How the IMF and World Bank Repress the Poor with Alex Gladstein (WiM263)

Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation. He joins me for a deep dive into his upcoming book “Hidden Repression”. We discuss how the IMF and World Bank repress poor countries and funnel their resources to rich ones, and more. GUEST:  Alex's Twitter: https://twitter.com/gladstein Alex's New Article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/imf-world-bank-repress-poor-countries Alex's Book: http://cyfp.org/ PODCAST:  Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8... RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI Outline:  00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro Music  00:00:08 “What is Money?” Intro Message  00:00:54 Do More with Your Digital Assets with Ledn  00:01:39 Introducing Alex and His Upcoming Book, “Hidden Repression”  00:03:27 Entry Point in Alex’s Journey Into Understanding The IMF and World Bank  00:05:18 How the IMF and World Bank Came About  00:10:35 Transition From Traditional Colonialism to Politically Correct Colonialism  00:16:22 Making Money By Using Debt to Enslave Citizens in Poor Nations  00:22:39 Why The IMF and World Bank Prefer To Work With Dictators  00:26:09 Ever-Growing Bubble of Global Debt to Sustain The Ponzi Scheme  00:31:26 Debt Trap Examples Around The World  00:34:09 Centrally Planned and Manipulated Agricultural Market  00:35:19 Double Debt Phenomena  00:37:57 Hidden Contributor To The Richness of The Developed Countries  00:38:53 Institution of Broken Incentives, Social Engineering, and Economic Manipulation  00:45:33 Data Behind How Much Money Was Stolen  00:49:27 System That Creates Today's Odious Debt  00:52:38 Crazy Statistics Behind The IMF and World Bank  00:55:13 Drug Dealer Analogy For The Fiat Money System  00:58:35 Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth  00:59:37 A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet  01:00:12 A Chance To Win Discounted Tickets to The Bitcoin 2023 Conference and 10M SATS 01:01:09 Hold Bitcoin in the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa  01:01:57 Consequences of Monetary Imperialism  01:02:40 Solution to The Problem And Where Marxism Misses The Point  01:05:36 The End Game of The Biggest Bubble in History  01:12:12 Alternative To The IMF and World Bank  01:18:12 Fusion Between The Best of Capitalism and Socialism  01:25:07 A Tool For "Forced" Cooperation  01:32:50 Veracity System For Those Most In Need of It  01:35:15 The Messy Transition From Fiat Standard To Bitcoin  01:37:35 Monetary Colonialism Being Used To Weaponize The Financial System  01:39:43 Another Example of The Double Debt System  01:42:58 Moral Hazard Issue of The Supranational Central Bank  01:46:36 Post 2022 New Bretton Woods System  01:48:41 Urgent Need For Education About Exploitation By The IMF and World Bank  01:50:20 Where to Find Alex's Work  01:51:35 "What is Money?" Outro  SOCIAL:  Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22 WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?l... All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22 WRITTEN WORK:  Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/ Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE:  Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7  Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22 Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22 Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBree... Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=178435... The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=328431... RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES:  Ledn lets you do more with your digital assets: https://www.ledn.io/ CrowdHealth offers an innovative health insurance model based on Bitcoin and community: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedlove Wasabi Wallet is a Bitcoin wallet with privacy built-in by default: https://wasabiwallet.io/ Join Me At Bitcoin 2023 in Miami, and use discount code BREEDLOVE for a chance to win 10M sats: https://b.tc/conference/ Casa is the most secure way to custody your Bitcoin (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://keys.casa/ Buy High Quality Bitcoin Apparel Here (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/?sca_ref=2744763.jDn5JzDZxS Try Feel Free Tonics, a Great Alternative to Alcohol and Caffeine (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.com The Only Snack Bar I Will Eat—The Carnivore Bar: https://the-carnivore-bar.myshopify.com/?sca_ref=3135331.u66L01muXY