#406: Debt-Based Colonialism and Structural Adjustment with Alex Gladstein

Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Gladstein to discuss how the IMF and World Bank harness debt to funnel resources from poor nations to rich ones. Alex's article on Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/imf-world-bank-repress-poor-countries Alex's Essays: https://alexgladstein.com/ Alex Gladstein at HRF: https://hrf.org/team/alex-gladstein/ 5:26 - In town for SXSW talking about CFA franc 10:06 - Colonial exploitation 17:21 - Transfer of control of energy 19:51 - Outsourcing the cost 28:24 - The unrecorded losses 36:38 - Structural Adjustment 42:36 - What it could look like without the current system 49:32 - Double standard 52:51 - Bitcoin fixes this 1:01:13 - No political solution 1:04:16 - Odious debt 1:10:10 - Biological effect of wage deflation 1:12:30 - Bitcoin fixes this - again 1:20:00 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠Unchained Capital⁠⁠ ⁠⁠River⁠⁠ ⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Follow Marty Bent: ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Podcast