Michael Hudson — How Alan Greenspan’s Junk Economic Doctrine Helped Popularize Junk Mortgages

Interview with financial economist and historian, Dr. Michael Hudson. On today’s program we discuss former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan’s legacy. Alan Greenspan has published an autobiography, “The Age of Turbulence”. We look at Alan Greenspan’s role in 1982 as the head of the Commission on Social Security; his eighteen-year role as Chairman of the Federal Reserve; as architect of dollar devaluation; and his role in the 1999 repeal of New Deal Legislation - The Glass-Steagall Act.


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Michael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.com

Source: noliesradio.org Guns & Butter
Aired: 9/26/07 12:00 AM

Michael Hudson — From Cold War To Class War

Interview with financial economist and historian, Dr. Michael Hudson. Liquidity crisis in the banking system; wiping out of credit; demise of the dollar; stock volatility; hedge funds; sub- prime lending, real estate tax versus labor tax, etc.

Dr. Hudson has been appointed Chief Economic Advisor for the Kucinich for President campaign, and is writing a new tax policy for the United States. He is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trend, a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and author of "Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire"


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Michael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.com

Source: KPFA Guns & Butter
Aired: 070815 (no longer available)

Source: noliesradio.org Guns & Butter
Aired: 8/15/07 12:00 AM

Elizabeth Warren — The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class: Higher Risks, Lower Rewards, and a Shrinking Safety Net

Distinguished law scholar Elizabeth Warren teaches contract law, bankruptcy, and commercial law at Harvard Law School. She is an outspoken critic of America's credit economy, which she has linked to the continuing rise in bankruptcy among the middle-class.


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Elizabeth Warren's website is: http://www.law.harvard.edu/



Source: UCTV
Aired: 6/11/07 12:00 AM

Tom Greco — Creating Alternative Currency and Exchange Systems

Community and monetary economist Thomas H. Greco, Jr. gives a presentation in Sebastopol, California about creating alternative currency and exchange systems.

Greco is also a writer, networker, and consultant, who, for almost three decades, has been working at the leading edge of transformational restructuring. A former college professor, he is currently Director of the non-profit Community Information Resource Center, a networking hub, which provides information access and administrative support for efforts in community improvement, social justice, and sustainability.

He is regarded as one of the leading experts in monetary theory and history, credit clearing systems, complementary currencies, and community economic development. He is author of many articles and books, including Money: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender (Chelsea Green, 2001).


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Tom Greco's website is http://www.reinventingmoney.com

Source: Global Public Media
Aired: 5/29/07 12:00 AM

Elizabeth Warren — Conversations with History: Law, Politics, and the Coming Collapse of the Middle Class with Elizabeth Warren

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren for a discussion of the economic pressures confronting the two income middle class family as it struggles to pay mortgages, health care, and education costs. Professor Warren offers surprising answers to "Who goes bankrupt and why?" and explores the role of banks and credit card companies in tightening the squeeze on the average American family. The interface between politics and the law in addressing these problems is explored.


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Elizabeth Warren's website is: http://www.law.harvard.edu/



Source: UCTV
Aired: 5/21/07 12:00 AM

Michael Hudson — America: Host or Parasite?

Interview with economist, Dr. Michael Hudson. Dr. Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trend (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and author of "Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire".

We discuss the US balance of payments trade deficit which creates US credit to finance the US national debt and war abroad; Russian economic shock therapy as the final stage of the cold war; the real estate bubble; permanent war and the inevitable collapse of the current US dominated global economic system.


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Michael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.com

Source: KPFA Guns & Butter
Aired: 3/14/07 12:00 AM
Repeated: 1/23/08 12:00 AM