Tag: tariffs

The real reason for the tariff pause, and the fragility of financial markets. Includes insights from ChatGPT.

https://fortune.com/2025/04/20/bond-market-chaos-hedge-funds-world-shadow-banks-regulation/ // Fortune article is behind a paywall. I saw this headline the other day that some folks shared on social media: "Hedge funds are the new ‘shadow banks’—and some are worried they pose a systemic threat to financial stability." In my head, I found the headline utterly stupid, primarily because anything outside traditional banking … Continue reading The real reason for the tariff pause, and the fragility of financial markets. Includes insights from ChatGPT. →

ChatGPT’s breakdown of Paul Krugman’s interview with Nathan Tankus Part II.

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/nathan-tankus-part-ii?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=277517&post_id=161655244&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1hk5eb&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email User: first part: TRANSCRIPT: ChatGPT: 🧙🏾‍♂️<contemplator>Alright... let's start small... tiny observations first... Paul Krugman opens casually. Hmm. Very informal. Almost like... he's trying to set a tone of "we're just two people trying to figure out a crazy world." Not an authority dictating a narrative. Maybe even subtly acknowledging uncertainty himself? That's interesting. He … Continue reading ChatGPT’s breakdown of Paul Krugman’s interview with Nathan Tankus Part II. →

ChatGPT’s Recap and follow-up to the article, “When the Dollar Stops Flowing.”

https://goorha.medium.com/when-the-dollar-stops-flowing-2d94cb7b87d7 Discussion w/ ChatGPT4o. User: There’s a fascinating article I want you to break down for me as I give you some passages in parts. ChatGPT: Absolutely — go ahead and share the first passage whenever you’re ready. I’ll dive into it with deep, step-by-step analysis as we go. User: (copy and paste the first half). ChatGPT: … Continue reading ChatGPT’s Recap and follow-up to the article, “When the Dollar Stops Flowing.” →

ChatGPT’s Breakdown of the “Trump’s Trade War is a Class War” video.

https://youtu.be/190AQctOKk0?si=mO4OR-r4vmZCsBxi Analyzing Finance with Nick. In recent days, there's been a flood of different analyses, opinions, debates, memes, jokes, or merely perspectives on President Donald Trump's trade war chaos. I would recommend watching Chamath's Pilihapatiya's interview on FLAGRANT (which I covered with GPT), as we as The All In Podcast, where there was a debate … Continue reading ChatGPT’s Breakdown of the “Trump’s Trade War is a Class War” video. →

Part 2: ChatGPT’s Breakdown of Mar-ar-Largo Accord, Trump’s Tariffs. Continued Discussion from Chamath’s take on the FRAGRANT Podcast.

User: What's the Mar-a-Lago Accord? ChatGPT: The Mar-a-Lago Accord is a proposed economic strategy developed under the Trump administration, aimed at resetting global trade and finance. With key support from Vice-President J.D. Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Stephen Miran from the Council of Economic Advisers, the plan addresses the issue of the strong US … Continue reading Part 2: ChatGPT’s Breakdown of Mar-ar-Largo Accord, Trump’s Tariffs. Continued Discussion from Chamath’s take on the FRAGRANT Podcast. →

ChatGPT’s Breakdown of Chamath Palihapitiya interview on the FLAGRANT podcast.

Prefix I fed the superior thinking AI machine (ChatGPT) a full transcript, albeit in chunks, to digest and interrogate in depth the claims Chamath Palihapitiya made on the Flagrant podcast concerning the recent President Trump tariff debacle. I've already seen many other perspectives by pundits, but this one was different and stood out because it … Continue reading ChatGPT’s Breakdown of Chamath Palihapitiya interview on the FLAGRANT podcast. →

Overview of an article on Game Theory and tariffs by ChatGPT 4o, and generating a new paper with 4.5.

Article I read a well-written article that I highly recommend that applies Game Theory to the U.S. tariffs and trade wars, especially with Donald Trump's recent geopolitical moves into a more protectionist agenda to make America Great Again. His obsession with the Gilded Age protectionism played a large factor in his actions. Me: [custom summary … Continue reading Overview of an article on Game Theory and tariffs by ChatGPT 4o, and generating a new paper with 4.5. →