Podcast Episodes
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Read_688 - The Chaffening [Aristophanes]
"So they fire out digital chaff frantically in every direction, they play whack-a-mole with high-engagement nodes that are or could be threats. The e…
3 years, 5 months ago
Green Eggs and Ham - Decentralized Finance, the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
"This is the root of our cultural concern for crypto DeFi. The cultural, and arguably even structural, commitment to financialization is extremely di…
3 years, 5 months ago
![Structural Adjustment: How the IMF and World Bank Repress Poor Countries [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740786/c1a-9mg94-njp0wmm9t08-ldrn7n.jpg)
Structural Adjustment: How the IMF and World Bank Repress Poor Countries [Alex Gladstein]
This is the full, unabridged reading of Alex Gladstein's work, "STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT: HOW THE IMF AND WORLD BANK REPRESS POOR COUNTRIES AND FUNNEL T…
3 years, 6 months ago
![Read_687 - How the IMF and World Bank Repress Poor Countries, Part 5 [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740787/c1a-9mg94-33zvk882t73w-br6okx.jpg)
Read_687 - How the IMF and World Bank Repress Poor Countries, Part 5 [Alex Gladstein]
"Research from Mexico — a typical country in terms of consistent involvement historically from the Bank and Fund — shows that for every 2% decrease i…
3 years, 6 months ago
![Read_686 - How the IMF and World Bank Repress Poor Countries, Part 4 [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740788/c1a-9mg94-row108m0i7w8-0gql09.jpg)
Read_686 - How the IMF and World Bank Repress Poor Countries, Part 4 [Alex Gladstein]
"The “generosity” of the West enabled unaccountable leaders to plunge their nations into debt deeper than ever before. The system was, as Payer write…
3 years, 6 months ago
![Read_685 - How the IMF and World Bank Repress Poor Countries, Part 3 [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740789/c1a-9mg94-zo5nzj79t55g-vsl4ja.jpg)
Read_685 - How the IMF and World Bank Repress Poor Countries, Part 3 [Alex Gladstein]
"Far from playing the role of good samaritan, the Fund does not even follow the timeless human tradition, established more than 4,000 years ago by Ha…
3 years, 6 months ago
![Read_684 - How the IMF and World Bank Repress Poor Countries, Part 2 [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740790/c1a-9mg94-04r1dgmks8g2-mvzht6.jpg)
Read_684 - How the IMF and World Bank Repress Poor Countries, Part 2 [Alex Gladstein]
"To give an example of what this might look like in a given year, in 2012 developing countries received $1.3 trillion, including all income, aid and …
3 years, 6 months ago
![Read_683 - How the IMF and World Bank Repress Poor Countries, Part 1 [Alex Gladstein]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740791/c1a-9mg94-jk0o49wnc4kk-4xv5lh.jpg)
Read_683 - How the IMF and World Bank Repress Poor Countries, Part 1 [Alex Gladstein]
"A 2014 analysis showed that the IMF had attached, on average, 20 conditions to each loan it gave out in the previous two years, a historic increase.…
3 years, 6 months ago
Guy's Take #61 - Blockchains, A Square Peg for Round Holes
There are about a million claims out there as to what blockchains are going to fix, and how NFTs are going to be used to unlock your house, and how D…
3 years, 6 months ago
![Read_682 - Data Shows That Lightning Solves Scaling [Kozlovski]](https://episodes.castos.com/6626b866f2af87-36468692/images/1740793/c1a-9mg94-k5m32rxoupr2-vkahzi.jpg)
Read_682 - Data Shows That Lightning Solves Scaling [Kozlovski]
"A data-driven exploration proving that Lightning scales bitcoin payments beyond Visa and that second-layer innovation is the way." - Stanislov Kozlo…
3 years, 6 months ago