Psychologist Dolly Chug studies the lengths we will go to protect the way we see ourselves.
We care about whether we're seen as a good person,
whether others see us as a good person, and whether we feel like good people.
Ideas about our self-image.
That's on the Ted Radio Hour podcast from NPR.
Live from NPR News in Washington on Corfa Coleman,
stock markets are tanking around the world this morning in response to President Trump's new global tariffs.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index plunged more than 13 percent.
European markets are slumping by about 5 percent.
Wall Street isn't yet open.
NPR's Maria Aspins' last week was terrible, but this week could be worse.
When the futures markets opened last night,
meaning that traders could start putting in their orders to buy and sell, prices immediately turned red.
By early this morning, Dow futures were down around 1300 points, or more than 3 percent.
And it's not just stocks.
Oil futures are down, and Bitcoin, which trades around the clock, is down below $77,000.
Remember, it hit $100,000 not that long ago, weeks after President Trump was elected,
on the industry's hopes for a more crypto-friendly president.
NPR's Maria Aspin reporting.
President Trump defended his tariffs yesterday to reporters.