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episode 28: Debt End
Episode 28 - "Debt End"
This episode is all about debt. Where does debt come from? Why is the concept of borrowing and lending mired in moral confusion and contradiction? What is the purpose of debt and who ultimately pays?
To get to the heart of all these questions, one has to navigate through economic myth, blood and ultimately the human soul. Join us as we travel back through time and explore the systems that led to this tool that shapes our world for better and for worse.
Chapters- 04:43 Consumer Foundation of Economy Driven by Debt
- 07:46 Origin of Money
- 13:00 War and the Need for Currency
- 20:33 South Africa
- 31:30 International Development
- 35:20 Blood Runs in Rivers
- 38:33 Violence and Economics
- 42:44 Haitian Independence Debt
- 51:23 Debt at the Individual Level
- 53:24 Moral Contradiction: Who Has to Pay?
- 59:16 Moral Contradiction: Industrious Poor
- 1:00:51 Why Intererst?
- 1:04:05 Going Forward
- 1:07:27 Jubilee
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