432. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger
432. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger  
Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
Published On: Thu Sep 24 2020
Description: The families of U.S. troops killed and wounded in Afghanistan are suing several companies that did reconstruction there. Why? These companies, they say, paid the Taliban protection money, which gave them the funding — and opportunity — to attack U.S. soldiers instead. A look at the messy, complicated, and heart-breaking tradeoffs of conflict-zone economies.