From Inflation to Integrity

This week on the Farmers and Finance segment, Paul and I ranged from the day’s political and cultural headlines into a much bigger conversation about money, power and the systems that shape ordinary life. We discussed inflation, debt, banking, usury, fixed-supply digital money, and why so many people struggle to picture a financial system that genuinely serves communities instead of trapping them in permanent competition. From HandCash and BSV to the idea of “number go up”, we explored the gap between speculation and utility, and why communication, trust and real-world value will matter if any alternative system is going to take hold.We also went deep into the stories and frameworks that influence how people make sense of the world: scripture, Jubilee, honest weights and measures, Michael Hudson’s work on debt forgiveness, Professor Richard Werner’s research on money creation, and the way films and symbolism can shape public imagination. It was a wide-ranging, fiery conversation about consciousness, character, corruption, and whether building better systems might also help people see more clearly what has gone wrong in the first place.HandCash: https://about.handcash.io/BSV Association: https://bsvassociation.org/Odigo: https://odigo.com/…and forgive them their debts by Michael Hudson: https://michael-hudson.com/2018/08/and-forgive-them-their-debts/Michael Hudson: https://michael-hudson.com/Professor Richard Werner: https://professorwerner.org/Professor Richard Werner at the University of Winchester: https://www.winchester.ac.uk/about-us/leadership-and-governance/staff-directory/staff-profiles/werner.phpThe Devil's Advocate: https://www.warnerbros.it/scheda-film/genere-drammatico/lavvocato-del-diavolo/The Matrix: https://www.warnerbros.it/scheda-film/genere-azione/matrix/Jupiter Ascending: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/jupiter-ascending/umc.cmc.58lzaxvd14rk2dmblt68t0pe6Eric von Essex on Podverse: https://podverse.fm/clip/8PbKvsDxIrKeir Starmer - UK Parliament profile: https://members.parliament.uk/member/4514/contact