Price Wars: How Prices Caused the Crisis | Rupert Russell
Price Wars: How Prices Caused the Crisis | Rupert Russell
And why regulating the commodity market is key
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From the global financial crash in 2008 to Arab Springs in 2011 to the rise of authoritarian regimes climaxing in the election of a fake-tanned despot to the White House and a compulsive liar buffoon in Downing Street, the past decade and a half has seen the unravelling of political, financial and ecological stability.
What was the first domino?
Academic, documentarian and author, Rupert Russell, thinks we can blame prices. Rupert spent the past few years tracking how speculative markets and the resulting volatility in prices have exacerbated and even caused much of the crises we see around the world.
He joins me to explain how the coffee crash in Guatemala led to the U.S border crisis, how the Arab Springs were caused by a spike in wheat prices, and how the physical effects of the climate crisis are driving vulnerable people into market climate wars, dictated by the speculative whims of bankers in the West.
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Price Wars: How Prices Caused the Crisis | Rupert Russell
Very interesting content and exchange. I especially appreciate your pushback on some statements Rupert made. Too often, interviewers merely provide a soapbox for guests to wax poetic about their views. You made obvious that all matters connect in some fashion--in other words they exist within systems, complicating the narrative.
I'm a new listener, looking forward to future your future shows.
Thank you for adding content to the useful discussion about the challenges we face moving forward.