Read_686 - How the IMF and World Bank Repress Poor Countries, Part 4 [Alex Gladstein]

Dec 28 2022 • 1hr 11m

Show Notes

"The “generosity” of the West enabled unaccountable leaders to plunge their nations into debt deeper than ever before. The system was, as Payer writes in “Lent And Lost,” a straightforward Ponzi scheme: the new loans went straight to paying for the old loans. The system needed to grow to avoid collapse." - Alex Gladstein

WERE BACK! We've got a bit of a lengthy introduction today while I mostly apologize and ramble about why I missed more than a weeks worth of episodes, but we are getting back into it with a huge backlog of amazing reads I have been eager to dive into over the holidays! To start us off we are going to conclude the incredible novel, I mean article, by Alex Gladstein on the IMF and World Bank's exploitation of the third world.

We are jumping right into the middle of it, so don't forget to listen to Part 1, 2, & 3 if you haven't yet, otherwise this will be confusing, lol:
Part 1: https://fountain.fm/episode/11987932208
Part 2: https://fountain.fm/episode/12038350484
Part 3: https://fountain.fm/episode/12147135095

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Mentioned in the show for further exploring how our monetary practices strip the US of its manufacturing & productive base, here is Farrington's "Capital Strip Mine":
https://fountain.fm/episode/1798299217

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@_dj_

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Dec 28 2022

Good content, but the volume levels are way out of whack from Part 11 on. Don't forget to normalize those! Sucks that life gets in the way of production. Better luck next time!

@nicolas_b58

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29 May

incredible read!

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Dec 28 2022

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No new shows meant I had some time to catch up on the old ones. 😉

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