{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"How Will the U.S. Deal With a Weaponized World Economy?","description":"Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman\u2019s new article \u201cThe Weaponized World Economy.\u201d Is the United States, which has been accused of weaponizing the global economy now getting a taste of its own medicine? Should America try to rebuild its economic security state for a world in which adversaries and allies can also employ economic coercion against us? And what are the key risks or challenges that the U.S. government will face if it goes down this path? Grievances for using the National Guard to pick up trash; to President Trump for toying with the idea of running for a third term; and to the Trump administration for botching the relationship with India. Attas to America\u2019s workers on Labor Day \u2013 including the millions who came here from outside of the United States; to Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff for their performance in the last Cabinet meeting; and to a German firm, Luxcara\u2019s, decision to drop Chinese technology in a new windfarm. Show Links: Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman, \u201cThe Weaponized World Economy,\u201d Foreign Affairs, September\/October 2025. Tara Copp, \u201cNational Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties,\u201d The Washington Post, August 27, 2025. Paul Kiernan, \u201cHow a Historic Immigration Drop Is Changing the Job Market,\u201d Wall Street Journal, August 24, 2025. \u201cNew Visions for Grand Strategy\u201d  Marco Rubio, \u201cNew Visa Policies Put America First, Not China,\u201d US State Department, May 28, 2025. Greg Ip, \u201cThe US Marches Toward State Capitalism with American Characteristics,\u201d Wall Street Journal, August, 11, 2025. Jonah Goldberg, \u201cThe Donald Always Gets His Slice,\u201d The Dispatch, August 27, 2025. Howard Lutnik on The Ingraham Angle, X post, August 25, 2025. Petra Sorge, \u201cGerman Wind Farm to Drop China Turbine Order After Backlash,\u201d Bloomberg, August 25, 2025. Noah Barkin, LinkedIn post, August 27, 2025.   Jason Ma, \u201cRural America is Suffering an Economic Crisis as Crop Prices Plunge \u2014 \u2018US Soybean Farmers Cannot Survive a Prolonged Trade Dispute,\u2019\u201d MSN.com, August 30, 2025. Stimson event on September 17th, New Visions for Grand Strategy. Support Stimson, https:\/\/www.stimson.org\/support\/.  ","author_name":"Net Assessment","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/132282","html":"