Economists are geeks. Star Wars parallels are tempting: US President Trump as the Trade Federation leader; Trump’s largest donor Musk as Chancellor Palpatine, railing against bureaucrats; and ...

As seen in The Phantom Menace, Viceroy Nute Gunray and the ... Attack of the Clones as well as in The Clone Wars, the Trade Federation ships are a staple of the prequel trilogy era, though they ...