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124. Adventures in Late Stage Fiat: CFA Franc with Fodé Diop

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Is This a Monopoly?

Africa has had a central bank monopoly since sanigal's independence in 19 60. Central banks are morely venectually central banks, which means they control basically everything that happens to the money system. The power of these central banks is very much prety puppets who can't do anything but sit on boards and veto any decisions made by them. This article was adapted from an episode of this week's "This Is Life with Lisa Ling" hosted by Lisa Ling at 9pm ET/PT Thursday November 1st.

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