The Center for Economic and Policy Research brought together leading experts in the study of economic sanctions to help to answer a critical, but often-ignored, question: What are the human consequences of US economic sanctions?
Assessing a wide range of evidence, the findings of our panelists were unanimous: economic sanctions, even when touted as targeted, often have widespread deleterious effects on entire national economies, and therefore severely harm millions of everyday people.
- ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ ( @yogthos@lemmy.ml ) English3•11 months ago
People in Europe are currently discovering these first hand.
- AgreeableLandscape ( @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml ) English3•11 months ago
They’re realizing that the only people not suffering is the ruling class that’s imposing and enforcing these sanctions. Crazy coincidence right?
- ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ ( @yogthos@lemmy.ml ) English3•11 months ago
indeed
- PolandIsAStateOfMind ( @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml ) English2•11 months ago
Contrary to other victims though, they can stop it at any time, or at least could if our resident euro enthusiasts were correct about European states sovereignity.
- ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ ( @yogthos@lemmy.ml ) English2•11 months ago
To be fair, it’s not like regular people living under western regimes have much of a say. Look at all the protests the French are doing, the regime doesn’t care.
- AgreeableLandscape ( @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml ) English3•11 months ago
Dictatorship of the Bourgeoisie be like