John Cassidy
@johncassidysays.bsky.social
Economics writer at The New Yorker. Author of new book “Capitalism and Its Critics: A History from the Industrial Revolution to AI" and other beach reads.
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Trump’s trade war has unfolded as a series of threats, announcements, pauses, starts and deals, and the coining by the FT’s own @robarmstrong.bsky.social of the term “Taco” — Trump always chickens out. Even with all the changes, the de facto tariff rate is at its highest level in nearly a century.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Trump’s trade war has unfolded as a series of threats, announcements, pauses, starts and deals, and the coining by the FT’s own @robarmstrong.bsky.social of the term “Taco” — Trump always chickens out. Even with all the changes, the de facto tariff rate is at its highest level in nearly a century.
Quite a night all round.
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Quite a night all round.
And no, I’m not covering Mamdani’s victory speech: my colleague Eric Lach is on the case. But I live around the corner, so I thought I’d walk by and take a gander.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
And no, I’m not covering Mamdani’s victory speech: my colleague Eric Lach is on the case. But I live around the corner, so I thought I’d walk by and take a gander.