MMT in the Global South (Ft. Fadhel Kaboub)

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In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Professor Fadhel Kaboub, Professor of Economics at Denison University, specializing in Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) in the Global South, particularly Africa. In this conversation, I ask Fadhel about whether MMT applies to developing countries in the "third world" and how developing countries can achieve monetary sovereignty and economic independence. I also asked him questions about BRICS, decolonization, Degrowth, and various related topics.  A lot of gold  

Timestamps:

00:00 BRICS Won't Save the Global South

03:03  How Fidel Kaboob got into Modern Monetary Theory 

06:48 Monetary Sovereignty

13:20 Inflation and Monetary Sovereignty 

20:18 Currency Sovereignty in the Global South

33:09 Case Studies: Venezuela and Zimbabwe

50:09 Economic Sovereignty in Developing Countries

59:48 The Geopolitical Bargain of the Century

01:06:29 Uniting the Global South

01:23:37 Degrowth

01:33:39 Migration as Economic Imperialism

01:43:26 Decolonization 

01:54:21 MMT and Statism

02:00:41 Price Setting and Redistribution

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