## Drowning in Debt

_IMF Podcasts, March 1, 2012_

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Drowning in Debt](https://www.imf.org/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/drowning-in-debt)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/drowning-in-debt/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/drowning-in-debt/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/drowning-in-debt/bundle-manifest.json)

## Bibliographic details
- Published: March 1, 2012

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### Main themes and thesis
- The podcast presents Philip Coggan’s argument that the extraordinary rise in debt levels in recent years will reshape the world order.
- Coggan contends that the future foremost creditor nation will be China.

### Episode context
- 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.
- Philip Coggan is the author of “Paper Promises: Debt, Money, and the New World Order.”

### Key participants and roles
- Interviewee:
  - Philip Coggan — author of “Paper Promises: Debt, Money, and the New World Order”
- Producers / hosts:
  - 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.
  - Rhoda Metcalfe — independent journalist and audio producer.

### Publication details
- The podcast episode was published March 1, 2012.

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## Content in this bundle

- [Coggan (MP3)](/-/media/websites/imf/imported-podcast/imported-podcast-mp3/external/podcast/2012/coggan.mp3){rel="external" type="audio/mpeg"}

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/news/podcasts/all-podcasts/2017/11/10/drowning-in-debt_