Cédric Durand is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Geneva and a member of the Centre d'économie Paris Nord.

May 29, 2025

Analysis

America’s Braudelian Autumn

Factions of capital in the second Trump administration

In its efforts to revive the American Empire, the Trump administration will have to delicately balance the interests of both manufacturing-oriented nativists and capital factions whose interests span the globe. Navigating these competing agendas will pose an enormous challenge to…