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EPISODE · Mar 1, 2026 · 27 MIN

The World Owes $350 Trillion to Itself

from Speak Plainly Podcast · host Owl C Medicine

Send us Fan MailWe pull apart the $350 trillion global debt figure and follow the thread from 17th‑century share issuance to modern bank credit and QE, showing how debt became a permanent claim on tomorrow. Along the way, we map the startup playbook to a cancer metaphor to explain endless growth pressure and the local fallout it creates.• global debt as a circular ledger and claim on future output• bonds as tradable promises held by pensions, banks, states, and central banks• the shift from commerce to capitalism via VOC and stock markets• birth of sovereign debt and growth as collateral• bank credit creation, interest gaps, and forced expansion• QE’s role in asset inflation, bubbles, and zombie firms• startup growth phases mirroring cancer dynamics• local effects on rent, small business survival, and inequalityIf you like the podcast please share it send it to a friend please leave a comment like the rate rate it like I don’t know if you’re on Spotify or like iTunes or whatever. But if you can leave a comment please do so you can consider buying me a coffee the link’s in the description belowSupport the showMusic by WutaboiEmail us at [email protected] Buy me a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/owlmedicine Social MediaFacebook: www.facebook.com/owlcmedicineInstagram: www.instagram.com/owlcmedicine My Websiteswww.owlchrysalismedicine.comwww.decolonizehealthcare.comwww.rethinkingbroken.com#rethinkingbroken #CPTSD#chronicstressadapted #ComplexPTSD#childhoodtrauma #Authorpodcast #bestsellingauthor #queerauthor#adhd #dyslexia #dyscalclia #Queer #queerpodcast #queerhost#adultswithadhd #veteran #therapist #nonfictionauthor #traumaauthor#undiagnisedadhd  #childhoodtrauma #trauma #lifeaftertrauma  #PTSD   

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Send us Fan Mail We pull apart the $350 trillion global debt figure and follow the thread from 17th‑century share issuance to modern bank credit and QE, showing how debt became a permanent claim on tomorrow. Along the way, we map the startup playbook to a cancer metaphor to explain endless growth pressure and the local fallout it creates. • global debt as a circular ledger and claim on future output • bonds as tradable promises held by pensions, banks, states, and central banks • the shift f...

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