Friday, September 16, 2011

L. Randall Wray — L. Randall Wray interviewed by Ian Masters on KPFK FM-90.7 - Los Angeles

L. Randall Wray — L. Randall Wray interviewed by Ian Masters on KPFK FM-90.7 - Los Angeles

Economist Randall Wray joins us for a macro-economic analysis of adverse economic trends at home and abroad amid dire predictions of a double-dip recession in the U.S. and defaults in Europe. We will try to connect the dots to see if we are indeed at a Smoot-Hawley moment where the Congress, instead of reversing economic decline, has accelerated it.

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L. Randall Wray's website is: New Economic Perspectives
Source: New Economic Perspectives

Aired: 8/04/11 12:00 AM

Michael Hudson — "Guns, Finance and Butter - Finance Is the New Mode of Warfare" on Guns and Butter

"Guns, Finance and Butter - Finance Is the New Mode of Warfare" with Michael Hudson on Guns and Butter, for July 13, 2011 - 1:00pm

The jobless recovery; the debt ceiling and default; China; Greece; banks, not countries, receive the bailouts; financial warfare; IMF and EU; European Central Bank; US credit default swaps; US agricultural exports create food dependency; currency devaluation devalues the price of labor; class war of banks against the rest of society.

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

Source: KPFA Guns & Butter
Aired: 7/13/11 12:00 AM

Michael Hudson — "Debt Deflation in Europe and America" on Guns and Butter

"Debt Deflation in Europe and America" with Michael Hudson on Guns and Butter, for September 14, 2011 - 1:00pm

European banking crisis causing a constitutional crisis of the European Central Bank; Germany; the myth of Social Security in the US.; bank balance sheet crisis; food, fuel and climate crisis; the super congress; debt deflation; FHA lawsuit against the banks; criminalization of the financial sector; Modern Monetary Theory; the coming lost decade; debt cancellation.

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

Source: KPFA Guns & Butter
Aired: 9/14/11 12:00 AM

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Marshall Auerback — “How Japan Will Bounce Back” - Radio Free Dylan (Mar 18, 2011)

Marshall Auerback —  “How Japan Will Bounce Back” - Radio Free Dylan (Mar 18, 2011)

Episode 41: How Japan Will Bounce Back with Marshall Auerback

What does the earthquake mean to Japan’s fiscal future? Will one of the possible ripple effects of the disaster in Japan be a period of meaningful economic growth? Is the correct response to an environment of deprived economic activity to cut, or is it to invest and spend?

Whether to cut or whether to spend is a raging debate, not only in Japan, but one that is active in our own country as well. Listen in as Dylan talks with Marshall Auerback about how Japan and the U.S. can begin to allocate capital in a way that solves problems, ultimately bringing advancement in infrastructure, society, and social structure.

You can read Marshall’s most recent post at New Deal 2.0: What Does The Earthquake Mean to Japan’s Fiscal Future?

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Marshall Auerback's website is: New Deal 2.0

BIO: Marshall Auerback is a Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. He currently serves as a global portfolio strategist for Madison Street Partners, LLC, a Denver-based hedge fund. From 1983-1987, he was an investment manager at GT Management (Asia) Limited in Hong Kong, where he focused on the markets of Hong Kong, the ASEAN countries, New Zealand and Australia. From 1988-91, Mr. Auerback was based in Tokyo, where his Pacific Rim expertise was broadened to include the Japanese stock market.

Source: Radio Free Dylan
Aired: 3/18/11 12:00 AM

James K. Galbraith — "The Affluent Society & Other Writings 1952-1967" - Free Library of Philadelphia (Nov 18, 2010)

James K. Galbraith — "The Affluent Society & Other Writings 1952-1967" - Free Library of Philadelphia (Nov 18, 2010)

James K. Galbraith is a professor of economics and the Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., Chair in Government/Business Relations at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. A regular contributor to The Nation and Mother Jones, Galbraith is the author of The Predator State, Balancing Acts, and Created Unequal, all of which examine different aspects of the distribution of wealth in the United States. His new book collects the notable writings of his father--renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith--including American Capitalism, The Affluent Society, and The New Industrial State into one definitive volume.
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James K. Galbraith's website is: James K. Galbraith

Source: Free Library of Philadelphia

Aired: 11/18/11 12:00 AM

James K. Galbraith — "A Progressive Economist" - ElectricPolitics (Sep 26, 2006)

James K. Galbraith — "A Progressive Economist" - ElectricPolitics (Sep 26, 2006)

The venerable tradition of political economy hasn't died out (yet) but practitioners have become uncommonly hard to find. James K. Galbraith, who penned a wonderfully sharp critique of our economic system earlier this year in Mother Jones, and is at work on a larger version (as well as having another new book about to be published), brings iconoclastic, innovative sensibilities to a wide range of issues. I'm always delighted to hear reasonable solutions—even half-way solutions—that may be less well-known but are eminently bleeding-edge, especially from a committed progressive. My sincere thanks to James for sharing his thoughts. Total runtime an hour and thirty three minutes. Enjoy!

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James K. Galbraith's website is: James K. Galbraith

Source: Electric Politics

Aired: 09/026/06 12:00 AM

James K. Galbraith — "Keynote at the EPS Bernard Schwartz Symposium" - (Oct 01, 2010)

James K. Galbraith — "Keynote at the EPS Bernard Schwartz Symposium" - (Oct 01, 2010)

James K. Galbraith, Keynote at the EPS Bernard Schwartz Symposium October 2010. James K. Galbraith is one of the great economists of our time, and with one of the best outlooks for what can actually work. So we're just going to get out of the way.


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James K. Galbraith's website is: James K. Galbraith

Source: Demand Side Economics

Aired: 5/027/11 12:00 AM

James K. Galbraith — "James Galbraith Interview" - Alan Minksy (May 27, 2011)

James K. Galbraith — "James Galbraith Interview" - Alan Minsky (May 27, 2011)

Economist James K Galbraith analyzes today’s economy and contrasts it with a sound, and more just, economy.  He also explains why we would need a powerful left to remake the economy in these necessary ways.

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James K. Galbraith's website is: James K. Galbraith

Source: Building a Powerful Left in the United States

Aired: 5/027/11 12:00 AM

Mike Norman — "John Thomas Financial Economist, Mike Norman" - New Captains of Industry (Dec 28, 2010)

Mike Norman — "John Thomas Financial Economist, Mike Norman" - New Captains of Industry (Dec 28, 2010)

Economist Mike Norman talks about the Great Recession, the upcoming year 2011, and our Nation's Debt.

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Mike Norman  has worked at Merrill Lynch, was a member of four U.S. futures exchanges (Chicago Mercantile Exchange, New York Mercantile Exchange, Commodity Exchange, and the New York Futures Exchange) and ran the derivatives trading desk for a major Swiss Bank.
Mike Norman's website is: Mike Norman Economics

Source: Blogtalk Radio | New Captains of Industry

Aired: 12/28/10 12:00 AM

Mike Norman, L. Randall Wray and Warren Mosler — "Economist Round Table. Economics 101 for Politicians and Policy Makers" - New Captains of Industry (Dec 31, 2010)

Mike Norman, L. Randall Wray and Warren Mosler — "Economist Round Table. Economics 101 for Politicians and Policy Makers" - New Captains of Industry (Dec 31, 2010)

This economist round table challenges the prevailing thought on the U.S. economy, National Debt, Trade deficits, and Government spending. The panel includes Mike Norman, L. Randall Wray, and Warren Mosler. They propose such ideas as a payroll tax holiday, tax cuts for businesses, capital infusions to the states, major government investment in infrastructure, and eight dollar per hour federal jobs program for anybody who wants to work.


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Mike Norman  has worked at Merrill Lynch, was a member of four U.S. futures exchanges (Chicago Mercantile Exchange, New York Mercantile Exchange, Commodity Exchange, and the New York Futures Exchange) and ran the derivatives trading desk for a major Swiss Bank.
Mike Norman's website is: Mike Norman Economics
L. Randall Wray is an economics professor at University of Missouri–Kansas City. He believes the deficit concerns are hysteria, and massive cuts will only worsen the problem. His focus is on growing the economy.
L. Randall Wray's website is: New Economic Perspectives
Economist Warren Mosler - Co-Author Understanding Modern Money. Author "The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy". Download PDF at http://moslereconomics.com/, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/warren-mosler
Warren Mosler's website is: The Center of the Universe

Source: Blogtalk Radio | New Captains of Industry

Aired: 12/31/10 12:00 AM

Warren Mosler — "The economic situations in Europe, China, and the United States in 2011" - New Captains of Industry (Dec 29, 2010)

Warren Mosler — "The economic situations in Europe, China, and the United States in 2011" - New Captains of Industry (Dec 29, 2010)

Economist Warren Mosler speaks about the economic situations in Europe, China, and the United States in 2011. He also speaks how the changing political climate will affect our Nation's future. Other talking points are the National Debt, and Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).

Economist Warren Mosler - Co-Author Understanding Modern Money. Author "The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy". Download PDF at http://moslereconomics.com/, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/warren-mosler

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Warren Mosler's website is: The Center of the Universe

Source: Blogtalk Radio | New Captains of Industry

Aired: 12/29/10 12:00 AM

Warren Mosler — "Can Taxes and Bonds Finance Government Spending?" - Virtually Speaking (Apr 08, 2011)

Warren Mosler — "Can Taxes and Bonds Finance Government Spending?" - Virtually Speaking (Apr 08, 2011)

Economist Warren Mosler joins Jay... Can Taxes and Bonds Finance Government Spending? Modern Monetary Theory says no. Co-Author Understanding Modern Money. Author "The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy". Download PDF at http://moslereconomics.com/, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/warren-mosler

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Warren Mosler's website is: The Center of the Universe

Source: Blogtalk Radio | Virtually Speakingwith JayAckroyd

Aired: 4/08/11 12:00 AM

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

05 — “Policy Proposals for Fiscal Sustainability”” - L. Randall Wray & Pavlina Tcherneva, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

05 —  “Policy Proposals for Fiscal Sustainability”” - L. Randall Wray & Pavlina Tcherneva, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

SESSION 5 “Policy Proposals for Fiscal Sustainability”
L. Randall Wray, Professor of Economics, Research Director of CFEPS at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, and Senior Scholar at The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College;
Pavlina Tcherneva, Assistant Professor of Economics at Franklin and Marshall College, Senior Research Associate at CFEPS and Research Associate at The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and bloggers at New Economic Perspectives

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Source: Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In - NetRootsMass
Aired: 4/28/10 12:00 AM

04 — “Inflation and Hyper-inflation” - Marshall Auerback, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

04 —  “Inflation and Hyper-inflation” - Marshall Auerback, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

SESSION 4 “Inflation and Hyper-inflation”
Marshall Auerback, International Consulting Economist, blogger at New Deal 2.0 and New Economic Perspectives

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Source: Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In - NetRootsMass
Aired: 4/28/10 12:00 AM

03 — “The Deficit, the Debt, the Debt-To-GDP ratio, the Grandchildren and Government Economic Policy” - Warren Mosler, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

03 — “The Deficit, the Debt, the Debt-To-GDP ratio, the Grandchildren and Government Economic Policy” - Warren Mosler, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

SESSION 3 “The Deficit, the Debt, the Debt-To-GDP ratio, the Grandchildren and Government Economic Policy”
Warren Mosler, International Consulting Economist and blogger at The Center of the Universe

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Source: Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In - NetRootsMass
Aired: 4/28/10 12:00 AM

02 — “Are There Spending Constraints on Governments Sovereign in their Currency?” - Stephanie Kelton, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

02 — “Are There Spending Constraints on Governments Sovereign in their Currency?” - Stephanie Kelton, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

SESSION 2 “Are There Spending Constraints on Governments Sovereign in their Currency?”
Stephanie Kelton, Associate Professor of Macroeconomics, Finance, and Money and Banking, Senior Scholar at The Center for Full Employment and Price Stability (CFEPS), University of Missouri – Kansas City, Research Associate at The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, and blogger at New Economics Perspectives

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Source: Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In - NetRootsMass
Aired: 4/28/10 12:00 AM

01 — “What Is Fiscal Sustainability?” - Bill Mitchell, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

01 — “What Is Fiscal Sustainability?” - Bill Mitchell, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

SESSION 1 “What Is Fiscal Sustainability?”

Bill Mitchell, Research Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), at the University of Newcastle, NSW Australia, and blogger at billy blog

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Source: Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In - NetRootsMass
Aired: 4/28/10 12:00 AM

00 — “Welcome and Introduction” - William Halal, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

00 — “Welcome and Introduction” - William Halal, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

William Halal, Professor, Department of Management at George Washington University, Washington DC.

1st Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In and Counter-Conference
George Washington University, Washington DC, April 28, 2010

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Source: Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In - NetRootsMass
Aired: 4/28/10 12:00 AM

Pavlina Tcherneva, L. Randall Wray, Marshall Auerback, Warren Mosler, Stephanie Kelton and Bill Mitchell

To come: Pavlina Tcherneva, L. Randall Wray, Marshall Auerback, Warren Mosler, Stephanie Kelton and Bill Mitchell from the April 28, 2010 Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In and Counter Conference, as well as other lectures, debates and interviews from various other sources over the next couple of days. All credit due to Vilhelmo for the recommendation.

L. Randall Wray — The Biggest Drains On The Deficits – 03/02/2011

L. Randall Wray — The Biggest Drains On The Deficits – 03/02/2011

The Biggest Drains On The Deficit

Ross Reynolds
03/02/2011 at 12:20 p.m.

The national debt is growing. Lawmakers and experts are asking the question — what do we do about the biggest expenses of our government; Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and defense spending? 63 percent of the 2010 federal budget went to these programs. Do we have to start making sacrifices?

Guest(s)

Mike Tanner is senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He deals with domestic issues including budget and debt, and sees the massive deficit as a top federal concern.

L. Randall Wray is an economics professor at University of Missouri–Kansas City. He believes the deficit concerns are hysteria, and massive cuts will only worsen the problem. His focus is on growing the economy.

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L. Randall Wray's website is: New Economic Perspectives
Source: kuow.org

Aired: 3/02/11 12:00 AM

L. Randall Wray — A Minskian Explanation of the Economic Crisis – 2/24/11

L. Randall Wray — A Minskian Explanation of the Economic Crisis – 2/24/11

Professor of Economics, University of Missouri–Kansas City
A Minskian Explanation of the Economic Crisis

Thursday, February 24, 2011
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.

Relying upon the theories and assumptions of Hyman Minsky, Wray will explore and expound upon the factors that contributed to the current economic and financial crisis.

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Economics.

Biography (provided by the speaker)
L. Randall Wray is a professor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City as well as research director, the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, and senior scholar at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, NY. A student of Hyman P. Minsky while at Washington University in St. Louis, Wray has focused on monetary theory and policy, macroeconomics, financial instability, and employment policy. He has published widely in journals and is the author of Understanding Modern Money: The Key to Full Employment and Price Stability (Elgar, 1998) and Money and Credit in Capitalist Economies (Elgar 1990). He is the editor of Credit and State Theories of Money (Edward Elgar 2004) and the co-editor of Contemporary Post Keynesian Analysis (Edward Elgar 2005), Money, Financial Instability and Stabilization Policy (Edward Elgar 2006), and Keynes for the Twenty-First Century: The Continuing Relevance of The General Theory, Palgrave, 2008. Wray is also the author of numerous scholarly articles in edited books and academic journals, including the Journal of Economic Issues, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Review of Political Economy, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Economic and Labour Relations Review, Economie Appliquée, and the Eastern Economic Journal. Wray received a B.A. from the University of the Pacific and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. He has served as a visiting professor at the University of Rome, the University of Paris, and UNAM (Mexico City). He was the Bernardin-Haskell Professor, UMKC, Fall 1996, and joined the UMKC faculty as professor of economics, August 1999.

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L. Randall Wray's website is: New Economic Perspectives
Source: The Clarke Forum

Aired: 2/24/11 12:00 AM

Michael Hudson — Michael Hudson on Iceland's "No!" — The Gary Null Show - 4/11/11

Michael Hudson — Michael Hudson on Iceland's "No!" — The Gary Null Show - 4/11/11
  1. Health and nutrition news.
  2. A great commentary from David Korten about how things really are.
  3. Michael Hudson discusses Iceland's rejection of the international bankers' bailout terms, as well as the likely ramifications for Iceland and the global financial system.
Today's guest is Dr. Michael Hudson and he is one of our nation’s important economists and Wall Street financial analysts. He is currently the President of The Institution for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends and was the Chief Economic Policy Advisor for the Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s 2008 presidential campaign. Dr. Hudson has served as an advisor to the White House, State and Defense departments at the Hudson Institute, in addition to the United Nations Institute where he became a specialist in global economics.

Dr. Hudson has written several books and many important papers articles, including “Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of the American Empire” and “Global Fracture: The New International Economic Order”.

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

Source: Progressive Radio Network

Aired: 4/11/11 12:00 AM

Stephen Zarlenga — "The Moral Necessity for Religion to Eradicate Usury" — Cleveland Society of Friends (Quakers) (4/11/11)

Stephen Zarlenga — "The Moral Necessity for Religion to Eradicate Usury" — Cleveland Society of Friends (Quakers) (4/11/11)


Zarlenga's Talk to the Cleveland Society of Friends (Quakers) 4/11/11
I argued the moral necessity for religion to eradicate usury in the real meaning of that term: whereby the strong take advantage of the weak through unfair monetary mechanisms. Chapter 20 of The Lost Science of Money describes how the private Bank of England was nationalized at the urging of the Archbishop of Canterbury; demonstrating the power of the nation's spiritual hierarchy to obtain economic justice. I tested whether the usury concept could help the Quakers join the fight for monetary reform. Listen to it here.

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Stephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/

Source: AMI

Aired: 04/11/11 12:00 AM

Stephen Zarlenga — "How the Economists Facilitated the Crisis" — EEA (2/26/11)

Stephen Zarlenga — "How the Economists Facilitated the Crisis" — EEA (2/26/11)

Stephen Zarlenga's talk at the Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting 2/26/11. Dr Paul Krugman massaged this audience of economists. I'll summarize his talk: "Don't worry that you didn't foresee the crisis, neither did the rest of us". My talk took the opposite approach blaming the economists with the title "How the Economists Facilitated the Crisis". I said "Economists and their theories should be held accountable for the disaster".

You can listen to it here or read it here.

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Stephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/

Source: AMI

Aired: 02/26/11 12:00 AM

Friday, March 18, 2011

Michael Hudson — "The View From Europe" on Guns and Butter

"The View From Europe" with Michael Hudson on Guns and Butter, for March 16, 2011 - 1:00pm

Financial and fiscal austerity policies; the appeal of economic austerity to bankers; economic depression and war; post-WWII vs. post-cold war economic policy; government to government grants vs. commercial lending; the euro and dollar; privatization in New Zealand and elsewhere; social unrest; speculation and prices; criminalization of the economy; impoverishment of the US.

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

Source: KPFA Guns & Butter
Aired: 3/16/11 12:00 AM

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Michael Hudson — "American Monetary Institute presentation" AMI conference, University Center in downtown Chicago, Sept 30 - Oct 3, 2010

Michael Hudson — "American Monetary Institute presentation" AMI conference, University Center in downtown Chicago, Sept 30 - Oct 3, 2010

Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (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 (1968 & 2003), Trade, Development and Foreign Debt (1992 & 2009) and of The Myth of Aid (1971).

ISLET engages in research regarding domestic and international finance, national income and balance-sheet accounting with regard to real estate, and the economic history of the ancient Near East.

Michael acts as an economic advisor to governments worldwide including Iceland, Latvia and China on finance and tax law. He gives presentations on various topics at conferences and meetings and can be booked here. Listen to some of his many radio interviews to hear his hyperspeed analysis of the geo-political machinations of global economics. Travel costs and a per diem are appreciated.

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

Source: Politics and Science (Radio4All Network)
Aired: 11/09/10 12:00 AM

Monday, March 7, 2011

Bill Still — "The Wisdom of Bill Still" on Two Beers with Steve (Sun, 20 December 2009)

Bill Still — "The Wisdom of Bill Still" on Two Beers with Steve (Sun, 20 December 2009)

Who Profits? — Dec 2009 — An excellent interview with Bill Still, creator of the new documentary The Secret of Oz. His top insight: We must take back from private interest the ability to profit from the "creation of new money."

When I first got confirmation that Bill Still was going to be on 'Two Beers With Steve' I rushed to my wife to tell her the good news... that I would soon be talking with a legend, an icon of mine. I have to thank Nathan Martin for making the meeting possible, Nathan also sat in during the interview and we all had a great conversation.

Bill Still has been beating the drum for monetary reform for decades, long before my 'awakening' Bill was hard at work writing books, articles and had made the film 'The Money Masters'. His latest venture has been another film titled 'The Secret of Oz', which I have seen and highly recommend.

This interview covers many topics but the most facsinating discovery for me was finding out how Bill Still, a journalist, became to be interested in monetary reform. A great interview, thanks Bill.

Buy The Secret of Oz - Buy the film and support the cause.

The Secret of Oz Website

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Bill Still's website is: http://secretofoz.com/



Source: Two Beers with Steve
Aired: 12/20/09 12:00 AM

Michael Hudson — "World Tired of Paying Bill for US Military" on The Real News Network (December 26, 2010)

Michael Hudson — "World Tired of Paying Bill for US Military" on The Real News Network (December 26, 2010)

Michael Hudson: World Tired of Paying for US Military — 26 Dec 2010 — Hudson explains how the US dollar's status as the global reserve currency extracts extra financial value that America uses to fund its military. But other countries are recognizing this and are slowly moving away from the dollar for their transactions.

Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (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 (1968 & 2003), Trade, Development and Foreign Debt (1992 & 2009) and of The Myth of Aid (1971). ISLET engages in research regarding domestic and international finance, national income and balance-sheet accounting with regard to real estate, and the economic history of the ancient Near East. Michael acts as an economic advisor to governments worldwide including Iceland, Latvia and China on finance and tax law.

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

Source: The Real News Network
Aired: 12/26/10 12:00 AM

Bill Black — "Reagan Made S&L Crisis Vastly Worse" on The Real News Network (February 7, 2011)

Bill Black — "Reagan Made S&L Crisis Vastly Worse" on The Real News Network (February 7, 2011)

Former S&L regulator Bill Black explains the Reagan administration's role in deepening the Savings & Loan crisis of the 1980s.

William K. Black, associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, teaches White-Collar Crime, Public Finance, Antitrust, Law & Economics. A former financial regulator, he held several senior regulatory positions during the S&L debacle. Black is the author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One (2005) which focuses on the role of “control fraud” in financial crises. Black developed the concept of "control fraud" — frauds in which the CEO or head of state uses the entity as a "weapon." Control frauds cause greater financial losses than all other forms of property crime combined.

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Bill Black's website is: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

Source: The Real News Network
Aired: 02/07/11 12:00 AM

Michael Hudson — "Reaganomics Sucked Wealth up, Did Not Trickle it Down" on The Real News Network (06 Feb 2011)

Michael Hudson — "Reaganomics Sucked Wealth up, Did Not Trickle it Down" on The Real News Network (06 Feb 2011)

Reaganomics Sucked Wealth Up; It Did Not 'Trickle Down' — 06 Feb 2011 — Michael Hudson casts a forensic economist's eye on the tax and regulatory changes enacted under Reagan that started the ball rolling for the owners of the FIRE sector (finance, insurance, real estate). The rich-get-richer free-for-all continued through the 1990s and 2000s and culminated in the banking and financial chaos we see today.

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

Source: The Real News Network
Aired: 02/06/11 12:00 AM

Catherine Austin Fitts — "Look Behind the Smokescreen" on The Progressive Radio News Hour - 02/24/11

Catherine Austin Fitts — "Look Behind the Smokescreen" on The Progressive Radio News Hour - 02/24/11

Fitts talks about the current "reengineering" and political obfuscation that is going on in the US economy, the duplicity of the attempts to slash state-worker salaries and benefits, and why political change in the US does not result in change.

Catherine Austin Fitts is an investment advisor, entrepreneur, and former Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner under GHW Bush. She's also a former Managing Director and board member of the Wall Street firm, Dillon Read & Co., Inc.

She's now editor of Solari.com and runs Solari, Inc. - an "online media company focused on ethical investment and preserving family wealth. Long ago, (she) made a promise (never again to) act against the best interest (of her) own people (and to do her best) to leave a better world for generations to come."

Her latest views on world and national issues will be discussed.

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Catherine Austin Fitts' website is http://www.solari.com/

Source: Progressive Radio Network
Aired: 2/24/11 12:00 AM

Jim Puplava — Wall Street Banks and the "Inside Job" on the Financial Sense Newshour (26 Feb 2011)

Jim Puplava — Wall Street Banks and the "Inside Job" on the Financial Sense Newshour (26 Feb 2011)

This week on the Financial Sense Newshour, Jim Puplava is pleased to welcome Daniel Alpert to discuss the 2011 Academy Award winner for best documentary film, Inside Job, which explores the credit crisis of 2008 and who was responsible. Dan is a founding Managing Partner of Westwood Capital, LLC and its affiliates. He has more than 30 years of international merchant banking and investment banking experience, including a wide variety of work-out and bankruptcy related restructuring experience. Dan was featured in the film and is part of a monthly economic group that includes Inside Job director Charles Ferguson.

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Jim Puplava's website is: http://www.financialsense.com/

Source: financialsense.com
Aired: 02/26/11 12:00 AM

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Michael Hudson — "this is hell" — WNUR 89.3FM Chicago (Saturday, March 14, 2009)

Michael Hudson — "this is hell" — WNUR 89.3FM Chicago (Saturday, March 14, 2009)

First Hour: Financial historian and economist Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, and Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. In 2007, Dr. Hudson was Chief Economic Policy Adviser for the Kucinich for President campaign. Michael is now writing a new tax policy for the United States. His most recent writing includes, “The Language of Looting.” In that article, Michael writes what “Nationalize the Banks” and the “Free Market” really mean in today’s looking-glass world.

Also in this episode:
  • Acclaimed journalist and renowned analyst Gerard Prunier.
  • Patrick Cockburn the author of “The Occupation: War, resistance and daily life in Iraq”.
  • Ray McGovern a US Army infantry/intelligence officer and then held senior positions in CIA’s analysis division for the next 27 years.
  • Chuck Collin, senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good.
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Michael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.com

Source: thisishell.net
Aired: 03/14/09 12:00 AM

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Matthias Chang — The Economic Crisis on The Kevin Barrett Show (Tuesday, 22 Feb 2011)

Kevin Barret and Matthias Chang discuss Malaysia's response to the Asian Financial Crisis as well as the causes of the current Financial Crisis.

Matthias Chang is a Malaysian of Chinese descent. He is a Barrister of 32 years standing and once served as the Political Secretary to the Fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. He is the author of three bestsellers, “Future FastForward”, “Brainwashed for War, Programmed to Kill”, and “The Shadow Money-Lenders and the Global Financial Tsunami”, published in the US and in Malaysia. Since his student days in England in the late 1960s, he was and still is, actively involved in the anti-war movement spanning a period of 41 years. He is a Catholic but enjoins all to promote inter-faith understanding. He resides in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Matthias Chang's website is: http://www.futurefastforward.com/

Source: noliesradio.org

Aired: 02/22/11 12:00 AM