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Episode 161 - The IMF Can Pound Sand
Episode 161

Episode 161 - The IMF Can Pound Sand

Satoshi's Plebs

March 11, 202448m 54sFull

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Show Notes

Egypt's currency was unpegged this week as part of a plan to secure eight billion dollars of loans from the IMF/World Bank. Within 48 hours the currency lost about 1/3rd of it's value against the USD. As normal this was all tied into stipulations that the IMF require for this so called "bailout". Let's discuss!

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March 10rd, 2024: $69,025

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834,131

News and Links

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/features/2023-09-12/africa-s-lost-decade-economic-pain-underlies-sub-saharan-coups

https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/03/07/why-africa-is-cryptos-next-frontier

https://thefederalist.com/2024/03/06/the-uns-green-energy-plan-will-widen-the-energy-gap-keeping-the-worlds-poor-in-squalor/

Music Credits

Protofunk by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4247-protofunk
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Ethernight Club by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7612-ethernight-club
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