Political risk is one of the most unquantifiable aspects of investing — and one of the most consequential. Shifts in regulation, tax and trade policies can shake economies and upend asset prices.

Our guest today is economist Larry Hatheway, who argues that markets vastly underestimate the dangers of a second Trump presidency.

And in today’s Dumb Question of the Week, we ask: Are trade deficits a problem?

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