I'm Bethany McLean.

Did you ever have a moment of doubt about capitalism and whether greed's a good idea?

And I'm Luigi Zengalis.

We have socialism for the very rich, rugged individualism for the poor.

And this is Capital Isn't, a podcast about what is working in capitalism.

First of all, tell me, is there some society you know that doesn't run on greed?

And most importantly, what isn't?

We ought to do better by the people that get left behind.

I don't think we shouldn't kill the capital system in the process.

As everyone knows, there is an election coming up soon.

We thought it would be important to look at the

economic proposals that the two candidates are putting forward through our unique lengths. Which

of their proposals are capital ease and which are our capital isn't? Of course, this is a challenging

exercise in several respects. As a friend of mine said, both candidates are running on

vibes more than specific proposals. What makes this discussion particularly urgent and particularly

interesting is that neither candidate is espousing a traditional Republican or democratic point

of view. Take tariffs before the Trump presidency.

Tariffs were pretty much a no-no for Republicans,

I think since Herbert Hoover, and we're talking 90 years ago.

Trump levied tariffs on thousands of products valued approximately $380 billion in 2018 and 19,

and the Biden administration, rather than lifting those tariffs, has kept them in place.

And in May 24, announced new tariff hikes on additional $18 billion of Chinese goods,

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