Rent Is Too Damn High + Debt, Cryptocurrencies & Salsa

Max and Stacy discuss the ‘rent is too damn high’ activism moving past polite and into direct confrontation with the ‘gentrifiers.’ Max continues his interview with Jameson Lopp of keys.casa about the latest developments in the bitcoin space. They delve deeper into the 50 forks of bitcoin and look back on 2017 and the Summer of Fork.

Debt, Cryptocurrencies & Salsa

Max and Stacy ask, 'Oye como va?' as they listen to the rhythm of the survivors of PROMESA and Hurricane Maria. In the second half, Max interviews lawyer, John Mudd, about the role of the state power company, PREPA, in the island’s debt problems. Mudd also mentions the matter of ‘statehood’ and what that would even give the people of Puerto Rico.

Siren song of YouTube

Max and Stacy discuss when success still means poverty . . . in the new gig economics of social media ‘fame’ and what Travis Bickle’s Uber would look like if he were economically ignorant enough to drive one. Max continues his interview with professor and author Dr. Michael Hudson of Michael-Hudson.com about tariffs, trade deals, NAFTA, AI apocalypse and Karl Marx.