About this episode

The episode discusses corruption in the political system and the impact of cryptocurrency during Trump's presidency.

Andrew Cockburn, author of Washington Is Burning, on “the spectacular greed at the heart of the nation’s political system” • Hadas Thier, author of this article, on crypto in the age of Trump The post Corruption in the capital, crypto in the age of Trump appeared first on KPFA.

People in this episode

Host: KPFA

Guests: Andrew Cockburn, Hadas Thier

Topics covered

• corruption
• politics
• crypto
• Trump
• greed
• Washington

Keywords

• corruption
• crypto
• Trump
• political system
• greed
• Washington

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KPFA

Books & works: Washington Is Burning

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