219 - Dealing With Oligarchs, the China Way ft. Alex Skopic

05/07/25 • 65 min

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Alex Skopic of Current Affairs joins us to talk about three of his excellent pieces:
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/china-knows-how-to-deal-with-its-billionaires
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/trump-is-what-happens-when-you-give-a-landlord-power
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/nazis-on-aisle-nine

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