Robin Wigglesworth

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1,983 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 12 Aug

Robin Wigglesworth’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Story of Money · The financial scams that brought Albania to the brink of war · 17 Jun 2026 podcast

But somebody in DC had an idea what they should do, right? voice-verified

Yes. voice-verified

Or or shock therapy is sometimes it was also called, you know, this kind of massive package of measures that, you know, the DC organizations and and the West basically impose or encourage these countries to impose. voice-verified

But what would it look like in Albania? voice-verified

Multicoloured Adidas jackets, for example. voice-verified

And the Washington consensus is of course the the view that emerged as a crushing consensus really around the world in the nineteen nineties that free markets, democracy, less regulation, uh private sector involvement in in all aspects of the economy were all good things. voice-verified

This was obviously after the West had won the Cold War, as it were. voice-verified

But i the the economy did start booming around that. voice-verified

Was w what was driving that then? voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

So it's it's driven partially or maybe even largely by remittances from all the people that fled and are sending money home. voice-verified

I mean that that happens obviously in many economies today, supported by remittances. voice-verified

But but what about money? voice-verified

You said like in Albania they didn't really even had a concept of sort of money to make money as it were. voice-verified

This was you know completely new. voice-verified

Uh voice-verified

Where did they put their money? voice-verified

Were there any banks in Albania? voice-verified

Um Okay. voice-verified

I'm spotting a few weaknesses here in their business model. voice-verified

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