William K Black investigated the Savings and Loans scandal in the 1980s and accused senators of committing fraud. Now he’s back and investigating the fraud that has happened against the American people over the past 10 years.
Watch Bill Moyers’ interview with William K Black
Here is the transcript of the interview:
April 3, 2009
BILL MOYERS: Welcome [...]
Faisal Islam from Channel 4 news recently interviewed Jim Rogers about the recession. Check it out at the link below.
Interview with Jim Rogers about the recession
This ‘rant’ from Rick Santelli about where he gives his views on the cause of the recession and how we can mitigate its effects has been picked up by many news outlets. Unfortunately I think he is being misunderstood and painted as one of the ‘bad guys’. I’ve seen several people get angry at him [...]
Jim Rogers says that Geithner is proposing the wrong plan, comparing the US policy to what Japan did in the 90’s. Essentially the US government wants to get out out of the debt crisis, by taking on more debt.
This is Peter Schiff’s ‘I told you so!’ moment. It’s a compilation of Peter Schiff’s predictions from 2006 onwards. I think the most important thing to learn from this video is to be respectful of other people’s opinions and to listen to their arguments. Be humble and try to learn from everyone.
So Alan Greenspan admits he’s made some mistakes over the past years. Greenspan - I was wrong about the economy. Sort of.
Congressman Henry Waxman “My question is simple. Were you wrong?”
Greenspan “Partially … I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interest of organisations, specifically banks, is such that they were best capable of protecting [...]
Here’s a video of a 2 hour conversation between Goerge Soros, Nouriel Roubini and Jeffrey Sachs which was hosted by the Earth Institute Event at Columbia University last week.
Earth Institute Event: Can we save the world economy?
Fred Harrison is another person with some foresight on the current situation. He is one of the people that was influenced by Henry George. He’s the author of the very gloomy ‘Boom Bust: House Prices, Banking and the Depression of 2010′
Here’s one of his articles from 2005: The Mystery Of Britain’s Missing Recession
Fred Harrison’s main [...]