Podcast #74: Investing in war
LISTEN: The rise of ‘dual-use’ technologies has made it harder for investors to know whether they are funding weapons – an area of investment known as ‘the grey zone’.
LISTEN: The rise of ‘dual-use’ technologies has made it harder for investors to know whether they are funding weapons – an area of investment known as ‘the grey zone’.
In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: Kiwis are pouring more money into weapons and it’s getting harder to work out which companies are involved.
Drones, AI, cloud services are all examples of civilian tech with a military application. Should you take sides or not invest at all? And how can you work out which companies are doing what?
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