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