Nicholas Mulder on the economic war with Russia

My interview with the author of 'The Economic Weapon'

A “geoeconomic turning point”

Putin’s war of choice has forced the West to confront questions that it has long avoided about its economic relationship with Russia. Decisions that would have been unthinkable before February the 24th have been made at a dizzying speed and scale. The Western sanctions that have been imposed are the harshest ever imposed against a state of Russia’s size and power.

In my interview for The Currency podcast with Nicholas Mulder, assistant professor in the history department of Cornell University in New York and author of the superb recent book “The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War”, we explored the use of economic sanctions as a form of war and their unintended consequences.

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“At some point putting further pressure on Putin is going to lead to escalation”