marasawrMar 27, 2025

A well-sourced & accessible 30m explainer of why tariffs don’t work, damage the industries they’re supposed to protect, and amount to punching your own economy in the d*ck.¹ Receipts for days – this is where farce and catastrophe collide 💸💸

HT @riskybusiness for putting me onto Rear Vision a lifetime ago. This programme bridges history and current affairs like no other, and should absolutely be in your pod-catcher!
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¹ https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/rearvision/trump-trade-and-tariffs/105004670

Trump, trade and tariffs - ABC listen

President Trump loves tariffs but most economists hate them. We look at how tariffs work and what history can tell us about their impact on economies. And the industries protected by them.

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If you would like to extra understand how much Greenlanders mean it when they say «aap qujanaq!» to Fake Bake Caligula, Rear Vision has your back for that too 💫²
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² https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/rearvision/greenland-donald-trump-and-the-politics-of-empire/104522806
Greenland Donald Trump and the politics of empire - ABC listen

President Trump wants to buy or take control of Greenland from Denmark. But Denmark has made very clear, they don’t have the right to sell Greenland because Greenland is owned by the people of Greenland.  Donald Trump is not the first US president to try and buy Greenland. The story of Greenland and America’s many attempts to gain control of the largest island on the planet.

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