Is Trump ‘Detoxing’ the Economy or Poisoning It?
It’s hard to understand the economic logic of President Trump’s tariffs. In our last episode, we tried, but with limited success. And that might be because the logic here isn’t entirely economic at al...
14 Maalis 20251h 1min
Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work
Wall Street thought Donald Trump was bluffing about his tariff plans. The stock market rallied after his election. But the reality has started setting in. Trump is doubling down on tariffs, even as he...
12 Maalis 20251h 1min
There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk
Right-wing populism thrives on scarcity. The answer is abundance. But a politics of abundance will work only if Democrats confront where their approach has failed. This audio essay is adapted from my ...
9 Maalis 202517min
This Trump Speech Was the Ultimate Loyalty Test
The economy has started blinking red. President Trump’s tariffs have been roiling markets. Consumer sentiment was already down. G.D.P. forecasts are predicting slower growth. And on Tuesday night Trum...
5 Maalis 202548min
The Government Knows AGI is Coming
Artificial general intelligence — an A.I. system that can beat humans at almost any cognitive task — is arriving in just a couple of years. That’s what people tell me — people who work in A.I. labs, r...
4 Maalis 20251h 6min
The Dark Heart of Trump's Foreign Policy
If you’re looking for a single-sentence summation of the change in America’s foreign policy under Donald Trump, you could do worse than what Trump said on Wednesday:“The European Union was formed in o...
1 Maalis 20251h 20min
A Theory of Media That Explains 15 Years of Politics
In 2016, when Donald Trump won the first time, a little-known book became an unexpected phenomenon. It was “The Revolt of the Public,” self-published two years earlier by a former C.I.A. media analyst...
25 Helmi 20251h 3min
A Democrat Who Is Thinking Differently
After the elections, I started asking congressional Democrats the same question: If the elections had gone the other way, if they had won a trifecta, what would be their first big bill? In almost ever...
18 Helmi 20251h 3min
