> Alex Gladstein of HRF rejoins me on the show to chat about: 
> 
> - Attending Africa Bitcoin Conference
> - How the World Bank and IMF keep poorer countries in a debt trap
> - The 'strings' attached to debt
> - Odious debt
> - Cash crops 
> - How does this resolve? 
> - Will Bitcoin help fix this? 

> Links:
> 
> - Twitter: [@gladstein](https://twitter.com/gladstein) 
> - Article: [Structural Adjustment: How the Imf and World Bank Repress Poor Countries and Funnel Their Resources to Rich Ones](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/imf-world-bank-repress-poor-countries)
> - HRF grants: [HRF Bitcoin Development Fund Awards $325,000 in New Grants ](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/hrf-awards-325000-bitcoin-grants)

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