Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Gladstein to discuss how the IMF and World Bank harness debt to funnel resources from poor nations to rich ones.
 
Alex's article on Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/imf-world-bank-repress-poor-countries
Alex's Essays: https://alexgladstein.com/
Alex Gladstein at HRF: https://hrf.org/team/alex-gladstein/
 
5:26 - In town for SXSW talking about CFA franc 
10:06 - Colonial exploitation 
17:21 - Transfer of control of energy 
19:51 - Outsourcing the cost 
28:24 - The unrecorded losses 
36:38 - Structural Adjustment 
42:36 - What it could look like without the current system 
49:32 - Double standard 
52:51 - Bitcoin fixes this 
1:01:13 - No political solution 
1:04:16 - Odious debt 
1:10:10 - Biological effect of wage deflation 
1:12:30 - Bitcoin fixes this - again 
1:20:00 - Wrapping up
 
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#406: Debt-Based Colonialism and Structural Adjustment with Alex Gladstein