Is Easy Money Really Easy?!
democracy-ish
Mary Trump Media
4.8 • 774 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
We have been learning a lot about grifting in America--from Donald Trump and his flock to the Supreme Court, everyone seems to be on the get rich or die trying bandwagon--it's this American capitalist mentality that makes the cryptocurrency industry so enticing. But is it truly safe for the average Jose's and Joe's looking for a leg up? Danielle and Waj chat with actor and author of the new book "Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud", Ben McKenzie about what we need to pay attention to when it comes to crypto!
Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Democracy-ish. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Danielle Moody. |
| 0:13.0 | And I'm with Jhattali. |
| 0:15.0 | And we are very excited to have a special guest |
| 0:19.0 | joined Democracy-ish today. Ben McKenzie, who is an actor, yes, |
| 0:23.9 | but is also anti-crypto, which is kind of my favorite title, uh, and is the co-author of the book, |
| 0:32.0 | easy money, cryptocurrency, casino capitalism, and the golden age of fraud, along with Jacob Silverman. |
| 0:40.9 | I'm going to turn it over to Wage because, Ben, you will love this as an actor. |
| 0:45.1 | He likes to do the movie phone voice. |
| 0:49.6 | You might know him from his roles on the hit TV shows, The O.C. in Gotham. |
| 0:53.9 | But he's also a Tony Award nominated actor and a graduate magna cum laude from the University of Virginia with a degree in economics and foreign affairs. |
| 1:02.9 | Ben McKenzie has spent the past year interviewing individuals both here and abroad to talk about easy money, cryptocurrency, casino capitalism, |
| 1:13.5 | and the golden age of fraud. Welcome, Ben. Thank you. That's why I do this. Thank you so much. |
| 1:18.3 | That was beautiful. Only one thing I don't have a Tony nomination. Oh, that was a play. The play got a |
| 1:26.2 | Tony nomination. I did not. |
| 1:27.8 | But you know what? |
| 1:31.1 | It's all good. |
| 1:32.0 | You know what? |
| 1:32.9 | Everything else, sure. |
| 1:33.8 | This is in the era of truthiness. |
| 1:35.5 | You should have just right. |
| 1:37.8 | I felt like I should have deserved a Tony nomination. |
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