Source: Underthrow
by Max Borders
“Singapore uses the War Games Strategy. That is, the only way to win is not to play. In other words, Singaporeans engage in unilateral free trade, whatever the rest do. Economically, the city-state punches high above its weight. The US, under the Trump Administration, uses the Chaos Strategy. That is, the only way to win is to go batshit long enough to get your counterparts to renegotiate amid the chaos. (Below, I discuss potential Trump Administration infighting between Reciprocols and Retardos.) My preferred strategy, the Everybody Wins Strategy, is probably too idealistic: the only way to win is universal free trade, which means governments get out of the way.” (04/10/25)