Seated across from Kim Jong Un at a negotiating table in Singapore last week, President Donald Trump said he showed the notorious dictator a video of what a brighter North Korea could look like. The message of that video: there's a prosperous economy awaiting Kim if he only shelves his nukes and plays nice.

This week we're putting aside the nuclear element of that offer and focusing on North Korea's economy and what it could possible become, under the status quo or in an era of new North Korean relations.

Our guests this week:

• Nicholas Eberstadt, political economist, American Enterprise Institute (4:12)
• Eunjung Lim, professor international relations, Ritsumeikan University (15:10)
• Ian Bennett, associate program manager, Choson Exchange (29:48)

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Taped: June 17, 2018

Hosted by Luke Vargas.