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Buy the bullet: global defence spending
Buy the bullet: global defence spending
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
May 2, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Governments the world over are beefing up defence spending—chief among them America’s and China’s. But some aggressive countries’ budgets are actually shrinking. May Day protests in France took a violent turn this year, and that complicates President Macron’s efforts to calm an already protest-prone populace. And, academics have been trying to determine which English-speaking country produces the most bullshit. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
May 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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