| Today's Businessweek Daily is a special edition featuring stories from the May issue of the magazine, available online now. Editor Brad Stone is here with a preview. If you like what you see, tell your friends! Sign up here. You can also subscribe to get the print edition. The central symbol of Donald Trump's political career is the wall—not only a physical barrier to keep out foreigners who seek a share of American prosperity, but also the intangible levies on global trade, which he believes will return an age of American exceptionalism. So the cover of the May issue of Bloomberg Businessweek features a new kind of wall, constructed entirely of shipping containers, apt for a month when the Trump administration is unnerving global markets by threatening a range of punitive tariffs. In our cover package, we look at the history of Trump's infatuation with tariffs, and just how much a trade war might cost both the US economy and American consumers. We also profile Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget and a co-author of Project 2025, who's provided the intellectual foundation for Trump's protectionist presidency and war on the federal bureaucracy. Elsewhere in the issue, we examine a different kind of crisis surrounding male imperative: the crisis of men, who despite their ascendancy in business and politics are falling behind professionally and academically, and have turned to the manosphere of online influencers and politically connected podcasters, seeking advice on everything from fashion to whether to attend college. And if that's too many male-themed stories for you, we also profile General Motors Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra, who's navigating Trump's tariffs while trying to figure out how to sell electric vehicles in Trump's America. |
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