Is it ethical to watch Saudi-backed golf?
Acton Unwind
English - June 20, 2022 16:36 - 55 minutes - ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsPolitics News Religion & Spirituality news politics religion culture current events Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On this episode, Eric Kohn, Dylan Pahman, and Dan Hugger discuss the newly launched LIV Golf International Series, a competitor to the PGA Tour that has drawn defections from some big golfing names—Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, and Bryson DeChambeau, to name a few—and controversy for being primarily funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. What is the ethical responsibility of the average sports consumer when a sporting event is being funded or supported by a monstrous regime? Then the guys turn their attention to the Federal Reserve, which raised interest rates by 75 basis points in an effort to combat inflation. Will it work? Will it have terrible unintended consequences? Both?
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On this episode, Eric Kohn, Dylan Pahman, and Dan Hugger discuss the newly launched LIV Golf International Series, a competitor to the PGA Tour that has drawn defections from some big golfing names—Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, and Bryson DeChambeau, to name a few—and controversy for being primarily funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. What is the ethical responsibility of the average sports consumer when a sporting event is being funded or supported by a monstrous regime? Then the guys turn their attention to the Federal Reserve, which raised interest rates by 75 basis points in an effort to combat inflation. Will it work? Will it have terrible unintended consequences? Both?
Shark trailer | ESPN 30 for 30
But What if We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present as if It Were the Past | Chuck Klosterman
For the Least of These: Against Inflation Economics | Public Discourse
Partisan vitriol threatens the economy—and lives (with David Bahnsen) | Acton Unwind
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.