Here
we are in the middle of the second year of Donald Trump’s presidency and
if there’s one thing we know by now, it’s that the leader of the free
world can create an instant reality-TV show on geopolitical steroids at
will. True, he’s not polished in his demeanor, but he has an unerring
way of instilling the most uncertainty in any situation in the least
amount of time.
Whether
through executive orders, tweets, cable-news interviews, or rallies, he
regularly leaves diplomacy in the dust, while allegedly delivering for a
faithful base of supporters who voted for him as the ultimate
anti-diplomat. And while he’s at it, he continues to take a wrecking
ball to the countless political institutions that litter the Acela
Corridor. Amid all the tweeted sound and fury, however, the rest of us
are going to have to face the consequences of Donald Trump getting his
hands on the economy.
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, entropy
is “a process of degradation or running down or a trend to disorder.”
With that in mind, perhaps the best way to predict President Trump’s
next action is just to focus on the path of greatest entropy and take it
from there.
Let
me do just that, while exploring five key economic sallies of the Trump
White House since he took office and the bleakness and chaos that may
lie ahead as the damage to the economy and our financial future comes
into greater focus.
http://www.unz.com/article/the-entropy-wars/
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