The Republican party under Trump has spent the past weeks ripping up the old rule book on trade as they implement tariffs, sending global markets into a frenzy. But is there any method in Trump’s apparent madness?
Joining Aaron Bastani for the second time on Downstream is Marxist philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek.
Their wide-ranging conversation addresses the current moment: with an in-depth discussion of US trade policy, while also taking in Kafka, camels, and fully automated luxury communism.
Slavoj’s new book Zero Point, is out now (Bloomsbury, £9.99 paperback) and available here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/zero-point-9781350537842/
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