Is it ethical to watch Saudi-backed golf?

On this episode, Eric Kohn, Dylan Pahman, and Dan Hugger discuss the newly launched LIV Golf International Series, a competitor to the PGA Tour that has drawn defections from some big golfing names—Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, and Bryson DeChambeau, to name a few—and controversy for being primarily funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. What is the ethical responsibility of the average sports consumer when a sporting event is being funded or supported by a monstrous regime? Then the guys turn their attention to the Federal Reserve, which raised interest rates by 75 basis points in an effort to combat inflation. Will it work? Will it have terrible unintended consequences? Both?   Subscribe to our podcasts   What is LIV Golf? The controversial PGA Tour competitor Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson are joining, explained | The Athletic   Shark trailer | ESPN 30 for 30   But What if We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present as if It Were the Past | Chuck Klosterman   For the Least of These: Against Inflation Economics | Public Discourse    Partisan vitriol threatens the economy—and lives (with David Bahnsen) | Acton Unwind Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.