Trade Movies #024 - Hypernormalisation (2016) & The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) with David Backer
Trade MoviesShow Notes
OPACITY. OPACITY. OPACITY. (Steve Ballmer voice) OPACITY. Today we are talking complicated financial instruments, the Fundamental Unknowableness Of Things, Mamdani, complexity, propaganda, and so much more. INCREDIBLY thankful to David for appearing on the show, PLEASE GO BUY HIS BOOK:
As Public as Possible: Radical Finance for America's Public Schools
and he can be found here on all socials, DEFINITELY as well go follow him since his content is amazing:
https://linktr.ee/davidibacker https://davidbacker.com/ https://www.tiktok.com/@schooldaves
and that incredible Baffler Mag article is here:
https://thebaffler.com/latest/paying-for-it-backer
Keywords David Backer, bond market, education finance, public schools, social movements, municipal bonds, financial opacity, HyperNormalization, Saragossa Manuscript, political economy, software usage, financial jargon, opacity, class struggle, public education, political structures, ideology, solutions, municipal bonds, public finance
Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction to David Backer and His Work 00:03:25 Understanding the Bond Market and Its Implications 00:06:30 The Role of Social Movements in Education 00:09:35 Exploring the Financial Mechanisms Behind School Funding 00:12:41 The Complexity of Capital Expenditures 00:15:36 The Nature of Bonds vs. Loans 00:18:32 The Opacity of Financial Systems 00:21:45 Cinematic Reflections on Finance 00:24:24 The Saragossa Manuscript and Its Parallels to Finance 00:26:24 Philosophical Insights from Film and Finance 00:35:20 Understanding Complexity Through the Feynman Method 00:36:17 The Insanity of Modern Society and Politics 00:38:28 The Challenges of Entering Power 00:41:16 The Mechanics of Municipal Bonds 00:44:06 The Infinite Complexity of Public Finance 00:46:33 The Role of Experts in Understanding Finance 00:49:20 The Opaqueness of Private Equity 00:51:55 The Language of Finance and Its Implications 00:53:42 The Deliberate Opacity in Financial Systems 00:57:57 The Class Struggle and Financial Opacity 01:01:15 The Need for a New Approach to Power 01:03:53 Philosophical Reflections on Causality 01:06:48 The Complexity of Political Structures 01:10:01 Art and Propaganda: The Role of Surkov 01:12:06 Hypernormalization vs. Kayfabe: A Dialectical Contrast 01:18:37 Public Education: Challenges and Solutions 01:25:01 Making Education Truly Public
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