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Adam Davidson discusses Trump's business practices and their impact on the economy.

More on Trump's $2 billion is new money in the past year -- Financial investigative journalist (and Mission Implausible producer) Adam Davidson illuminates Trump's business model: money-laundering, ass-kissing and rent-seeking. His zero-sum view of how things work doesn't just enrich himself, it damages overall world economic growth. He's more a post-Soviet oligarch than a Western capitalist. Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod  

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Guest: Adam Davidson

Topics covered

• Trump's business model
• money-laundering
• economic growth
• post-Soviet oligarchs
• financial journalism

Keywords

• Trump
• business model
• money-laundering
• economic growth
• Adam Davidson

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Organizations: Mission Implausible, iHeartPodcasts

Books & works: Mission Implausible

Places: Western, Soviet

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