A Booming Business

Episode 6 of the Terribly and Terrifyingly Normal? podcast, hosted by Nicola Quaedvlieg and Alette Smeulers, titled "A Booming Business " was published on October 25, 2023 and runs 44 minutes.

October 25, 2023 ·44m · Terribly and Terrifyingly Normal?

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Trading weapons, selling hostages and privatizing armies: war is a booming business. But how big is the role of money in mass atrocities? Together with Annika van Baar, who is an assistant professor at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, we discuss this question. We’ll try to find out the profitability of human rights violations and analyze situations ranging from those involving Nazi Germany and the Wagner group to companies like Facebook and Shell.

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Trading weapons, selling hostages and privatizing armies: war is a booming business. But how big is the role of money in mass atrocities? Together with Annika van Baar, who is an assistant professor at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, we discuss this question. We’ll try to find out the profitability of human rights violations and analyze situations ranging from those involving Nazi Germany and the Wagner group to companies like Facebook and Shell.

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