutes, UFC 320 talk, more 1:04:39

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On Episode 3,605, the guys went over this weekend’s MMA and started talking about UFC 320.By MMA Junkie Radio

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S16 E45: Shai Wyborski on Bitcoin, Kaspa & Proof of Work Research 8:28:56

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Shai Wyborski is one of the three co-authors of the GHOSTDAG paper, and a man who takes pride in his independent thinking and divergent approach to research. As a PhD in quantum cryptography, he's got lots of knowledge to share. But by virtue of his involvement in Bitcoin and Kaspa, he's got stories to tell too.What does the future of Proof of Work…

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Ep. #3604: UFC preview, Jake Paul speaks up, RDR & Davey Grant interviews, more 1:11:09

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On Episode 3,604, the guys had two guests, RDR and Davey Grant. They also went over all the news nuggets.By MMA Junkie Radio

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How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray (with Nat Dyer) 41:18

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In the second episode of our Trade series, Nick and Goldy talk with author Nat Dyer about his book Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray. Dyer reveals how David Ricardo’s famous theory of comparative advantage—long touted as proof that free trade is always a win-win—was built on unrealistic assumptions and a false …