Episode 34 - Line Goes Down (Ft. Dr. Richard Wolff)
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Economic Weapons or No Weapons?
The struggle bet n russia and the united states put against each other, utterly unequal combatants. The soviet union was never an economic competitor of the united states. It never came close. And the same is true for russia. We are casting about with varying degrees of desperation, wondering whether to use economic weapons, or military weapons, or no weapons. Very, very difficult situation. The chinese are crucial. Let me give you an idea of how to keep in mind. I'm going to compare the g d p, the gross domestic product, of three countries, russia, china and the United States. That's one and a half trillion dollars; that's 21
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