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Pivot · April 8, 2025 · 58m

Tariff Shock: Markets Crash, Global Trade Unwinding

Markets crash on sweeping tariff announcements. Galloway analyzes the economic impact (consumer prices, supply chain disruption, recession risk). Swisher focuses on the political strategy. Both agree the uncertainty is more damaging than the tariffs themselves.

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Galloway opens up about his personal stress management during the current political and economic turmoil: daily exercise, morning cold plunge, limiting news consumption to 30 minutes per day, and weekly therapy. He argues that maintaining physical and mental foundations during chaos is a professional responsibility, not a personal luxury.

Highlights

Policy uncertainty is more economically damaging than bad policy — businesses can adapt to rules but not to chaos
Galloway argues that the tariffs themselves might be manageable, but the uncertainty — tariffs announced, retracted, modified, and re-announced weekly — makes business planning impossible. Companies aren't freezing investment because of tariffs; they're freezing because they don't know what the tariffs will be next week.
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