Provocateur Ditches Wall Street to Promote a Post-Trump Ideology

Aug. 22, 2025, 11:00 AM UTC

Every three months, the magazine arrives in the mailboxes of a relative handful of America’s economic and intellectual elite—a self-selected circle of people who enjoy curling up with a 250-page journal whose cover is adorned with the names of its contributors in black type.

Its anodyne title is American Affairs, and its origins are on the political right. But inside, you might read Slavoj Žižek, the radical Marxist thinker and cultural critic, exploring censorship and the “Me Too” movement through the comedic works of the classic Hollywood filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch. Or a business consultant and a money manager ...

Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:

See Breaking News in Context

Bloomberg Law provides trusted coverage of current events enhanced with legal analysis.

Already a subscriber?

Log in to keep reading or access research tools and resources.