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This week we're taking a quick trip back in time to dig into the Great Financial Crisis of 2007 / 2008 in order to unpack the socio-economic and political implications of quantitative easing (QE).  Was QE the long lit fuse that ultimately detonates our society?  Tune in and let's try and figure that out.You can support the podcast here:  https://www.patreon.com/warring20sPlease leave a review!  It helps get the word out.  https://ratethispodcast.com/warring20sConnect with the host:  @kurtfischman https://twitter.com/kurtfischmanConnect with the show: @Warring20sPod https://twitter.com/Warring20sPod

What happens if Trump doesn't concede a loss?  What happens if he rejects defeat?  This is a scenario that isn't finding enough purchase as it deserves within our public conversation.  In this episode, I review Lawrence Douglas' Will He Go? Trump and the Looming Election Meltdown in 2020.  This is your must-read book of the summer!  The fate of the republic may hang in the balance.  Thank you for listening!Will He Go? by Lawrence DouglasIf you’re enjoying the podcast so far, please go to ratethispodcast.com/warring20s and leave a review.  We’d love to hear from you!Connect with the host:  @KurtFischmanConnect with the podcast: @Warring20sPod

This week we dive into the issue of firearms.  We explore the concept of gun ownership as a hedge against political upheaval in the 2020s.  By the end of this short discussion, you'll either hate the host or be running out to your local gun shop to make an immediate purchase.  Let us know which way you break.  Thank you for listening!If you’re enjoying the podcast so far, please go to ratethispodcast.com/warring20s and leave a review.  We’d love to hear from you!Connect with Kurt Fischman:  @KurtFischman Connect with the Podcast: @Warring20sPod

This week we go deep into the topic of China.  What makes this relationship so dangerous is that in every interaction we’re likely to have with China this decade – from tariffs, to trade, to technology standards – U.S. policy choices will likely be perceived as a massive headwind for Chinese prosperity.  Will Beijing view this as an existential risk?To help us unpack some of this, we spoke to Isaac Kardon, Ph.D. – an Assistant Professor at the U.S Naval War College, where he is a core member of the China Maritime Studies Institute.  Dr. Kardon is a China expert & one of the new rising stars within the U.S. foreign policy community.  His new book, “China’s Law of the Sea” will be out in print shortly.  He’s a fluent Mandarin speaker and holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University.If you’re enjoying the podcast so far, please go to ratethispodcast.com/warring20s and leave a review.  We’d love to hear from you!Connect with Isaac Kardon:  https://usnwc.edu/Faculty-and-Departments/Directory/Isaac-B-KardonConnect with Kurt Fischman:  @KurtFischman Connect with the Podcast: @Warring20sPod Book Recommendation:  The Party by Richard McGregor   

The inaugural episode of The Warring 20s Podcast – where we attempt to stay one step ahead of the social, economic, and geopolitical hand grenades likely to be thrown in our direction this forthcoming decade.Our goal is simple: To figure out, together, how to survive the 2020s.In the Warring 20s, we’ll be forced to play a game of great-power competition with a rising China and a vindictive Russia.  Playing this game is going to be expensive, dangerous, and will almost certainly not end well.In the Warring 20s, we’re going to come face-to-face with the reality that everything we’ve done to mitigate the effects of climate change….has failed.In the Warring 20s, we’re going to see the death of neoliberalism.In the Warring 20s, we’re going to experience a further de-consolidation of American democracy.In the Warring 20s, the existential risk to the United States will not be a ballistic missile strike.  It will be inflation.In the Warring 20s, political polarization and general hate within the American body politic is going to get worse, not better.---Connect with us on Twitter @Warring20sPod