On US foreign policy.
Following on from our episode on the political-economy of dollar hegemony (no. 139), we turn to look at how the dollar underpins American empire. Is 'permawar' a product of structural factors, rather than merely the result of poor policy decisions? And how is this related to the global financial architecture?
We also discuss how the current period fits into US history, how US foreign policy might evolve over the next four years, and what a left-wing alternative foreign policy might look like.
Readings:
/312/ Consolation-Prize Marxism & the Bunga-Bunga State ft. Dylan Riley
Excerpt: /311/ Reading Club: The Precariat
Excerpt: /310/ Do You Want to De-Grow?
/309/ Sack of Potatoes ft. Anton Jäger
Excerpt: /308/ A Balance-Sheet of the Left
Excerpt: /307/ Aufhebonus Bonus (Dec 2022)
Excerpt: /306/ Reading Club: AI Capitalism
/305/ Techno-Feudal Unreason
/303/ The Failure of the French Forever War ft. Yvan Guichaoua
OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations (FULL)
Excerpt: /302/ Aufhebonus Bonus (Nov 2022)
Excerpt: /301/ Reading Club: Neo-Feudalism
/300/ Bunga at the End of the World
/299/ Micropower & Transcendence in Brazil (Bungazão 2022) ft. Miguel Lago
/298/ Working For Freedom ft. Alex Gourevitch
/297/ Bungazão 2022 (Clean & Godly) ft. Benjamin Fogel
Excerpt: /296/ Last-Gasp Neoliberalism (Trussonomics)
Excerpt: /295/ Aufhebonus Bonus: October
Excerpt: /294/ Reading Club: Conspiracy Theory
Excerpt: /293/ Goodbye 20th Century (RIP Gorby)
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