How ISIS Makes Money




Money Talking show

Summary: <p>The Islamic State makes no secret of its <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2015/0601/ISIS-rolls-out-slick-new-recruitment-ads.-Are-they-working" target="_blank">advertisement </a>efforts to recruit new members. Less well-known is how ISIS finances itself from within the territories it occupies. <em>Money Talking </em>host Charlie Herman talks with two reporters who've investigated how ISIS makes money: <a href="https://twitter.com/svaneksmith">Stacey Vanek Smith</a> from NPR's <a href="http://www.npr.org/series/94427042/planet-money">Planet Money</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ErikaSolomon?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Erika Solomon</a> from the <a href="http://www.ft.com/home/us">Financial Times. </a>They review how the combination of oil and gas, taxes, confiscations and antiquities keep ISIS running — and the ways countries trying to defeat the militants can do so economically.</p>