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"Money, essentially, is a public utility. It has evolved as a public good." — Pavlina R. Tcherneva
Get extended conversations with the experts and global thinkers who've joined our debates, town halls and podcast episodes in our Spotlight series.
In the Spotlight: President of the Levy Economics Institute @ptcherneva from the Doha Debates Podcast episode, “Who controls your money?”
0:00 Intro
0:35 What are the consequences for a country if it adopts Bitcoin?
2:44 What are the downsides to the fiat currency system?
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The Doha Forum always gathers the most interesting and diverse set of people. @DohaDebates will be there again this year with an episode of The Negotiators, in partnership with @ForeignPolicy, highlighting the amazing, dramatic, and unseen work done by negotiators around the world to save lives and make the world a better place.
"Redefining Global Trust”
Trust is under strain. It is also being redefined. This year, Doha Forum examines the forces reshaping our global order and the pathways towards credible cooperation.
Doha Forum reconvenes on 5–6 December for its 24th edition, bringing together global leaders and policymakers under the banner of Diplomacy, Dialogue & Diversity.
"All the currencies we have are constantly being devalued." —Saifedean Ammous
Get extended conversations with the experts and global thinkers who've joined our debates, town halls and podcast episodes in our Spotlight series.
In the Spotlight: economist and author @saifedean from the Doha Debates Podcast episode, “Who controls your money?”
0:00 Intro
0:27 Does Bitcoin truly offer financial freedom?
2:30 How do we restore trust in the financial system?
Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/eli2cAEY3jA
What makes a Doha Debates Town Hall unique?
Listen to attendees and our young debaters reflect on their experience at our recent town hall in @QF’s Education City, “Should AI be shaped by faith?”
Moderated by CEO of the Mozilla Foundation @nabihasyed, this thought-provoking town hall featured experts Yaqub Chaudhary, Monsignor John Paul Kimes and @MaxMore1964, along with students and recent grads from across Qatar.
Couldn’t join us in person? The full town hall premieres on our YouTube channel on December 15. Subscribe here to catch it first: youtube.com/@DohaDebates
"We have a ... perverse economy [because] we don't have democratic control over production." —Jason Hickel
Get extended conversations with the experts and global thinkers who've joined our debates, town halls and podcast episodes in our Spotlight series.
In the Spotlight: professor of political economy @jasonhickel from the Doha Debates Podcast episode, “Who controls your money?”.
0:00 Intro
0:30 Can ecological justice be achieved through monetary reforms alone?
3:10 What is the relationship between capitalism and war?
Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/eli2cAEY3jA
“Bitcoin is your only way of opting out. And people who have chosen to opt out ... have done very, very well for themselves, because it's money that's not designed to rob you.” —Saifedean Ammous
Saifedean Ammous and Pavlina Tcherneva debate the value of bitcoin on this week’s Doha Debates Podcast episode, "Who controls your money?”
Featuring:
-@saifedean: Economist and author
-@jasonhickel: Professor of political economy, Autonomous University of Barcelona
-@ptcherneva: President, Levy Economics Institute
Moderated by @mohamedwashere
This week's episode of the Doha Debates Podcast asks: Who controls your money?
Featuring @saifedean, @jasonhickel and @ptcherneva
0:00 Intro
1:41 What is money?
12:23 “Issuing money is theft, and a more precise way of putting it is slavery.”
16:21 “In the modern world, money is actually debt.”
24:55 Are economists gaslighting the public?
29:30 Is capitalism undemocratic?
37:39 Does private finance, not government, drive instability?
1:08:04 “We live in effectively fake democracies.”
01:18:24 Is bitcoin the answer to existing power imbalances?
1:26:44 Did fiat money pay for the Iraq War?
1:35:41 “Bitcoin takes away from [money printers] the ability to loot you.”
01:43:47 How capitalism drives war
01:56:39 What China's industrial policy gets right and wrong
02:14:10 Can the global south escape the dollar?
02:24:09 Experts' final take: What is one thing you wish you had known about money when you were younger?
“What explains the fact that we live in this society of massive aggregate production, and yet, so many people live in deprivation and can't meet their basic needs?” — Jason Hickel
On this week’s episode of the Doha Debates Podcast, experts debate the question: Who controls your money?
Featuring:
-@saifedean: Economist and author
-@jasonhickel: Professor of political economy, Autonomous University of Barcelona
-@ptcherneva: President, Levy Economics Institute
Moderated by @mohamedwashere
We're a 2026 @anthemawards finalist!
Two of our town halls are nominated and we'd love your vote.
“Is the nation-state still a meaningful foundation of identity?” and “Architecture and urbanism: How should we reinvent the city?” are both finalists in the Education, Art & Culture category.
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Should the world abandon the U.S. dollar?
Jason Hickel says "de-dollarization" helps global south countries strengthen their economies and maintain independence.
Watch our experts debate this question and more on this week’s episode of the Doha Debates Podcast, "Who controls your money?”.
Featuring:
-@saifedean: Economist and author
-@jasonhickel: Professor of political economy, Autonomous University of Barcelona
-@ptcherneva: President, Levy Economics Institute
Moderated by @mohamedwashere