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Financialization and the Collapse of European Social Democracy – Costas Lapavitsas on RAI (pt 7/8)
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Risking Apocalypse for the Spoils of War – Andrew Cockburn pt 1/2
More than effective weapons, geopolitics or national defense, profit and massive budgets drive U.S. military and nuclear weapons spending. Andrew Cockburn joins Paul Jay to discuss his new book “Spoils of War”.