E46 - The Currency of Politics, Ep. 1 w/ Stefan Eich
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May 27, 2022 • 1HR 22M
E46 - The Currency of Politics, Ep. 1 w/ Stefan Eich
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Danny and Derek talk about the Australian election (0:33), Biden's Asia trip (6:48), island transfers in the Red Sea (14:22), and Ukraine (21:08). They then speak with Stefan Eich (32:44), assistant professor of government at Georgetown University, about his new book The Currency of Politics. They discuss the history of money, the relationship between war and currency, and much more through the time of John Locke.
Check out Stefan’s book here: https://bit.ly/3NEHyt3
E46 - The Currency of Politics, Ep. 1 w/ Stefan Eich
"They discuss the history of money, the relationship between war and currency" - heh, I am just finishing up David Graeber's "Debt: The First 5,000 Year", and the history of money, and its relationship to the state and war is featured prominently. Looking forward to this listen!
Money is an invented device to control and direct labor and surplus.
Great episode!
As an Australian I had to laugh when you said that Labor may have to go into coalition with the Greens. This has been the constant attack talking point from the Liberal party.
Labor goes out of its way to distance from the Greens and there is animosity between them as Labor sees the Greens "stealing their voters".
This election was a historic one, the Liberal party had their worst result since their formation, Labor also did not do well, as voters used Australia's preferential voting system well and we now have 12 Independents and 4 Greens in the lower house.