Yeah There’s a layer of policy chaos built on top of an economy which seems surprisingly resilient to that chaos. I guess the business environment, people think there’s a company in the US that imports stuff from a supplier in China. And also, this is something that traditional economics just isn’t prepared to deal with. Maybe then something emerges with AI that’s like, wow, our lives are like. And so I do think there’s something about times of uncertainty.

Source: International New York Times December 23, 2025 11:07 UTC