{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67efdf8ff185b2a87f97d67b/67efdf9774019617293c6e4e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"5 Questions: Trade Tariffs, and How Elites Control the Economy, Food, and Activism","description":"<p>In this episode I answer questions that you’ve sent in and we cover a range of topics, from how trade tariffs can have a positive effect, to how the UK’s democracy has been taken over by the financial sector, and why billionaires donate so much money to charity.</p><p><br></p><p>Chapters:</p><p><br></p><p>00:45 - Can trade tariffs have a positive impact?</p><p><br></p><p>08:03 - Why do billionaires give so much money to charity?</p><p><br></p><p>13:15 - Are corporations taking over our food supply?</p><p><br></p><p>23:38 - How did financial elites take over the UK’s democracy?</p><p><br></p><p>28:00 - Is social justice activism controlled by elites and corporations?</p><p><br></p><p>We have started a petition to make Politics, Philosophy, and Economics mandatory subjects in school. You can sign here: https://www.change.org/p/make-politics-philosophy-and-economics-mandatory-in-secondary-schools</p><p><br></p><p>Send in your questions or opinions for next week’s episode. You can get in touch via Instagram/TikTok @makepoliticsboringagain or via the contact form on my website makepoliticsboringagain.co.uk.</p><p><br></p><p>Microphone is Rode NT-USB+ mic.</p><p><br></p><p>Produced and edited in GarageBand on iPad Pro</p><p><br></p><p>Researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Robert Caple.</p>","author_name":"Robert Caple"}