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An economy redirected toward weapons, munitions, draft preparation, military budgets, and total-war production.
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war economy
An economy redirected toward weapons, munitions, draft preparation, military budgets, and total-war production.
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Glossary
An economy reorganized around military production, especially drones and munitions, so prolonged war becomes industrializing.
Glossary
An economy steered toward weapons production and full participation in war work.
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He treats refinery fires and oil infrastructure disruptions as evidence that the wider war is already attacking world energy supply.
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He argues that the Iran war is already moving the world economy by raising prices for energy, fertilizer inputs, jet fuel, diesel, gasoline, and food.
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Jiang claims the United States is preparing for total war through industrial mobilization, weapon subsidies, draft registration, longer service, and a rapidly rising Pentagon budget.
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Jiang argues that Russia's long war of attrition in Ukraine is good for Russia because it restructures the economy around war production and industrialization.
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Jiang argues that sanctions have not worked because Russia has oil and food that other economies still need, while Russia has also shifted toward a war economy.
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Jiang says the Russian war economy after February 2022 should show social improvements if the theory is right, citing stronger production, employment, and ammunition output as evidence.
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"moving towards a war economy all right so the Pentagon has been in talks with General Motors and Ford to make munitions drones and..."
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"...seeing is that the United States is moving towards a wartime economy okay they're preparing for what we call total war when an economy..."
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"One of the big news these past two weeks is that there are a lot of oil refineries that are afire. They've been alight...."
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"...is having it's already having a tremendous impact on the world's economy so sulfur um has risen in price by 57 sulfur is important..."
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"have gone way up okay donald trump makes a statement saying that the iranian flag cargo ship tuska has been boarded by the americans..."
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"...all, what it does is it allows Russia to industrialize its economy. Okay? It allows Russia to center its economy around war production. Okay?..."
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"...possible in four or five years' time, Russia is primarily a war economy, industrializing to produce war weapons, okay, munitions, specifically drones. Okay? These..."
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"...losing a lot of soldiers. And I know that the Russian economy is suffering, but this long war of attrition is good for Russia."
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"...making side deals, okay? Also, Russia has been transitioning to a war economy, so its manufacturing base has been increasing. So overall, the economy..."
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"...they are, okay? So, one example of this is the Russian economy is surviving U.S. sanctions. In fact, it's getting stronger and stronger. Why?..."
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"It's factories are producing more and more weapons, but that means more and more people are employed, which means that they're drinking less, okay?..."
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"All right. Now, let's just say that the monkeys are coming, okay? And there's a bridge. There's a bridge. And Jack is standing on..."
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A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central reversal: if Trump's goal is to preserve the old American empire, the Iran war looks insane.
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