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In this episode of VT Radio, you get to hear the world-renowned author Richard C. Cook.Richard C. Cook is a co-founder and Lead Investigator for the American Geopolitical Institute.  Mr. Cook is a retired U.S. federal analyst with extensive experience across various government agencies, including the U.S. Civil Service Commission, FDA, the Carter White House, NASA, and the U.S. Treasury. As a whistleblower at the time of the Challenger disaster, he exposed the flawed O-ring joints that destroyed the Shuttle, documenting his story in his book “Challenger Revealed.” After serving at Treasury, he became a vocal critic of the private-finance-controlled monetary system, detailing his concerns in “We Hold These Truths: The Hope of Monetary Reform.” He served as an advisor to the American Monetary Institute and worked with Congressman Dennis Kucinich to advocate for replacing the Federal Reserve with a genuine national currency. His latest book is “Our Country, Then and Now” (Clarity Press, 2023). https://www.claritypress.com/product/our-country-then-and-now/In this book, Mr. Cook postulates that our country has lost touch with its founding principles, among which is the Bill of Rights, which we must reaffirm to survive as a nation.ResourcesSUPPORT VT and  Subscribe to our Monthly MembershipDONATE:  Make a one-time DonationSHOP OFFICIAL VT MERCH

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Paul Gottfried is a Paleoconservative, historian of political thought, editor Chronicles Magazine. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Richard C. Cook is a Co-Founder and Lead Investigator for the American Geopolitical Institute. Mr. Cook is a retired U.S. federal analyst with extensive experience across various government agencies, including the U.S. Civil Service Commission, FDA, the Carter White House, NASA, and the U.S. Treasury. As a whistleblower at the time of the Challenger disaster, he exposed the flawed O-ring joints that destroyed the Shuttle, documenting his story in his book "Challenger Revealed." After serving at Treasury, he became a vocal critic of the private-finance-controlled monetary system, detailing his concerns in "We Hold These Truths: The Hope of Monetary Reform." He served as an advisor to the American Monetary Institute and worked with Congressman Dennis Kucinich to advocate for replacing the Federal Reserve with a genuine national currency. His latest book is "Our Country, Then and Now" (Clarity Press, 2023). https://www.claritypress.com/product/our-country-then-and-now/ In this book, Mr. Cook postulates that our country has lost touch with its founding principles, among which is the Bill of Rights, which we must reaffirm to survive as a nation

GUEST OVERVIEW: Richard C. Cook is a Co-Founder and Lead Investigator for the American Geopolitical Institute. Mr. Cook is a retired U.S. federal analyst with extensive experience across various government agencies, including the U.S. Civil Service Commission, FDA, the Carter White House, NASA, and the U.S. Treasury. As a whistleblower at the time of the Challenger disaster, he exposed the flawed O-ring joints that destroyed the Shuttle, documenting his story in his book "Challenger Revealed." After serving at Treasury, he became a vocal critic of the private-finance-controlled monetary system, detailing his concerns in "We Hold These Truths: The Hope of Monetary Reform." He served as an advisor to the American Monetary Institute and worked with Congressman Dennis Kucinich to advocate for replacing the Federal Reserve with a genuine national currency. His latest book is "Our Country, Then and Now" (Clarity Press, 2023). https://www.claritypress.com/product/our-country-then-and-now/ In this book, Mr. Cook postulates that our country has lost touch with its founding principles, among which is the Bill of Rights, which we must reaffirm to survive as a nation.

On today's show, author Richard C. Cook discusses the historical rise of an American Empire and its potential, impending fall. Richard explains how the compounding problems of high inflation, consumer debt, and money-printing spearheaded by the Federal Reserve have doomed the United States' war-based economy to fail. Richard also shares the little-known history of the "deep state" and speaks upon the inherent dangers of a digital currency, the risk of more tyrannical power grabs in a post-pandemic geopolitical landscape, the importance of being informed and more. GUEST OVERVIEW: Richard C. Cook is a retired US federal analyst who served with the Carter White House, NASA, and the US Treasury. As a whistleblower at the time of the Challenger disaster, he broke the story of the flawed O-ring joints that destroyed the Shuttle. After serving at Treasury, he exposed the disastrous flaws of a monetary system controlled by private finance in his book WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS: THE HOPE OF MONETARY REFORM. As an adviser to the American Monetary Institute and while working with Congressman Dennis Kucinich, he advocated the abolishment of the Federal Reserve system.

Welcome to episode 38 of Activist #MMT. Today is part two of my conversation with Dan Sullivan, an experienced Monetary Reformer and member of the American Monetary Institute (or AMI), about the core differences between Monetary Reform and Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Monetary Reform is the idea that private commercial banks have more influence over our economy then does the central government. A full introduction can be found before part one, but for now, let’s get right back to our conversation.

A conversation with me, a year-long student of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), and Dan Sullivan, an experienced monetary reformer, on how Monetary reform (MR) compares to MMT. MR is the idea that private commercial banks have more influence over our economy than does our government, and that the only way to solve this problem is by fully reforming the banking system. There is much agreement between MR and MMT, but there's one disagreement that is critical & irreconcilable. Dan spoke at 13th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference, hosted by the American Monetary Institute. AMI is the American organization advocating for monetary reform. This conversation was part of my research in writing two soon-to-be-released articles related to MR and MMT. Here is Dan's full bio from the conference (http://archive.is/PPzZG): "Dan Sullivan is the president of the Council of Georgist Organizations and the director of Saving Communities. He has been instrumental in winning shifts from property taxes and wage taxes to land value tax in some of the Pennsylvania cities that levy that tax. His leadership is primarily responsible for three quarters of a billion dollars in tax shifts. Dan’s presentation on Land and Money Monopolies examines the parallels and differences of the land question and the money question and makes the case that these two issues are the most fundamental issues before us today. Dan will also discuss The Limits of Local Currency examines the strength and weaknesses of how local currencies have been designed, shows how well designed local currencies can benefit the localities where they are issued, and shows how they fail to address the underlying problems of debt currency."

Howard Switzer speaks powerfully on the need for monetary reform stemming from learning & connection with the American Monetary Institute and the Alliance for Just Money.

The financial system that is enslaving us gets its power from our passive consent. Money is created by private-sector banks out of thin air, and then we pay interest on that!   Each time a bank makes a loan, it essentially creates money as debt. This system results in problems such as increasing levels of household debt and inflating property prices. It ensures a rapidly widening income gap. In New Zealand we are allowing our children to go into debt slavery! First they have student loans; then they may have a mortgage, and then they are expected to save for their retirement. If we continue with this system we will fail as a society. In this interview Don Richards, co- founder of Positive Money New Zealand, talks with Lisa Er about the problems and the solutions. Positive Money New Zealand began when Sue Hamill and Don Richards had the current debt based system explained to them in 2010, while watching, “Money as Debt”.  When they learnt that New Zealand operated under the same system - they customised the UK campaign to the New Zealand situation. Don explains how new money is introduced into the economy by private banks as loans and is shown by water coming though the tap.   As they create the money themselves, the only constraint is people’s ability to take on higher and higher levels of debt.  This created money distorts the property market and allows house prices to increase year in and year out, irrespective of demand. Banks make enormous profits from money creation – more than $5,000 million dollars each year - $10 million dollars a day and most of that money disappears overseas.  Imagine what we could do with $10 million dollars a day.  It is a huge drain on our economy.   There is however a bigger problem.  When people repay their loans, that money disappears from the economy, which is represented by money going down the drain.   Loan money that is repaid to the banks cannot then be lent out again because as the original loan money was created from nothing it must return to nothing.   In banking terms money is “destroyed” when people repay loans.  This is ridiculous and is probably what the former governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, was alluding to when he said “Of all the many ways of organising banking, the worst is the one we have today”. For our economy to work, more people must get into debt than get out of debt. In times of recession, people take out fewer loans as confidence in the future declines, and more people repay their loans.  The banks also get nervous as their confidence in people’s ability to repay loans diminishes and they lend out less money.    Governments make matters worse by introducing austerity measures, cutting back on their spending. This further reduces the amount of money in the economy, prolonging any recession. When confidence picks up, people take on new loans faster than the old ones are repaid, banks become bolder and lend more and the government spends more, creating a boom.  This is the boom and bust cycle which is an artificial construct based on a flawed monetary system. Positive Money’s Solution The Positive Money solution would have the Reserve Bank issue our money supply debt free and they would take control of the tap.   The money being introduced into the economy by the Reserve bank could be spent by the government on infrastructure projects such as hospitals, roads and bridges or new schools and the need to government debt would disappear. Our government debt is currently $110, thousand million dollars and the Government pays Five Thousand Million Dollars in interest alone each year. This equates to 14 Million dollars a day that it does not need to spend.   When you add the principle repayments that do not need to be made, the amount of available money is staggering.  Imagine what we could do with all of that extra money. There would still be a place for private banks though.  While they could no longer create money from nothing, they would have to attract deposits from those willing to invest.   In this way loans from the private banks, once repaid would be available to be lent out again, thereby putting a plug in the bath.   The boom and bust cycles would smooth out and the available money in the economy would rise.   With more money in circulation New Zealand would move from a low wage economy to a high wage one Governments from the left could use the additional money to increase social services and provide a Universal Basic Income or pay off the student loan debt.   Governments on the right could use it to pay down the Government debt and reduce taxes.   We would no longer need to engage in risky offshore drilling or engage in fracking, or mining in our conservation estate to grow our economy – it would grow organically.  There would be money for free education, proper schools, affordable health care, a decent retirement income… The International Monetary Fund paper that was mentioned in the Seven Sharp clip endorses a similar solution.  Here is a quote straight from the paper: the benefits would be: dramatically reduced public and private (net) debt levels (because money creation no longer requires simultaneous debt creation), better control of business cycle fluctuations, complete elimination of bank runs, output gains of 10% and inflation can drop to zero without posing problems for the conduct of monetary policy. Not only would the New Zealand economy thrive, individuals and families that are struggling to make ends meet under the current system would prosper. About Positive Money New Zealand Positive Money New Zealand is a campaign to move New Zealand from a debt-based economy to one that operates with a full reserve in which money has been issued debt-free and interest-free. This will free the nation and its people from the crippling effects of ever increasing interest bills - that keep the majority of people on the debt treadmill. The campaign is based on one that has been running in the UK called Positive Money - which started in May 2010 as well as a similar one in the United States called the American Monetary Institute - which began in 1996. Positive Money New Zealand is now part of a global network of organisations dedicated to reforming our banking system. About Don Richards Don lives in Whakatane and is married to Sue Hamill - the co founder of Positive Money New Zealand.  He has two daughters from a previous marriage and became a grandfather in May 2011.   Don has worked in a number of key industries during times of significant change in New Zealand’s recent history.  He was employed by BP Oil New Zealand, working in their Retail Strategy unit during the deregulation of the New Zealand oil industry in the late 1980's. He also worked for Standards New Zealand in the late 1990's as it grappled with the transition from state funding to the user-pays model.  In addition, Don worked for the New Zealand Dairy Board, leading up to the formation of Fonterra and beyond. Don then worked for BRANZ (Building Research Association of New Zealand) for 11 years as their Quality and Environmental Manager prior to moving to the Bay of Plenty.   He now works as a Director for Simple, Effective Solutions that offers consultancy services for Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality Management systems. Don has also taken on a number of community based projects including organising clean ups of Wellington harbour which started in 1997 and continues to this day.  In 1999 he was awarded the title of Conservationist of the year for his efforts.  In addition, he organised street parties for his neighbours and ran a campaign to stop whaling in the southern ocean - called Friends of Tangaroa. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links mentioned in the interview: Bryan Gould article in The Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10818930   The Secret of Oz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMTvf6g_2tY This interview was sponsored by The Awareness Party http://www.theawarenessparty.com/the-banking-and-monetary-system/

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.

American Monetary Institute director Stephen Zarlenga, the author of The Lost Science of Money, recounts the history of money and monetary policy.

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.

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.

"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.

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, author of the book- The Lost Science of Money - The Mythology of Money - The Story of Power. 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 is modelled upon the work of other economists, and 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. He founded the American Monetary Institute, which strives to educate the public and Congress about money and the need for reform. 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 American Monetary Institute's website is www.monetary.org. The next annual Monetary Reform Conference will be held Sept. 30 - Oct. 3rd in Chicago.DownloadStephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/Source: Progressive Radio NetworkAired: 4/08/10 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

Part 3: This show is being released on Monday, March 01, 2010. My interview with Steve Zarlenga was recorded on February 23, 2010. Stephen Zarlenga of the American Monetary Institute has become a regular guest on the Gnostic Media program, and we love having him on. After our series that we completed a few months ago, some people from the Austrian school of economics were upset about the interviews with Stephen, and one of them wrote a long article that was posted to the Ludwig von Mises Institute website (http://mises.org/daily/4102) of the Austrian school attacking Stephen and the interview. Stephen returns for our 3rd interview together for his critical rejoinder to the Ludwig von Mises Institute website article by Kaj Grüssner. Whether your an economist or not, this is another interview you that won't want to miss.DownloadStephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/Source: Gnostic MediaAired: 3/1/10 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: Congressman Dennis Kucinich has posted the following on his web site: “The U.S. monetary reform is urgently needed: It is long past time we look at the implications of . . . the privatization of money created by the 1913 Federal Reserve Act, the bank fractional reserve system and our debt-based economic system. Unless we have dramatic reform of monetary policy, the entire economic system will continue to accelerate wealth upwards. I am currently working on drafting legislation for an ‘American Monetary Act’ to address these and other issues in order to protect the economic well being of America.” Observers believe that this single measure has the potential of bringing together tens of millions of people who have realized that our bank-run debt-based monetary system lies at the center of the financial crisis. The question is of course - how are these tens of millions going to find out that there is such legislation being developed?Kucinich is working closely with Stephen Zarlenga, director of the American Monetary Institute and author of: The Lost Science of Money. Zarlenga was interviewd in May 2009 after his return from Washington, DC, where he had briefed members of Congress. A report on the briefing was done by Richard CookDownloadStephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/Source: TUC RadioAired: 6/17/09 12:10 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.

Part 1: Congressman Dennis Kucinich has posted the following on his web site: “The U.S. monetary reform is urgently needed: It is long past time we look at the implications of . . . the privatization of money created by the 1913 Federal Reserve Act, the bank fractional reserve system and our debt-based economic system. Unless we have dramatic reform of monetary policy, the entire economic system will continue to accelerate wealth upwards. I am currently working on drafting legislation for an ‘American Monetary Act’ to address these and other issues in order to protect the economic well being of America.” Observers believe that this single measure has the potential of bringing together tens of millions of people who have realized that our bank-run debt-based monetary system lies at the center of the financial crisis. The question is of course - how are these tens of millions going to find out that there is such legislation being developed?Kucinich is working closely with Stephen Zarlenga, director of the American Monetary Institute and author of: The Lost Science of Money. Zarlenga was interviewd in May 2009 after his return from Washington, DC, where he had briefed members of Congress. A report on the briefing was done by Richard CookDownloadStephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/Source: TUC RadioAired: 6/17/09 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.