North Korea's Unlikely Economic Boom

EPISODE · Sep 21, 2017 · 19 MIN

North Korea's Unlikely Economic Boom

from Trumponomics · host Bloomberg

North Korea seems an unlikely place for capitalism to take hold. But markets are playing a bigger role in daily life in the country. While that's created a degree of economic stability in the short run, it's also inexorably undermining the power of the state and making ruler Kim Jong-Un more vulnerable over the longer term. What role does the economy play in the outcome of today's nuclear standoff? Professor and author Byung-Yeon Kim explains to Dan and Scott.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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