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#6 Edward Fishman: How the US Weaponized the Global Economy
How the U.S. turned banks, the dollar, and tech supply chains into a weapon that isolates entire countries without firing a shot.
Edward Fishman is the author of "Chokepoints" and a former member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff. We discuss how the US transformed the global financial system into a weapon, the history of economic statecraft from naval blockades to smart sanctions, and the invisible infrastructure of the US dollar. We also cover the origins of the Iran sanctions campaign, how secondary sanctions force allies to comply, and whether the overuse of these tools…
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