#070 Money And Power

This week, I am delighted to welcome Alexander Douglas, a lecturer in philosophy at St. Andrews University, to the show, to talk about his recent book: The Philosophy Of Debt. It was great to talk to Alex about the nature of debt and money, and how all of this stuff is explicitly linked to the power relations and class structure of our society. We also got to talk about how this MMT stuff can be viewed or fits in from a Marxist point of view, a synthesis of which I think could be extremely fruitful.You can find Alex’s blog here:https://originofspecious.wordpress.com/about/You can find Alex’s book here:https://www.routledge.com/The-Philosophy-of-Debt/Douglas/p/book/9781138929746The music on this episode was: 'The Order of the Pharaonic Jesters' by Sun Ra and his Arkestra'People Move Along' by Pipe-eyeHere are the instructions on how to leave a review on iTunes:1. If you don’t already have iTunes installed on your computer, first you need to install it. 2. If you don’t already have an apple_id, please carefully follow the instructions here where you can create an account without having to give them your bank details (i know… swine!) http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht2534 3. Got to the iTunes website for the show: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...4. Click on the ‘View in iTunes’ button5. Click on the ‘Ratings and Reviews’ tab6. Click on the ‘Write a Review’ button.7. If you have not already logged into iTunes with your apple_id, you will now be asked to.8. Write the review, and click on the submit button.9. If you are having any trouble with all of this, drop me an email to: alpha2omegapodcast (at) gmail (dot) com