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Checks and Balance: Aid, and a bet

Checks and Balance: Aid, and a bet

FromChecks and Balance from The Economist


Checks and Balance: Aid, and a bet

FromChecks and Balance from The Economist

ratings:
Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Apr 26, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

For months, a big foreign-aid deal looked like it was going nowhere in the House of Representatives. Now $95bn of support is heading out the door. How did the bill get through? What does it mean for Ukraine and for American leadership in the world?Charlotte Howard hosts with James Bennet and Idrees Kahloon. They’re joined by The Economist’s Adam O’Neal and Anton La Guardia. Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Apr 26, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (8)

Checks and Balance unlocks American politics by taking a big theme each week and digging into the data, the ideas, and the history shaping the country.Join John Prideaux, Charlotte Howard, Idrees Kahloon and Jon Fasman as they talk to politicians, pollsters, academics and people across the country about the great experiment of American democracy.For more from Checks and Balance, sign up at https://www.economist.com/newsletters/checks-and-balance to receive our weekly newsletter. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.