Covid: The Cure for Capitalist Crisis (An Economic Analysis)

We discuss Fabio Vighi’s Marxist explanation for what is behind the lockdowns, vaccine mandates and general pandemic panic over the last 2 years. We are joined by Robert Doyle, a banker in the United States, to help explain some of the nuances described in the article. The entire article is worth reading before you view/listen to this episode. Note also, Robert has included a number of resources to help understand some of the economics he is describing.

Read the full article this episode is based on
https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/a-self-fulfilling-prophecy-systemic-collapse-and-pandemic-simulation/

Resources for this episode:
19:59 :   History of Spanish Flu ;
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic
 How Pandemics End
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/learning/lesson-of-the-day-how-pandemics-end.html

57:32:   Big Short Explained
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/020115/big-short-explained.asp
1:00 :  Gold Standard – Great Depression
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanlewis/2020/02/25/did-the-gold-standard-cause-the-great-depression/?sh=24b797667c63
 History of the Gold Standard
https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-the-history-of-the-gold-standard-3306136
1:03  to 1:06.  Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/primer-on-modern-monetary-theory

·         Monetary Policy 
https://www.frbsf.org/education/teacher-resources/what-is-the-fed/monetary-policy/

·         Fiscal Policy
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/basics/fiscpol.htm 
·         Yield Curve and Interest Rates 
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/122203.asp
·         Fed “printing” Money : 
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/082515/who-decides-when-print-money-us.asp 
1:10 :  Fed Balance Sheet
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-feds-balance-sheet-is-expected-to-top-9-trillion-after-it-starts-reducing-its-monthly-asset-purchases-11626135642

1:12 :  Money Multiplier in Economics
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/multipliereffect.asp 
1:27 :  Fed and Repurchase Orders,
 https://www.bankrate.com/banking/federal-reserve/why-the-fed-pumps-billions-into-repo-market/ 

 Fed and Municipal Bonds 
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/08/31/how-well-did-the-feds-intervention-in-the-municipal-bond-market-work/
; Fed and Corporate Bonds
https://www.barrons.com/articles/federal-reserve-corporate-bond-portfolio-51622679701
1:54 :  U3 v U6 unemployment:  
https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-the-real-unemployment-rate-3306198

The Masking of the Servant Class: Ugly COVID Images From the Met Gala Are Now Commonplace
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-masking-of-the-servant-class

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