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L. Randall Wray — L. Randall Wray interviewed by Ian Masters on KPFK FM-90.7 - Los AngelesEconomist 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.DownloadL. Randall Wray's website is: New Economic PerspectivesSource: New Economic PerspectivesAired: 8/04/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

"Guns, Finance and Butter - Finance Is the New Mode of Warfare" with Michael Hudson on Guns and Butter, for July 13, 2011 - 1:00pmThe 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. DownloadMichael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.comSource: KPFA Guns & ButterAired: 7/13/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

"Debt Deflation in Europe and America" with Michael Hudson on Guns and Butter, for September 14, 2011 - 1:00pmEuropean 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.DownloadMichael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.comSource: KPFA Guns & ButterAired: 9/14/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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? DownloadMarshall Auerback's website is: New Deal 2.0BIO: 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 DylanAired: 3/18/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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.DownloadJames K. Galbraith's website is: James K. GalbraithSource: Free Library of PhiladelphiaAired: 11/18/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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!DownloadJames K. Galbraith's website is: James K. GalbraithSource: Electric PoliticsAired: 09/026/06 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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.DownloadJames K. Galbraith's website is: James K. GalbraithSource: Demand Side EconomicsAired: 5/027/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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.DownloadJames K. Galbraith's website is: James K. GalbraithSource: Building a Powerful Left in the United StatesAired: 5/027/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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.DownloadMike 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 EconomicsSource: Blogtalk Radio | New Captains of IndustryAired: 12/28/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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. DownloadMike 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 EconomicsL. 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 PerspectivesEconomist 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-moslerWarren Mosler's website is: The Center of the UniverseSource: Blogtalk Radio | New Captains of IndustryAired: 12/31/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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-moslerDownloadWarren Mosler's website is: The Center of the UniverseSource: Blogtalk Radio | New Captains of IndustryAired: 12/29/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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-moslerDownloadWarren Mosler's website is: The Center of the UniverseSource: Blogtalk Radio | Virtually Speakingwith JayAckroydAired: 4/08/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

05 —  “Policy Proposals for Fiscal Sustainability”” - L. Randall Wray & Pavlina Tcherneva, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-InSESSION 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 Video, Audio, Slide Show and TranscriptDownloadSource: Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In - NetRootsMassAired: 4/28/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

04 —  “Inflation and Hyper-inflation” - Marshall Auerback, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-InSESSION 4 “Inflation and Hyper-inflation”Marshall Auerback, International Consulting Economist, blogger at New Deal 2.0 and New Economic Perspectives Video, Audio, Slide Show and TranscriptDownloadSource: Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In - NetRootsMassAired: 4/28/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

03 — “The Deficit, the Debt, the Debt-To-GDP ratio, the Grandchildren and Government Economic Policy” - Warren Mosler, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-InSESSION 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 Video, Audio, Slide Show and Transcript DownloadSource: Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In - NetRootsMassAired: 4/28/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

02 — “Are There Spending Constraints on Governments Sovereign in their Currency?” - Stephanie Kelton, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-InSESSION 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 Video, Audio, Slide Show and TranscriptDownloadSource: Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In - NetRootsMassAired: 4/28/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

01 — “What Is Fiscal Sustainability?” - Bill Mitchell, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-InSESSION 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 blogVideo, Audio, Slide Show and TranscriptDownloadSource: Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In - NetRootsMassAired: 4/28/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

00 — “Welcome and Introduction” - William Halal, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-InWilliam Halal, Professor, Department of Management at George Washington University, Washington DC. 1st Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In and Counter-ConferenceGeorge Washington University, Washington DC, April 28, 2010Audio and TranscriptDownloadSource: Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In - NetRootsMassAired: 4/28/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

L. Randall Wray — The Biggest Drains On The Deficits – 03/02/2011The Biggest Drains On The DeficitRoss Reynolds03/02/2011 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.DownloadL. Randall Wray's website is: New Economic PerspectivesSource: kuow.orgAired: 3/02/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

L. Randall Wray — A Minskian Explanation of the Economic Crisis – 2/24/11Professor of Economics, University of Missouri–Kansas City A Minskian Explanation of the Economic Crisis Thursday, February 24, 2011Anita 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.DownloadL. Randall Wray's website is: New Economic PerspectivesSource: The Clarke ForumAired: 2/24/11 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 — 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 Fracture: The New International Economic Order”.DownloadMichael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.comSource: Progressive Radio NetworkAired: 4/11/11 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 — "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 geo-political machinations of global economics. Travel costs and a per diem are appreciated.DownloadMichael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.comSource: Politics and Science (Radio4All Network)Aired: 11/09/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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 WebsiteDownloadBill Still's website is: http://secretofoz.com/Source: Two Beers with SteveAired: 12/20/09 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 — "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.DownloadMichael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.comSource: The Real News NetworkAired: 12/26/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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 aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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://www.solari.com/Source: Progressive Radio NetworkAired: 2/24/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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 at the Institute for Policy Studies where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good.DownloadMichael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.comSource: thisishell.netAired: 03/14/09 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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 and subscribe to the host website.

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 of the Gnostic Media Podcast Paul Verge, Writer/Director/Producer, Divergent Films Canada Richard Grove, Tragedy and Hope dot comDownloadStephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/Source: The Peace RevolutionAired: 12/02/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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 past president and media producer for VfP Chapter 109 in Olympia, WA. Representative Dennis Kucinich also spoke via video and said that he would be introducing a Monetary Reform bill in Congress in November. My report, entitled Money of, by, for the Corporations or Money of, by, for the People? and my presentation- Strategy for the Monetary Reform Movement, Stephen Zarlenga's opening remarks, and videos of the presentations of Professor Michael Hudson, Professor Yamaguchi, and Professor Steve Keen are posted online, along with a report by Keen at his www.debtdeflation.com website.DownloadNote: The AMI‘s Dick Distelhorst wrote a lengthy rebuttal in the comment section of the von Mises blog article: The Dangers of Monetary Reform. The full rebuttal can be found and read HERE.Source: Progressive Radio NetworkAired: 10/07/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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 podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

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 the host website.

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 website.

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 website.

Jeff Rense with Terry Arnold & Steve Zarlenga – Monetary ReformDownloadStephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/Source: Dprogram.netSource: Rense RadioAired: 10/19/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

WAMC Conversation with... Stephen Zarlinga (American Monetary Institute) Dr. Alan Chartok, King of Northeastern Public Radio presents an unequalled full hour interview of Stephen ZarlengaDownloadStephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/Source: American Monetary InstituteSource: WMACAired: 12/30/04 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

Ellen Brown is a civil litigation attorney, author, and frequent writer on financial issues. A new edition of her important book, "Web of Debt," is an essential analysis of the private banking system, how it usurped money creation power, and how we can take it back. Brown's latest writing will be discussed.DownloadEllen Brown's website is: http://www.webofdebt.comSource: Web of DebtAired: 10/09/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

Ellen Brown is a civil litigation attorney, author, and frequent writer on financial issues. A new edition of her latest book, "Web of Debt," is an essential analysis of the private banking system, how it usurped money creation power, and how we can take it back. Brown's latest writing will be discussed.DownloadEllen Brown's website is: http://www.webofdebt.comSource: Progressive Radio NetworkAired: 9/12/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

Ellen Brown is a civil litigation attorney, author, and frequent writer on financial issues. A new edition of her latest book, "Web of Debt," is an essential analysis of the private banking system, how it usurped money creation power, and how we can take it back. Brown's latest writing will be discussed.DownloadEllen Brown's website is: http://www.webofdebt.comSource: Progressive Radio NetworkAired: 8/14/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

Michael Hudson — "THE AMERICAN MONETARY ACT" Solving the Financial Crisis by Monetary Reform at home and abroad Dr. Michael Hudson addresses the need for monetary reform at home and abroad and gives historical context to this need. See the article mentioned in Dr. Hudson’s speech here. For more information on the American Monetary Act being introduced into Congress visit the American Monetary Institute website, where you also can find information on the monetary conference coming up in Chicago on Sept 30, 2010. A American Monetary Institute Production from 2006, but still extremely relevant today. The Economic Collapse Teach-in encompases upon some of the most highly controversial an crucial subjects of our day—the collapsing economy, the Federal Reserve, the Banks, Wall Street, financial fraud, forclosures, homelessness, unemployment, workers rights, unions, trade agreements, etc. We scour the world to find and gather debates and presentations that are extremely informative and educational. Related subjects are also discussed. It provides key information for the uninitiated and the initiated alike.DownloadMichael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.comSource: noliesradio.orgAired: 9/11/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

"Monetary Reform" with Stephen Zarlenga, founder of The American Monetary Institute, author of The Lost Science of Money - The Mythology of Money - the Story of Power. Stephen Zarlenga has over three decades of practical experience in the world of finance and spent over twelve years doing the historical research to write his book. The final chapter is the solution he offers based upon his knowledge and understanding of money, and the failures of past attempts at monetary reform. His idea has been written into legislative language which should someday come before Congress. He believes that daunting though the struggle may appear, we must not give up because our future depends on changing our deeply flawed monetary system. They have organized excellent conferences, where experts, and researchers have pooled their knowledge and expanded awareness on the need for reform. He condemns most economists for obscuring the basic facts about money, how it is created, its structural flaws, which transfer wealth from the many to the few. He believes that governments not banks should create money, that the Federal Reserve should be nationalized, that private banks should not be allowed to create money out of thin air, siphoning wealth from others, and that governments have the right to create money and should spend it into existence on infrastructure projects that benefit people. The Green Party's National Committee working on monetary and economic policy matters have approved an historic, comprehensive Monetary Reform Plank in their 2010 Platform which includes all three of the necessary elements to achieve real reform that the American Monetary Institute has pushed for in its proposed American Monetary Act. The 6th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference will be held Sept. 30 - Oct. 3rd in Chicago. Speakers include- Prof. Michael Hudson, author, Super Imperialism and Global Fracture; editor, Debt and Economic Renewal in the Ancient Near East; distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Missouri, Kansas City, and Chief Economic Advisor to the 2008 Kucinich for President campaign. Dr. Hudson was the first to publicly identify the mechanism of "Dollar Imperialism" through the U.S. balance of payments deficits. His talk will focus on the coming momentous monetary developments in the Icelandic and Latvian crises, and their implication for future crises resolutions. Top Australian monetary economist Steve Keen who just won the inaugural (Paul) Revere Award for giving an early warning (2005) of the present debt-deflation collapse. Dr. Michael Clark, of the United Nations, is the man who earlier this year sparked the recent issue of 240 billion new SDRs by the International Monetary Fund, though they had only issued 21 billion of them since inception in January 1970. Dr. Edward Chambers, President of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) will discuss- Organizing for Power, Action and Justice. Richard C. (Rick) Cook, a former federal government analyst who worked with Stephen Zarlenga on drafting the American Monetary Act while still with the U.S. Treasury. Rick was an adviser to Dennis Kucinich during the 2004 and 2008 Presidential campaigns will speak on democratizing the monetary system. Ben Dyson is a British monetary reformer, specializing in the necessary accounting techniques to achieve monetary reform by allowing banks to make loans without creating money and will address Monetary reform in Great Britain. William Bergman, economist and formerly an official at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, until he became a whistleblower on Fed practices. He will focus on the present condition of banking after the massive bailouts. Who won? At whose expense? Why won't the banks lend? What must be done now to get money into circulation? Carol Brouillet will speak on Strategy for the Monetary Reform Movement (Analyzing it though the Doing Democracy - MAP Model of Social Movements, as she did for the Truth Movement in Chicago in 2006).DownloadStephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/Source: Progressive Radio NetworkAired: 9/16/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

Part 4: This episode is titled "An Update Interview with Stephen Zarlenga - pt. 4" and is being released on Tuesday, August 24, 2010. My interview with Stephen Zarlenga was recorded on August 24, 2010.This is an update (part 4) of our series with Stephen Zarlenga looking deeper into the fundamental concepts of money: What is money and how is it defined? What is the difference between money and credit? What is the history of money? And why is any of this important for YOU to understand, and how could it possibly affect YOUR life?Stephen Zarlenga is the founder of the American Monetary Institute (AMI) - the leading American monetary think tank for monetary history, theory and reform. An economic historian and author, Zarlenga provides us the clearest picture of how money and monetary systems work in his incredible 2002 tome The Lost Science of Money, and he's also the author of the American Monetary Act, submitted to congress by Dennis Kucinich in March of this year. If you have not already read his book, it is an absolute must read.So don't attack the messanger, instead go out and buy the book and learn for yourself exactly how and why those who promote the gold standard are lying to you. DownloadStephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/Source: Gnostic MediaAired: 8/24/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

Michael Hudson has had a long, varied and distinguished career as a Wall Street insider, leading economist, expert on financial history, and Research Professor at the University of Missouri. He's also an author, consultant, head of a Harvard-based economic and financial history group, and president of the Institute for the Study of Long Term Economic Trends (INSLET).Hudson's latest economic views will be discussed, including his recent article on Europe's Fiscal Dystopia: The New Austerity Road to Financial Serfdom.DownloadMichael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.comSource: Progressive Radio NetworkAired: 7/15/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

"America's Fiscal Collapse - Obama's Budget Will Impoverish America" with economist and author, Michel Chossudovsky. The administration's 2010 budget will entail the most drastic curtailment in public spending in American history, leading to social havoc and the potential impoverishment of millions of people. Defense spending and bank bailouts will consume all government revenue resulting in fiscal collapse that will lead to the privatization of the state.America's Fiscal Collapse: by Michel ChossudovskyDownloadMichel Chossudovsky's website is: http://globalresearch.caSource: KPFA Guns & ButterSource: Global ResearchAired: 3/11/09 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

Hudson – IMF Austerity for Prosperity: How sovereignty has been surrendered, what economics should be looking at and China’s dollar surplus conundrum – isolationism the answer? Music by Lucky Dragon www.earthsharing.org.auDownloadMichael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.comSource: 3CR Renegade EconomistsAired: 06/23/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.