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Michael Hudson — Michael Hudson on Iceland's "No!" — The Gary Null Show - 4/11/11Health and nutrition news.A great commentary from David Korten about how things really are.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

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) 4/11/11I 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.DownloadStephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/Source: AMIAired: 04/11/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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.DownloadStephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/Source: AMIAired: 02/26/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

"The View From Europe" with Michael Hudson on Guns and Butter, for March 16, 2011 - 1:00pmFinancial 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.DownloadMichael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.comSource: KPFA Guns & ButterAired: 3/16/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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

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 wa

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. Mi

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.DownloadBill Black's website is: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of LawSource: The Real News NetworkAired: 02/07/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggreg

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.DownloadMichael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.comSource: The Real News NetworkAired: 02/06/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

Catherine Austin Fitts — "Look Behind the Smokescreen" on The Progressive Radio News Hour - 02/24/11Fitts 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.DownloadCatherine Austin Fitts' website is http

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.DownloadJim Puplava's website is: http://www.financialsense.com/Source: financialsense.comAired: 02/26/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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

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.DownloadMatthias Chang's website is: http://www.futurefastforward.com/Source: noliesradio.orgAired: 02/22/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source

Peace Revolution episode 012: Origins of Money / A Virtual Round-Table Discussion  The Book Discussed: The Lost Science of Money / The Mythology of Money - The Story of Power by Stephen Zarlenga Stephen Zarlenga is the founder of the American Monetary Institute (AMI) - the leading American monetary think tank for monetary history, theory and reform (and he's also the author of the American Monetary Act, submitted to congress by Dennis Kucinich in March of this year).Jan Irvin (author and host of the GnosticMedia podcast) conducted four detailed interviews with Zarlenga...Episode #041: "Money's Dirty Little Secret: an interview with Stephen Zarlenga" part 1Episode #057: "Why Gold & Silver are NOT the Answer" - an interview with Stephen Zarlenga, part 2Episode #067: "A Response to the Austrian School: an interview with Stephen Zarle... part 3Episode #088: "Silver & Gold" - an update with Stephen Zarlenga, part 4 This podcast features: Brett Veinotte, Host of the School Sucks Podcast Jan Irvin, Host

Monetary Reform with monetary experts Dick Distlehorst and Robert Poteat, both are senior advisors to the American Monetary Institute which just held its 6th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference in Chicago.Dick Distlehorst, is in his 90th year, his wife passed away six years ago. He was with the First Marine Division on Guadalcanal in the South Pacific during World War II. He first learned about our problematic, to say the least, monetary system in 1958 and has studied it and fought against it since that time. He has held meetings locally for over 10 years, and he spoke to the conference via video and gave a very powerful, inspiring speech and made suggestions to all of us on how to pressure Congress and educate our friends about money.Robert Poteat has been studying and working on monetary reform since 1981. His education was electrical engineering. He worked in radio and television broadcasting, manufacturing, and elevator construction. Since his retirement, he has been active with Veterans for Peace as pa

Mysteries of Neo-Liberalism: From WikiLeaks to 21st Century Potato Famines Professor Hudson appeared on the Renegade Economists radio show in Melbourne, Australia last Wednesday.Mysteries of Neo-Liberalism: Professor Michael Hudson delves through the murky world of economics, espionage and Wiki Leaks freedoms.www.earthsharing.org.auDownloadMichael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.comSource: michael-hudson.comSource: 3CR Renegade EconomistsAired: 12/08/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

New $600B Fed Stimulus Fuels Fears of US Currency War– Michael Hudson The Federal Reserve will pump $600 billion more into the US economy and keep interest rates at historical low levels. The short-term impact of the Fed’s move, known as quantitative easing, has been a jump in stock prices across the globe. Many nations, however, have accused the United States of waging a currency war by devaluing the dollar. We speak to former Wall Street economist and University of Missouri professor Michael Hudson. “The object of warfare is to take over a country’s land, raw materials and assets, and grab them,” Hudson says. “In the past, that used to be done militarily by invading them. But today you can do it financially simply by creating credit, which is what the Federal Reserve has done.” [read transcript here] See his website here. From A Democracy Now Presentation 11-5-2010.DownloadMichael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.comSource: noliesradio.orgSource: DemocracyNowAired: 11/05/10 12:00 AMThis podcas

PART 3: Steve Keen — Local Future 2010 Conference on Sustainability: Energy, Economy & EnvironmentQ&A of Steve Keen's SpeechSteve Keen is Associate Professor of Economics & Finance at the University of Western Sydney, Australia and author of the book "Debunking Economics". In 2010, Keen received the Revere Award from the Real World Economics Review for most cogently warned of the crisis, and whose work is most likely to prevent future crises.Steve Keen was given one and a half hours to present at the Local Future event, which gave him the opportunity to present a comprehensive treatment of the dynamics of credit money and the “Global Financial Crisis” (to use the Australian moniker for it) or “Great Recession” (as economists in the US refer to it).DownloadProfessor Steve Keen's website is Steve Keen’s DebtwatchSource: Steve Keen’s DebtwatchAired: 11/13/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to th

PART 2: Steve Keen — Local Future 2010 Conference on Sustainability: Energy, Economy & EnvironmentSteve Keen's SpeechSteve Keen is Associate Professor of Economics & Finance at the University of Western Sydney, Australia and author of the book "Debunking Economics". In 2010, Keen received the Revere Award from the Real World Economics Review for most cogently warned of the crisis, and whose work is most likely to prevent future crises.Steve Keen was given one and a half hours to present at the Local Future event, which gave him the opportunity to present a comprehensive treatment of the dynamics of credit money and the “Global Financial Crisis” (to use the Australian moniker for it) or “Great Recession” (as economists in the US refer to it).DownloadProfessor Steve Keen's website is Steve Keen’s DebtwatchSource: Steve Keen’s DebtwatchAired: 11/13/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host webs

PART 1: Steve Keen — Local Future 2010 Conference on Sustainability: Energy, Economy & EnvironmentAaron Wissner’s introductionSteve Keen is Associate Professor of Economics & Finance at the University of Western Sydney, Australia and author of the book "Debunking Economics". In 2010, Keen received the Revere Award from the Real World Economics Review for most cogently warned of the crisis, and whose work is most likely to prevent future crises.Steve Keen was given one and a half hours to present at the Local Future event, which gave him the opportunity to present a comprehensive treatment of the dynamics of credit money and the “Global Financial Crisis” (to use the Australian moniker for it) or “Great Recession” (as economists in the US refer to it).DownloadProfessor Steve Keen's website is Steve Keen’s DebtwatchSource: Steve Keen’s DebtwatchAired: 11/13/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host websi