The conference in bretonwoods, new hampshire that created a lot of the global institutions that we have now. Currently, it is really fashionable to talk about t e new breton woods. That's so funny, because there was no african hat at the bretons conference. You know, if he didn't speak english, you wouldn't be heard. And i think there's an istory to unearth there.
Olúfẹmi Táíwò guest hosts an interview with Daniela Gabor and Ndongo Samba Sylla on how financial power has shaped the global economic order from colonialism through Bretton Woods, the Washington Consensus, and today's Wall Street Consensus.
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