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.GUEST: Alex's Twitter: https://twitter.com/gladsteinAlex's New Article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/imf-world-bank-repress-poor-countriesAlex's Book: http://cyfp.org/PODCAST: Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8...RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYIOutline: 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 SATS01:01:09 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 SOCIAL: Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?l...All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22WRITTEN WORK: Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE: Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBree...Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=178435...The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=328431...RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES: Ledn lets you do more with your digital assets: https://www.ledn.io/CrowdHealth offers an innovative health insurance model based on Bitcoin and community: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveWasabi Wallet is a Bitcoin wallet with privacy built-in by default: https://wasabiwallet.io/Join Me At Bitcoin 2023 in Miami, and use discount code BREEDLOVE for a chance to win 10M sats: https://b.tc/conference/Casa is the most secure way to custody your Bitcoin (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://keys.casa/Buy High Quality Bitcoin Apparel Here (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/?sca_ref=2744763.jDn5JzDZxSTry Feel Free Tonics, a Great Alternative to Alcohol and Caffeine (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.comThe Only Snack Bar I Will Eat—The Carnivore Bar: https://the-carnivore-bar.myshopify.com/?sca_ref=3135331.u66L01muXY

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