Finance & Fury Podcast

Welcome to Finance and Fury, The Furious Friday Edition. War is a racket – Something that always catches my attention is when politicians get on What is one thing they seem to get on about? Police enforcement, regulations on industries On a more global scale - Going to war – see it in the USA right now, after 9/11, more often than not in history Pushed by media for Views, companies who stand to make a profit Pushed by Politicians – higher budgets and to keep their donors (Raytheon, Halliburton, etc. happy) Just finished getting through War is a Racket – book from 1935 – Very quick read/listen – got me thinking   Today – and probably a few more episodes – War and the Economics of it - How it all works The Futility of War – why it is important – as I hope to illustrate – fought on behalf of the few at the expense of the many One of the oldest and most profitable rackets in history - Racket – not what it seems to the majority of people – conducted for the benefit for the very few, at the expense of millio