What are the true costs of endless defense spending and how does military expenditure contribute to economic “leakage”? How can reallocating defense resources address urgent challenges like climate security and where can we find sources of hope in the fight for policy reform?
In this BONUS episode of Nukes of Hazard, we return to our live annual conference, “$1 Trillion and Counting: The Pentagon Budget Squeezing Our Real Security,” for the Q&A session following our second panel on the costs of the Iran war, so far.
Moderator Dr. Tess Bridgeman leads experts Dr. Heidi Peltier, Dr. Miriam Pemberton and Bill Hartung in a deeper dive into the economic strain of military spending, executive branch mismanagement, climate security and actionable paths toward a safer, more sustainable future.
