Sanctions are the Virtue Signaling of Economics
The Political Orphanage
Andrew Heaton
4.9 • 999 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2022
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Jen Briney of "Congressional Dish" joins to discuss sanctions, economic warfare, and the underlying rationale for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political orphanage, a home for plucky misfits and problem solvers who are generally rooting for the people |
| 0:15.8 | of Ukraine and for a quick cessation to any hostilities they're in. |
| 0:20.6 | I'm your host Andrew Heaton, and it looks like I have to cancel my trip to Ukraine again not |
| 0:28.6 | because of the war because a donkey ate my passport again. |
| 0:34.0 | Anyway, there is a lot of world news |
| 0:37.0 | splashing over us right now, gang. |
| 0:40.0 | Shirtless Russian strongman Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukraine, which, as you know, is of grave strategic |
| 0:46.3 | importance to the board game risk. |
| 0:49.2 | It's a rapidly moving situation. |
| 0:51.0 | It's very likely details will have already altered by the time today's |
| 0:54.2 | episode drops, but not to worry, we're planning to do two episodes this week. |
| 0:59.3 | Today, Jen Briny joins us from Portugal to talk about sanctions and economic warfare. |
| 1:06.2 | Later this week, I will open up a full can of Michael Weiss, who is an extremely knowledgeable |
| 1:12.3 | Russian analyst friend of mine who will give us an in-depth explanation of all of this very complex geopolitical tumult. |
| 1:19.0 | We might even do a follow-up episode later if I can just catch that donkey. Anyway, the political |
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