Ukraine & Geopolitics (Follow-up), Christian Nationalism, and More
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Jürgen Von Hagen and Tim Bayly return to the studio and do some follow-up work on the war in Ukraine. Then they cover numerous other geopolitical, economic, and societal issues:
Is America an empire
Letters from listeners
Milton Friedman and the welfare state
Immigration and skilled/unskilled labor
What is the value of human life?
Under the Third Reich, the United States barred Jews from immigrating here
Impact of American isolationism on the American economy
Trade regime
Changes in the relationship of Taiwanese and Chinese economies
War in Ukraine being closely watched by China
American support for Ukraine indirectly supports Taiwan
Russian culture and Stalin, Chinese culture and Chairman Mao, German culture and Hitler
Were Nazis Martians, or Germans?
East German identity and West German identity
Patriotism in Europe vs America
Love for Fatherland and Christian nationalism
Origin of right-wing (AFD) in Germany today
Oliver Cromwell and Christian nationalism
Don’t ever give any economic forecast
The US economic future
German infrastructure failing but no government wants to cut social welfare benefits
Russian demographics and Putin's aggression
American economy and growing wealth inequality
Murray’s “Coming Apart”; Belmont and Fishtown
Professors’ pay at American vs European universities
Professors’ pay at Christian colleges
Cryptocurrency
Choosing the church over the university
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