The Bitcoin Standard Podcast cover image

155. IMF & World Bank Misery Industry with Alex Gladstein

The Bitcoin Standard Podcast

00:00

The Third Level of Inflation

The continent of Africa today imports 85% of its food, which is just mind blowing. The IMF and the World Bank then come and say, oh, well, we'll give you more debt, but you need to remove some subsidies. They always say, restructure the subsidies so that we can hide the future inflation with more and new different kinds of subsidies. Then you can take your forwards at the same ride all over again. It'd be better if they just stole the money.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app