The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg Resiliency and Change | Interview: Liz Hoffman
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Apr 27, 2026 
Liz Hoffman, Semafor business and finance editor and former Wall Street Journal reporter, joins to talk markets, AI, and economic policy. They cover why equities stay calm, AI's adoption and job risks, the Fed versus long-term yields, potential bond crises, dollar dominance and stablecoins, and how supply chains and industrial policy are reshaping the economy.
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Citadel Exec Says Investors Never Learned Consequences
- Citadel Securities' president told Hoffman markets raised a generation of investors who never learned consequences for being wrong.
- She used this conversation to illustrate the cultural shift toward expecting official market support.
Pace Of AI Adoption Determines Social Pain
- Speed of AI adoption matters: slow adoption lets labor re-skill; fast adoption risks messy social dislocation.
- Hoffman notes enterprise adoption may lag, which could buy time for transitions in skills and culture.
Trump Economic Agenda Is Nostalgic Not Ideological
- Trump economic policy has emotional cohesion rooted in nostalgia rather than a coherent intellectual framework.
- Hoffman says goals include narrowing goods deficit, boosting blue‑collar wages and manufacturing, driven by political aims more than technical plans.
