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Explore " economic statecraft" with insightful episodes like "Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 3-19 – MAJ Ryan J. Orsini – “Economic Statecraft and US-Russian Policy”", "Banking, Politics, and Society: Navigating Economic Challenges and Global Issues with Stephanie Flanders", "Don't Call Yourself a Realist! Progressive Economic Statecraft, The Farce of Offset Strategies, Why NATO Can't Deter Russia | Ep. 88" and "01-Weaponized Interdependence" from podcasts like ""Decisive Point Podcast", "The Laura Flanders Show", "The Un-Diplomatic Podcast" and "IS: Off the Page"" and more!
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Banking, Politics, and Society: Navigating Economic Challenges and Global Issues with Stephanie Flanders
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In this episode, I dive deep into discussions on the state of the banking system and the economy, touching on topics such as the stress in the banking system, the implications of the recent Silicon Valley Bank situation, and the challenges faced by central banks in reducing inflation. We also explore the rise of nationalism in politics and its impact on policy decisions, the increasing influence of money in the political landscape, and the potential consequences of a plutocratic society. Additionally, we delve into the role of international institutions like the IMF and the World Bank in addressing global issues and the challenges they face in democratizing decision-making. In the second part of the episode, we explore the challenges facing modern society, including low birth rates, wage stagnation, and labor market issues. We discuss the potential influence of Europe's more cooperative economic models, as well as the importance of rational argument and finding alternative solutions to current problems. Join me for this fascinating and insightful conversation with my sister and guest, Stephanie Flanders, head of economics and government at Bloomberg. It's an episode you won't want to miss!
Full Show Notes are located HERE. They include related episodes, articles, and more to dive deeper.
Music In the Middle: “Saints and Sinners” by Bluey of Incognito from his solo album Life Between the Notes released on Shanachie Records.
Chapters:
(0:00:00) - Latest stress in the banking system. Internationalism.
(0:05:32) - Economic Statecraft & Globalization. Subsidy wars? IMF & China.
(0:8:20) - What happens to Democracy when so much money is so much and so concentrated? Heading to a Plutocracy?
(0:12:15) - Music Break
(0014:40) Silicon Valley Bank, what happened? State of the banking system. Alternatives to the banking system.
(00:17:24) - What can be done to create better checks and balances.
(00:19:50) - How profit margins factor from EU to US. Birth Rates and the Economy.
(0:24:00) - What is the story the future will tell about now?
(00:25:40) - Laura's closing commentary
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Don't Call Yourself a Realist! Progressive Economic Statecraft, The Farce of Offset Strategies, Why NATO Can't Deter Russia | Ep. 88
The Global North owes the Global South progressive economic policies, not aid. The essential (?) fascism of security clearances. Why it's wrong to make international-relations paradigms into ideologies. The tragic history and propagandizing about the third offset strategy--or, the origins of American militarism today. The China Cold War question.
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Contributors: Hunter Marston, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell, Jake Dellow
01-Weaponized Interdependence
Guests:
Abraham Newman is a professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Government Department at Georgetown University. He currently serves as the Director of the Mortara Center for International Studies.
Elizabeth Rosenberg is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security.
International Security Article:
This episode is based on, Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman, “Weaponized Interdependence: How Global Economic Networks Shape State Coercion,” Vol. 44, No. 1 (Summer 2019), pp. 42-79.