The Guide #185: How The Phantom Menaces trade wars can help you understand our political moment

There are many scary things to come out of Trump’s tariffs. The world economy being thrown into chaos; spiralling prices; furious economic experts showing charts with big down arrows, using phrases like “gilt markets” and “share index undergrowth”, which I definitely understand. But the most terrifying thing – the thing that has made me truly believe that we are living in the End Times – is a panic-inducing realisation: The Phantom Menace just might have been right all along. For those who haven’t seen the first Star Wars prequel, GOD I envy you. The dialogue is wooden and the structure

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