World in Upheaval
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWeekly podcast - Looking an our history - and our future - through the lens of economics and geopolitics.
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Episodes
Free-Floating Currencies
May 18, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBThe Rise and Fall of the Bretton Woods System
May 12, 2020 18:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBThe End Of The World - 1914
May 11, 2020 23:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBThe Boom and Bust of the Business Cycle
April 21, 2020 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBI wanted to begin this season of the podcast by going back the economic upheaval that followed in the wake of World War I, but, to really understand that period we need to first talk about the business cycle.
The Limits of Quanitative Easing
June 19, 2019 01:00 - 11 minutes - 7.91 MBQuantitative Easing Has Prevented A Debt Crisis - But We're Reaching the Physical Limits of QE
A Shortage of Dollars and Pigs - Two New Problems for China
June 16, 2019 15:00 - 8 minutes - 6.15 MBChina has a lot of problems these days. A trade war with their largest trading partner, worldwide backlash against their Made in China 2025 plan, the rapid aging of their population, and worrying signs that the Chinese economy is slowing down. Two new problems are a shortage of dollars and pigs.
The Zombie Apocalype is Here
June 16, 2019 10:00 - 7 minutes - 5.02 MBOne of the most significant economic developments since the Great Recession has been the zombification of the economy. This zombification is the result of the rise of zombie companies. zombie companies are companies that are unprofitable – so unprofitable they are unable to pay even the interest on their debt out of their profits. They are effectively bankrupt but kept alive by banks continuing to lend them money to pay their existing loans.