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Podcast: The Lean to the Left Podcast
Episode: Challenging the Bankers Blub: The Fight for an Equitable Financial System
Description: In this episode of the Lean to the Left Podcast, host Bob Gatty interviews Gerald Epstein, author of 'Busting the Bankers Club,' and a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.Epstein discusses how powerful interests within the 'Bankers Club,' including big banks like JP Morgan and Bank of America, federal institutions like the Federal Reserve, financial regulators, and others, have maintained a financial system that benefits the wealthy at the expense of the majority.He explores the dualities of the financial system, its manipulation by powerful interests, the adverse impact of...