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#055 Pump & Dump: Crypto Stories For Children


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Anne and Kev thank our (known and unknown and known unknown) donors for our successful Radiothon 2025. Kev has spent days wrestling with his spreadsheet in preparation for looking at what happened when Australian treasurer Peter Costello paid down the government debt. Anne fries what's left of Kev's brain in the tech-bro fantasies of astronomical crypto wealth, courtesy of a conversation between Professor William Black, and Eric Vaughan. Show Notes Saturday 5th July, 1-4pmMMT Workshop (free, click for tickets)Public Money. Public Good.Torrens University, Flinders St Campus, Room 3.03 Friday 15th August, 9:30am-1pmA New Economic Vision for the Labour Movement (free, public forum)Unionists for a Job Guarantee (UFJG)Victorian Trades Hall54 Victoria St, Carlton VIC 3053 What is Anarcho-Capitalism?Eric Vaughan director of the documentary, THE CON, speaking with Professor William Black Episode #04, of a youtube series by Corruption Inc: The American WayJune 4, 2025 The CON (free to air, 5-part docuseries) Trump Signs Executive Order to Create Sovereign-Wealth FundWSJ News, Feb 4, 2025 Trump Wants Big Tech to Own the Dollar(Op-ed for Project Syndicate by Yanis Varoufakis, 5 June 2025) Lever Time (podcast, more info)Big Tech’s Monopoly Money,  Jun 5, 2025 How to Pay for Destroying Your Country (blogpost, more info)by Katy Swain Theme MusicPleading Ignorance, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck. Additional AudioToo Many Things, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck. Pump It Up by Endor Presumptuous by King Gizzard
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RadioMMTBy Anne Maxwell & Kevin Gaynor