SLP446 Alex Gladstein The Scourge of “Structural Adjustment”

Alex Gladstein of HRF rejoins me on the show to chat about:

• Attending Africa Bitcoin Conference
• How the World Bank and IMF keep poorer countries in a debt trap
• The ‘strings’ attached to debt
• Odious debt
• Cash crops
• How does this resolve?
• Will Bitcoin help fix this?

Links:

• Twitter: @gladstein
• Article: Structural Adjustment: How the Imf and World Bank Repress Poor Countries and Funnel Their Resources to Rich Ones
• HRF grants: HRF Bitcoin Development Fund Awards $325,000 in New Grants 

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