Simon Johnson is a professor of entrepreneurship at MIT. In this video he explains that the financial crisis is no accident but a continuing cycle in which the big banks get ever richer and more powerful. He does not seem to recognize the debt imperative and growth imperative that is a feature of our debt-money and banking system but his charts clearly show its effects.–t.h.g
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Beyond Money- Go, set, get ready for your mark! September 8, 2020The dystopian world of George Orwell’s, 1984, and Aldus Huxley’s, Brave New World, has been creeping up on us for a very long time. Now it’s coming on at a gallop and seems bound to cross the finish line in … Continue reading →
- A Landmark Event in Exchange Alternatives September 3, 2020Greetings, This is a heads up to inform you of an important upcoming virtual event in which I will be a featured presenter. It is the annual convention of the International Reciprocal Trade Association (IRTA), the premier organization for the … Continue reading →
- Orthodoxy and the meaning of events August 24, 2020Orthodoxy and the meaning of events is the title of an article recently published by Richard K. Moore, author of Escaping the Matrix: how We the People can change the world, and numerous insightful articles that are helpful in making … Continue reading →
- 2020 August Newsletter — The Great Reset is now underway August 21, 2020Facts, alternative facts, and the future of civilization. Continue reading →
- New Podcast Episode 10 – Todd Boyle August 9, 2020Episode 10 A conversation with Todd Boyle Todd Boyle is a man with a very interesting and unusual life story. In this podcast episode, he candidly tells us about how he grew up in a large Catholic family; served a … Continue reading →
- RIP John Papworth August 6, 2020One of the saddest things about getting old is seeing the departure of one’s friends and family. Most recently for me, it was the passing, at age 98, of long-time friend and colleague John Papworth. John, an ordained Anglican priest, … Continue reading →
- Walking Away: From the “New (Old) World Order,” into the Old (New) World Order. Part II August 2, 2020Discord and confusion, conflicting stories, rampant disinformation, faction against faction, widespread anger and fear, people fighting among themselves, economic dislocation, personal interactions disrupted and people separated from friends and family, cessation of favorite sports and pastimes, and widespread abandonment of … Continue reading →
- Walking Away: From the “New (Old) World Order,” into the Old (New) World Order. Part I July 27, 2020Global pandemic, social distancing, widespread shut-downs, testing and “tracing,” economic crisis, and more recently, massive protests and social unrest, not just in the US, but around the world — What does it all mean? Like virtually everyone else in the … Continue reading →
- Reclaiming the Credit Commons July 25, 2020The concept of the “credit commons” is something I articulated at length in my 2009 book The End of Money and the Future of Civilization, along with a thorough description of how it can be reclaimed from monopoly control. In … Continue reading →
- New Podcast Episode July 18, 2020Episode 9 A conversation with Jose Francisco Garcia Mazcorro Jose Francisco Garcia Mazcorro (Pepe) (Born in July 1982), is a scientist and educator who from 2000 to 2005 studied Veterinary Medicine and, in 2011, received a PhD degree from Texas … Continue reading →
- Go, set, get ready for your mark! September 8, 2020
