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EPISODE · Apr 7, 2026 · 12 MIN

The Cost of Conflict — War, Wallets, and the Long Road to Growth

from The Rock of Talk · host Eddy Aragon

Global defense spending just hit two point six trillion dollars. The United States alone is spending one trillion on the military this year. Your grocery bill is up. Interest rates are climbing. Markets are rattled. But here’s what they’re NOT telling you… War doesn’t just cost money. It moves money.
Into factories. Into labs. Into your community. The internet. GPS. Jet travel. All of it — born from military investment. And today? Artificial intelligence. Quantum computing. Cybersecurity. The next generation of technology is being built right now — on a defense budget. So what does all of this mean for YOUR wallet? Your job? Your future? Tonight — we break it all down. “The Cost of Conflict — War, Wallets, and the Long Road to Growth.” The short-term pain is real.
The long-term story? You need to hear it.

Global defense spending just hit two point six trillion dollars. The United States alone is spending one trillion on the military this year. Your grocery bill is up. Interest rates are climbing. Markets are rattled. But here’s what they’re NOT telling you… War doesn’t just cost money. It moves money.
Into factories. Into labs. Into your community. The internet. GPS. Jet travel. All of it — born from military investment. And today? Artificial intelligence. Quantum computing. Cybersecurity. The next generation of technology is being built right now — on a defense budget. So what does all of this mean for YOUR wallet? Your job? Your future? Tonight — we break it all down. “The Cost of Conflict — War, Wallets, and the Long Road to Growth.” The short-term pain is real.
The long-term story? You need to hear it.

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