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.
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