6.4 China’s Economy – Part 4

6.4 China’s Economy – Part 4

by | Sep 28, 2019 | Podcast

In this final episode of our China series, we talk about: How China might weaponize its holdings of more than $1.1 trillion worth of U.S. Treasuries, aka the “nuclear option”The risk of China starting a currency war with the USChina’s current position on...
6.3 China’s Economy – Part 3

6.3 China’s Economy – Part 3

by | Sep 13, 2019 | Podcast

There’s been lots of talk in the media about Trump’s trade war with China. One aspect about it that I find interesting is that I never see any talk, in this context, about the fact that China is a Communist country – a Communist country that seems to...
6.2 China’s Economy – Part 2

6.2 China’s Economy – Part 2

by | Sep 6, 2019 | Podcast

There’s been lots of talk in the media about Trump’s trade war with China. One aspect about it that I find interesting is that I never see any talk, in this context, about the fact that China is a Communist country – a Communist country that seems to...
6.1 China’s Economy – Part 1

6.1 China’s Economy – Part 1

by | Aug 31, 2019 | Podcast

There’s been lots of talk in the media about Trump’s trade war with China. One aspect about it that I find interesting is that I never see any talk, in this context, about the fact that China is a Communist country – a Communist country that seems to...
BFTN 50 – The Propaganda Model

BFTN 50 – The Propaganda Model

by | Aug 21, 2019 | Podcast

The plan this week was to interview Alan MacLeod about his new excellent book “Propaganda in the Information Age” but he missed the call, so we talked about it without him instead. We’ll get him on next week for a follow up. The book is an...