The impact of sectoral and secondary sanctions is indiscriminate and purposely so. US officials regularly say that the sanctions target the government and not the people. Economic pain is the means by which the sanctions are supposed to work… How many people were dying annually as a result of these unilateral sanctions, which are over 70% US sanctions is comparable to war. Even if you take the low end of it, it's still 368,000.

Mark Weisbrot and Francisco Rodríguez join us to discuss their Lancet article, co-authored with Silvio Rendón, "Effects of international sanctions on age-specific mortality: a cross-national panel data analysis," and their articles based on that research, "Sanctions can kill as many people as wars" (Financial Times), and "Rethink sanctions. They’re killing as many people as war does" (LA Times). "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.

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Guest

Francisco Rodriguez

Francisco is a senior research fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and a professor and fellow at the University of Denver’s Korbel School of International Studies.

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