About this episode

The episode discusses the reflecting pool renovation under Trump, a WSJ investigation into Polymarket, and features insights from economist Richard Wolff on the economy.

Trump's $14 million reflecting pool renovation is already peeling and full of algae — but it’s “the vandals” who did it, right? We break down the reflecting pool fiasco, as well as a WSJ investigation exposes Polymarket's influencer program as a network of fake wins designed to look like real money. Iraqi-Assyrian comedian and actor Paul Elia joins for the news roundup. Then, Marxist economist and co-founder of Democracy at Work Professor Richard Wolff returns to break down the state of the economy under Trump — tariffs, trade wars, the CHIPS Act rollback, and what it actually means when the 1% point to the stock market and say that it proves everything is just fine.

People in this episode

Host: Francesca Fiorentini

Guests: Richard Wolff, Paul Elia

Topics covered

• Trump administration
• economy
• fake news
• influencer programs
• Marxist economics
• trade wars
• comedy

Keywords

• Trump
• reflecting pool
• algae
• Polymarket
• economy
• tariffs
• trade wars
• stock market

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Polymarket, WSJ

Places: Iraq, America

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