#331 The Global Economy Past & Present w/ Jari Eloranta

The Road to Now

Benjamin Sawyer

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

America's role in the world is 'changing' and as much as things look new, we've seen a lot of this before. Economic Historian Jari Eloranta joins us to put NATO military spending, the looming trade war and other recent global developments in historical context. As always, there's a lot that history can teach us when we pay attention to those who know it best.

Dr. Jari Eloranta is a Professor of History at the University of Helsinki where he specializes in Economic History. He has published extensively on the history of military spending and trade. Before moving back to his home country of Finland, Jari was a Professor of History at Appalachian State where he was crucial in inspiring Ben's fascination with economic history.

Come see the Road to Now Live at the Hamilton in Washington, DC on May 29 for a night of stories of murder and mayhem in the capital city w/ guests Margaret Talev, Major Garrett & Doug Heye. You can get tickets at RTNpod.me/liveindc.

This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher.

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0:00.0	I'm Ben Sawyer and this is the road to now.
0:08.7	This week, we've got answers to so many of the economic questions you probably have.
0:14.0	We're putting them in historical context with a brilliant individual by the name of
0:19.3	Yari Elaranta, professor of history at the University of Helsinki.
0:24.5	He specializes in global economic history, particularly in terms of trade, military spending, and conflict.
0:31.2	So yeah, right up our alley.
0:33.8	Also, one time, the guy who helped get me inspired to be an economic historian myself so a lot of
0:40.0	reasons to be excited about this shout out to all our patrons especially dale martin for posting
0:45.4	a great question that we actually got to answer here so thanks for the support and thanks for
0:50.7	helping us make a good episode here last Last thing before we get to the episode,
0:55.1	Live Show, May 29th at the Hamilton Live in Washington, D.C. Stories of Murder and Mayhem
1:01.3	in the Capitol City with guests Margaret Tilev, Major Garrett, and Doug High. You can get tickets
1:06.0	at RTMPPod.m.m.m.m.m.m. So hope to see you guys there. Last thing, for those of you guys who just can't get enough of listening to me, but actually like comedy, I'm actually going to be on the Nate Land podcast this week. If you haven't checked that out, it's hilarious. It's Nate Bargauti's podcast, which he started with two good friends of mine, Aaron Weber and Brian Bates.
1:28.5	And I'm looking forward to going on there and talking about the American Revolution this week.
1:32.0	I think that'll be up.
1:33.2	We're recording the day this comes out on Monday.
1:35.8	It should be out soon.
1:36.9	But even if mine's not out, go listen to them if you just want to enjoy yourself and laugh.
1:41.0	Hope you all have a great week and enjoy this episode and hopefully you'll walk away
1:45.6	wiser and potentially more frustrated. That's kind of how it goes these days. Take care.
1:52.9	Yari Eleranta, welcome to the road to now. Thank you. It is great to have you here. Not only as a
2:00.1	world known expert on economic history, professor of
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