Intro

Segment 1

Skit

Segment 2

Show Notes

Book Love

Emails + Shoutouts

Outro

We’ve hit on some big economic themes from capitalism and socialism to deregulation, privatization and Modern Monetary Theory. And we’re typically focused on results and outcomes of policies related to these theories. Today we’re taking a step back to examine the nature of capital and examining the nature of currency, trade and debt. Money is great, but who prints it? Who decides how much to print and what it’s worth? Who creates the rules of engagement for international trade? Big picture stuff only today, Unf*ckers but we do raise some even bigger questions at the end of the show. With that, let’s unf*ck The Global Order of Money. 

Chapters

00:00:18 Intro

00:05:51 Segment 1

00:13:51 Skit

00:17:53 Segment 2

00:53:33 Show Notes

00:55:18 Book Love

00:56:45 Emails + Shoutouts

01:11:21 Outro

Resources

International Monetary Fund: Where the IMF Gets Its Money

The Guardian: Working at the World Bank, I can see how it is failing humanity on the climate crisis

Reuters: U.S. committed to WTO and wants it to succeed, trade rep Tai says

Book Love

The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914, by Margaret MacMillan

The World for Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources, by Javier Blas and Jack Farchy

Zombie Capitalism: Global Crisis and the Relevance of Marx, by Chris Harman

Writings of Eugene V Debs: A Collection of Essays by America's Most Famous Socialist by

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow

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Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’

We’ve hit on some big economic themes from capitalism and socialism to deregulation, privatization and Modern Monetary Theory. And we’re typically focused on results and outcomes of policies related to these theories. Today we’re taking a step back to examine the nature of capital and examining the nature of currency, trade and debt. Money is great, but who prints it? Who decides how much to print and what it’s worth? Who creates the rules of engagement for international trade? Big picture stuff only today, Unf*ckers but we do raise some even bigger questions at the end of the show. With that, let’s unf*ck The Global Order of Money. 
Chapters
00:00:18 Intro
00:05:51 Segment 1
00:13:51 Skit
00:17:53 Segment 2
00:53:33 Show Notes
00:55:18 Book Love
00:56:45 Emails + Shoutouts
01:11:21 Outro
Resources
International Monetary Fund: <a href="https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Where-the-IMF-Gets-Its-Money">Where the IMF Gets Its Money</a>
The Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/28/world-bank-failing-humanity-climate-crisis-fossil-fuels-cop26">Working at the World Bank, I can see how it is failing humanity on the climate crisis</a>
Reuters: <a href="http://reuters.com/world/us/us-committed-wto-wants-it-succeed-trade-rep-tai-says-2021-10-14/">U.S. committed to WTO and wants it to succeed, trade rep Tai says</a>
Book Love
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780812980660">The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914</a>, by Margaret MacMillan
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780190078959">The World for Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources</a>, by Javier Blas and Jack Farchy
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781608461042">Zombie Capitalism: Global Crisis and the Relevance of Marx</a>, by Chris Harman
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781934941485">Writings of Eugene V Debs: A Collection of Essays by America's Most Famous Socialist by</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9780374157357">The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity</a> by David Graeber and David Wengrow
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Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic on Substack at <a href="https://unftr.substack.com/">unftr.substack.com</a> to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week.
Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1PpzNXBub9FLngMradJByC?si=abaed3d396504fae">spoti.fi/3yzIlUP.</a>
Visit our bookshop.org page at <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod">bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod</a> to find the full UNFTR book list.
Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at <a href="https://www.unftr.com/accessibility">unftr.com/accessibility</a>.
Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (<a href="https://www.mannyfacesmedia.com">mannyfacesmedia.com</a>). Original music is by Tom McGovern (<a href="http://www.tommcgovern.com/">tommcgovern.com</a>). The show is written and hosted by Central Banks and distributed by Lobbyists.
Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, ‘Unf*cking the Republic.’

Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 

Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 

As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 

Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 
Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 
As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 
Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

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