Decolonise to Decarbonise | Fadhel Kaboub

Fadhel Kaboub is a former Associate Professor of Economics at Denison University where he researched political economy, decarbonisation, colonialism, and the financial and agricultural policies necessary to facilitate a global—and just—green transition. Since recording, Fadhel has been appointed Under-Secretary-General for Financing for Development at the international intergovernmental organisation, Organisation of Educational Cooperation.

This episode is thrilling. Fadhel explains the traps of inflation, debt, globalisation, and the financial and agricultural policies weaponised by the global north to exploit the global south. He walks us through the three structural traps which keep wealth pouring out of the global south into the global north, amounting to modern colonialism. And he explains why we can afford a just transition, revealing the exciting mechanisms of Modern Monetary Theory, exploring the solutions global south countries can implement to ensure their sustainable development.

00:00 Intro
02:48 Paying for Decarbonization
09:13 Abusive Market Power
12:20 Productive Capacity
17:11 The Global South and Degrowth
22:17 The Production Gap
28:12 Reparations
31:27 Exctracting Wealth
35:13 3 Structural Traps
35:30 1. Food Soveriegnty
36:12 2. Energy Soveriengty
37:15 3. Low Value Manufacturing
38:32 Inflation
43:04 Foor Soveriegnty
45:00 Colonialism & Cash Crops
47:32 Green Colonialism
49:07 Solutions
50:34 Pan-African Industrial Policy
52:19 Resilient Economics
53:35 Quality of Life
55:16 Conclusion
56:19 Platform?

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