intercontinental ballistic missiles (icbms)
3 episodes mention this concept
NewEconomicThinkingDec 15, 2020The Unfathomable Willingness to Destroy the World: Nuclear Proliferation, Economic Drivers, and Human Irrationality
GeopoliticsNuclear proliferationMutual Assured Destruction (MAD)Nuclear winterCommand and control structures
NewEconomicThinkingDec 14, 2020The Engineered Nuclear Danger: A History of Mutual Assured Destruction, Expert Conformity, and the Doomsday Machine
GeopoliticsMilitary-Industrial ComplexMutual Assured Destruction (MAD)Radical UncertaintyGame Theory
NewEconomicThinkingAug 23, 2020Paul Jay on Capitalism's Systemic Failures: Climate, Nuclear Threats, and Concentrated Financial Power
GeopoliticsConcentration of ownershipFinance capitalShort-term gain imperativeClimate crisis
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Concepts that appear alongside intercontinental ballistic missiles (icbms) across episodes.
- nuclear winter
- nuclear proliferation
- mutual assured destruction (mad)
- military-industrial complex
- false consciousness
- genocidal crime
- existential risk
- false alarms
- systemic failure of capitalism
- nuclear threat
- nuclear war
- finance capital
- strategic setting (cold war)
- submarine-launched ballistic missiles (slbms)
- radioactive fallout
- concentration of ownership
- short-term gain imperative
- vested interests
- game theory
- firestorms