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Podcast: Law School
Episode: Criminal law (2022): Crimes against the state: Subversion (Part Two)
Description: Economics.
Economics can be both a tool of the internal and external subversive. For the external subversive, simply cutting off credit can cause severe economic problems for a country. An example of this is the United States' relations with Chile in the early 1970s. In an attempt to get Salvador Allende removed from office, the United States tried to weaken the Chilean economy. Chile received little foreign investments and the loss of credit prevented Chile from purchasing vital imports. Economic pressure of this kind prevents an economy from functioning and reduces a country's standard of living. If...