This week: Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China went into effect – only for him to turn around and suspend many of them. <a href="https://www.axios.com/authors/fsalmon">Felix Salmon</a>, <a href="https://www.axios.com/authors/epeck">Emily Peck</a>, and <a href="https://www.elizabethspiers.com/">Elizabeth Spiers</a> discuss Trump’s love of tariffs and the political effects of his trade war. Then, Egg Watch gets a whole segment this week as Chenya Roth joins to discuss the economics of egg demand and the question of if <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/egg-prices-rising/681844/">eggs even should be super cheap</a>. And finally, an elaborate scheme to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-05/there-was-a-texas-lottery-arbitrage?sref=C3P1bRLC">buy every lottery ticket</a> and guarantee a jackpot went down in Texas. The hosts debate whether there is actually anything wrong with that. In the Slate Plus episode: The Trump bump has become quite a slumpWant to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slate-money/id876523888"> Apple Podcasts</a> and<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2AgxNbNcUOckZSww9mk8mX"> Spotify</a>. Or, visit<a href="https://slate.com/podcast-plus?utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=plus_pod&utm_content=Money&utm_source=episode_summary"> slate.com/moneyplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.Podcast production by Jessamine Molli and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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