<p>If you’ve seen ads for Trump Accounts for kids, but also know anything about Donald Trump, you might be wondering “Free $1,000 per baby? Okay, what’s the catch?” It’s a classic. </p><br><p>Guest: Justin Wolfers, <a href="https://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/justin-wolfers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan</a>, and founder of <a href="https://platypuseconomics.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Platypus Economics</a>.</p><br><p>Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at<a href="http://slate.com/whatnextplus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> slate.com/whatnextplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.</p><br><p>Podcast production by Rob Gunther, Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.</p><br><p>Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
