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@HiddenForcesPod
Get the edge with Hidden Forces, where podcast host teaches you how to think critically about the systems of power that structure our world.
EducationNew York, USAhiddenforces.ioJoined January 2017

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I’m joined by for an episode on sanctions & export controls: how they're reshaping the global economy (in some cases against US interests) and the steps nations are taking to insulate themselves from a USD-based financial & trading system.
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Long interview with from . Got it all in, monetary background, current developments and, of course, how we use both to make a rough sketch about the future. Is the road to MMT socialism really paved by eurodollar deflation?
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The Twitter Files, Part 3: Deplatforming the President IMO, this story is about (1) unaccountable private power, (2) unregulated collusion between gov personnel and a private corp, and (3) the lack of process around how to manage that power in the service of truth & safety. 1/3
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6. As soon as they finished banning Trump, Twitter execs started processing new power. They prepared to ban future presidents and White Houses – perhaps even Joe Biden. The “new administration,” says one exec, “will not be suspended by Twitter unless absolutely necessary.”
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My next podcast is on China's efforts to decouple from the USD-based global trading & financial system. We discuss (1) how Beijing plans to do it (including use of the e-CNY), (2) the challenges it faces, (3) what it means for the US, and (4) how US policymakers should respond.
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Another jewel in a glittering crown of work. is the best in the business and this conversation with is one for the ages. Subscribe to You won’t regret it.
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I'm joined by @coffeebreak_YT for a deep-dive into FTX, USDT, DCG, & the contagion sparked by the collapse of Luna, and other related crypto companies, hedge funds, & lending platforms. We also dig into the suspicious ties between Tether and FTX. 🔥🔥🔥 hiddenforces.io/podcasts/crypt
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I'm joined by for a deep-dive into FTX, USDT, DCG, & the contagion sparked by the collapse of Luna, and other related crypto companies, hedge funds, & lending platforms. We also dig into the suspicious ties between Tether and FTX. 🔥🔥🔥
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Tether/USDT, its doppelgängers, & network of primary dealers look suspiciously like a criminal enterprise tasked with laundering money...lots and lots of money. And some of that money seems to have been used to buy political protection from regulatory oversight & prosecution.
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In March, FTX purchased a stake in a U.S.-licensed bank with 3 employees owned by FBH corp., whose chairman is none other than Jean Chalopin, the chairman of Deltec Bank, the Bahamas-based bank that holds the reserves for Tether. nytimes.com/2022/11/23/bus
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If goes to New York City, does a fireside chat and then gets on a plane back to the Bahamas, everyone left at the conference should be arrested.
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A lot of folks have been asking if I would still be interviewing @SBF_FTX at the @nytimes @dealbook Summit on Nov 30… The answer is yes. 👇 There are a lot of important questions to be asked and answered. Nothing is off limits. Looking forward to it… twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status…
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As the crisis was unfolding at FTX, got a call from . The two had never spoken before, but Vance had become critical of Sam’s efforts to lobby for regulation that many felt would benefit him and his companies at the expense of the rest of crypto. 1/🧵
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I'm joined by @pythianism & @im_manderson for another explosive @HiddenForcesPod about the collapse of FTX, the political back-story behind @SBF_FTX's legislative push to build a regulatory moat around his business empire, and the path forward for crypto. hiddenforces.io/podcasts/downf
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A lot of really good & thoughtful questions from . This conversation he had w me & my brilliant collaborator was a lot of fun. Thanks for having us on. Take a listen!
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I'm joined by @OSullivanMeghan & @JasonBordoff for a discussion about US energy policy, energy geopolitics, and the challenges of trying to balance energy security with international climate objectives. bit.ly/HF_281
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I'm joined on by to talk about conspiracies: what they are, why people believe them, and what we can do to elevate more accurate models of the world without resorting to censorship or the policing of thought & information.
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