The Hale Podcast Episode 19 - Robert Shapiro July 21, 2021
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In Episode 19 of the Hale report, Lyric Hughes Hale interviews economist Robert J Shapiro, Chairman of Sonecon, a Washington-based private consultancy for economic and security-policy related issues. They discuss inflation, COVID, inequality, the 2020 census, China, blockchain and the Internet.
You reminded us that America opened up to China in the 70s as a geopolitical manoeuvre against the USSR. I think this fact has nearly evaporated from public consciousness over the decades but remains crucial to understanding where the world is today.