Episode 2 Part 2 - Wading in The Swamp

Emma and Chloe turn their attention to the USA, in a decade where America, for better or worse, defined the world order. They discuss the mixed achievements of Bill Clinton’s presidency, including the 1994 assault weapons ban that, while a huge success at the time was compromised by a ‘sunset clause’ that ensured no permanent change to American gun culture. They then consider Republican attempts to frustrate Clinton’s presidency, and the right-wing operatives who, after cameo appearances in the Clinton impeachment saga took leading roles in the Trump presidency. Finally, they look at how America remade the global economy in its own image, and in ways that served its own interests, and the market dogmatism that may now, finally, be unravelling in the liberal West.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/21/hillary-clinton-bill-90s-nostalgia-reform-scandal

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https://theconversation.com/as-it-celebrates-its-25th-birthday-how-does-the-clinton-administration-look-today-89718

German Lopez, “Joe Biden's controversial criminal justice record, explained,” Vox, 26 August 2015.

https://www.vox.com/2015/8/26/9208983/joe-biden-black-lives-matter?__c=1

Ron Elving, “The U.S. Once Had A Ban On Assault Weapons — Why Did It Expire?” NPR, 13 August 2019.

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/13/750656174/the-u-s-once-had-a-ban-on-assault-weapons-why-did-it-expire

Ed Pilkington, “How the Drudge Report ushered in the age of Trump,” The Guardian, 25 January 2018.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/24/how-the-drudge-report-ushered-in-the-age-of-trump

David Smith, “Kenneth Starr, driver of Clinton impeachment, does about-face for Trump,” The Guardian, 28 January 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/27/kenneth-starr-trump-impeachment-trial

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https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/nafta-and-usmca-weighing-impact-north-american-trade

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https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/no-consensus-washington-consensus

'Theme for Barely Getting' By' written and produced by Stuart Cullen

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Tony Blair, Madeleine Albright and Bill Clinton excerpts courtesy of The William J. Clinton, Presidential Library.

Donald Trump excerpt courtesy of The White House