EXCUSE ME, IS FACEBOOK IS TRYING BECOME THE WORLD'S RESERVE CURRENCY? it kinda seems like it??? join us as we explore their new "cryptocurrency" LIBRA, and invite them to zucc our kiss!!!!!!

Raúl's Black Paper on Libra

Nathan Tankus's article summarizing it

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we're BACK! we took off a week because we CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT. it's just a classic dave & josh ep this week.

we talk:

what music do politicians listen to?

unemployment, and the "complexity fetishization" of the congressional democrats

real victories in the defund the police movement

ok we love you bye!!!!!

we're joined by economic researcher and organizer JASSON PEREZ to talk about his experience getting his head bashed in by a cop who looks like mike mccarthy, ways white leftists can show real solidarity with the movement for black lives, and a small tour through the university of chicago econ department's response to the uprisings (hint: it's not great!)

this week we're joined by one of the dudes who knows the most about how LA government works, and therefore what the hell is happening to our city's handling of the cops, LA PODCAST'S own SCOTT FRAZIER!

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we talk to our pal and people's city council organizer ALBERT CORADO about what actually happened on the ground on saturday, his own senselessly tragic connection to LAPD violence, and where we might go from here.

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we bring on the big sweetie himself MATT CHRISTMAN to talk the technological dystopia of Neo-Feudalism, an oscars-style In Memoriam for some of the companies that've gone bankrupt since march, and what happens after a barnes & noble customer calls and DEMANDS to speak with a MALE EMPLOYEE (spoiler: it's weird.) part one of a two-parter!

we're joined by the delightful EMMA CATERINE to take a walk through the history of debt, how's it's evolved, and how it's weaponized against working people-- plus an aesthetic breakdown of the three types of dudes who collect medical debt!

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we're back with part two of our chat with research director of the Modern Money Network, NATHAN TANKUS!

we do a deep dive on MMT, the history of money, why US government debt is just another form of money and nothing to be afraid of, and how colonialism is more responsible for hyperinflation than monetary policy... and all general rudeness to economic status quo you've come to expect from the fellas.

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research director at the modern money network, and number one guy whose writing about the fed and this depression i see shared on twitter NATHAN TANKUS joins us to tell us what the fuck is happening with the federal reserve, and a whole lot more!

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we do a deep dive on the PPP (paycheck protection program), which companies are getting the loans (hint: not the ones who need it!), and why.

we also talk:

- why british comedians are so obsessed with being wrong about trans people

- new quar sports ideas!!!

- and actions you can take RIGHT NOW to cancel rent!

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