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  "title": "Drowning in Debt",
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  "summary": "In the future this role will fall to China, says Coggan - Drowning in Debt In This Episode To coincide with the release of March’s Finance & Development, we interview one of the contributors to this quarter’s magazine, Philip Coggan.",
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      "heading": "Main themes and thesis",
      "content": "- The podcast presents Philip Coggan’s argument that the extraordinary rise in debt levels in recent years will reshape the world order.\n- Coggan contends that the future foremost creditor nation will be China."
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      "content": "- The podcast episode coincided with the release of March’s Finance & Development and features an interview with Philip Coggan, a contributor to that quarter’s magazine.\n- Philip Coggan is the author of “Paper Promises: Debt, Money, and the New World Order.”"
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      "content": "- Interviewee:\n  - Philip Coggan — author of “Paper Promises: Debt, Money, and the New World Order”\n- Producers / hosts:\n  - Bruce Edwards — International Monetary Fund; produces the IMF podcast program; award-winning audio producer and journalist who has covered armed conflicts, social unrest, and natural disasters from all corners of the world; believes economists have an important role in solving the world's problems and aspires to showcase their research in every IMF podcast.\n  - Rhoda Metcalfe — independent journalist and audio producer."
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