Is Free Trade in Everything but Arms and Farms a Trap to the Bottom?

Patricia and Christian talk to economist and President of the Global Institute For Sustainable Prosperity Professor Fadhel Kaboub about how global food and energy systems have been fostered to benefit the global north at the expense of the global south, and how understanding modern money is vital to untangling the mess.

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Episode 12 - Fadhel Kaboub: Monetary Sovereignty, Colonialism and Independence: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41790149

Bill Mitchell - "Zimbabwe for hyperventilators 101": http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=3773

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More on monetary operations:

Episode 126 - Dirk Ehnts: How Banks Create Money: https://www.patreon.com/posts/62603318

Episode 13 - Steven Hail: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Banking, But Were Afraid To Ask: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41790887

Episode 43 - Sam Levey: Understanding Endogenous Money: https://www.patreon.com/posts/35073683

More on inflation:

Episode 65 - Phil Armstrong: Understanding Inflation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40672678

Episode 104 - John T Harvey: Inflation, Stagflation & Healing The Nation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/52207835

Episode 123 - Warren Mosler: Understanding The Price Level And Inflation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59856379

Episode 128 - L. Randall Wray & Yeva Nersisyan: What's Causing Accelerating Inflation? Pandemic Or Policy Response?: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63776558

A list of MMT-informed campaigns and organisations worldwide: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47900757

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