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EPISODE · Jan 29, 2023 · 1H 16M

How Western empires meddled to exploit Indonesia's huge gold reserves (with historian Aaron Good)

from Geopolitical Economy Report · host Ben Norton

Historian Aaron Good explains how Western colonial powers meddled in Indonesia to try to control its massive gold reserves. He also discusses the Suez Crisis in Egypt in 1956, and the Dwight Eisenhower administration's response. This is PART 16 of the Empire and the Deep State series Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xYLGNw-GZ8w PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL

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