Behind the News: Endless US Wars w/ Courtney Rawlings & Alex Jordan
Why the forever wars? Plus: Barry Eichengreen on the dollar’s fluctuating value.
May 22, 2025
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Behind the News: Endless US Wars w/ Courtney Rawlings & Alex Jordan
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Summary
<p>Barry Eichengreen, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, talks about why the gyrations in the value of the US dollar matter. Courtney Rawlings and Alex Jordan, hosts of <em><a href="https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-endless-war/" rel="nofollow">Always at War</a></em>, a new show from the Quincy Institute, explain why the US is always buying more weapons and bombing people.</p>
<p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html</a></p>
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