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Buy the bullet: global defence spending
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
May 2, 2019
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Podcast episode
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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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