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Anne Bradley on the Political Economy of Terrorism
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Anne Bradley is an economics professor at the Institute of World Politics and the Vice President of Academic Affairs at The Fund for American Studies. Today, we talk about the political economy of terrorism: what terrorism is, what makes a terrorist, and what the war on terror does to attempt to prevent terrorism. We talk about how economics is uniquely positioned to pose questions and find answers about this area usually dominated by those studying defense and international relations, and how the human element of economics informs her framing of the issue.
Want to explore more?
- Anne Rathbone Bradley, The Economics of al-Qaeda, at Econlib.
- Gary Shiffman on the Economics of Violence, an EconTalk podcast.
- Robert P. Murphy, Ensuring- and Insuring- Air Security, at Econlib.
- Chris Coyne on Manufacturing Militarism, a Great Antidote podcast.
- Kristi Kendall on Human Action and Inspiring Through Ideas, a Great Antidote podcast.
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Manage episode 423547053 series 2793539
Anne Bradley is an economics professor at the Institute of World Politics and the Vice President of Academic Affairs at The Fund for American Studies. Today, we talk about the political economy of terrorism: what terrorism is, what makes a terrorist, and what the war on terror does to attempt to prevent terrorism. We talk about how economics is uniquely positioned to pose questions and find answers about this area usually dominated by those studying defense and international relations, and how the human element of economics informs her framing of the issue.
Want to explore more?
- Anne Rathbone Bradley, The Economics of al-Qaeda, at Econlib.
- Gary Shiffman on the Economics of Violence, an EconTalk podcast.
- Robert P. Murphy, Ensuring- and Insuring- Air Security, at Econlib.
- Chris Coyne on Manufacturing Militarism, a Great Antidote podcast.
- Kristi Kendall on Human Action and Inspiring Through Ideas, a Great Antidote podcast.
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