Global kleptocracy ahead on points

 Here's a topic that doesn't get nearly enough attention... the takeover of an increasing number of countries by fully corrupt kleptocratic governments.

The1A interviewed Tom Burgis yesterday on his new book Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World. Tom has been around for a while now, tracking the process in Africa in his earlier book The Looting Machine. In this podcast he describes how dirty money is learning how to extend its grasp across the world... especially with the rise of Donald Trump.

And as yet, hardly anyone has recognized the true nature of the beast. It's not one man, coming out of nowhere. it's a process that has been steadily gaining ground because no one has been looking at it for what it truly is: dirty money buying entire governments, and thus whole economies.

Click on the link, and prepare to have your ears burned:

https://www.wnyc.org/shows/1a

https://www.wnyc.org/shows/1a

posted by milo

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