Tariffs as Economic War in an Emerging Post-American Order
Live on location at Wellington Harbor! Just dropped a new episode of the pod, covering a lot of ground (with a beautiful setting in the backdrop):
Why I just bailed on my planned trip to the US.
How tariffs in the 1930s (sort of) led to World War II in Asia.
How to understand the China-Japan-South Korea coordinated response to Trump’s tariffs.
Why are tariffs part of economic nationalism, and why is economic nationalism a gift to to the far right?
Why has China become the primary scapegoat of Trump’s global tariff project?
And what’s Singapore's prime minister got to say about the way the world is changing?
As you can probably see in the video, I’m exhausted. Body tired, brain fried, working overtime to make sense of the many facets of our economic crisis and the emerging post-American world. Will try to keep doing so. ✌️