Downstream: What’s The Real Point of Trump’s Tariffs? w/ Slavoj Žižek
Apr 16, 2025•2 hr 6 min
Episode description
Donald Trump has been ripping up the rule book on global trade, implementing huge tariffs and sending markets into a frenzy. But is there any method in his apparent madness? Legendary Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek regales Aaron with his thoughts on US trade policy – not to mention Franz Kafka, fully automated luxury communism and whether […]