What's the true history of how tariffs drove the rise of America? How does China's favorite board game symbolize their approach to strategy? How is debt linked to the collapse of empires? Historian Bill Federer joins Charlie for a wide-ranging Memorial Day discussion of what makes countries strong, what makes them weak, and how so many countries go from the former to the latter through their own poor choices.

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