Category Archives: Mortgages
Glocal Econ 15: The Matter-Antimatter with Credit and Debt
Homework Due: Web of Debt Chapters 31 & 32 Wizards of Money 16: There’s a Generic in my Shark Fin Soup Democracy Now interview of Yves Smith, author of Naked Capitalism, on the 50-State, $25B Mortgage Settlement Extra listening: Making … Continue reading
Glocal Econ 14: Homeland Insecurity and the Mortgage
Homework Due: Web of Debt Chapter 30 (from last class) Wizards of Money episode 15: Homeland Securitizations and Overseas Vacations 15-minute Video: TEDx talk from Thailand by Jon Jandai called Life is Easy Further reading: The Grip of Death by … Continue reading
Glocal Econ 13: The Mortgage Death Grip
Homework Due: Web of Debt Chapter 30 Wizards of Money 14: The Trade Federation and the Intergalactic Banking Clan Extra Credit: Catherine Austin Fitts on Guns and Butter, “Unpacking Mr. Global” Hour One Hour Two Also Unwelcome Guests #579 Financial … Continue reading
Glocal Econ 8 – Bear Raids and Hedge Fund Hogs
Q’s for Chapter 17 – Wright Patman Exposes the Money Machine Wright Patman saw big business, chain stores, and tax-exempt foundations as complicit with the Fed in opposing farmers and small businesses. Are these considered Main Street? Is there a … Continue reading
Reckless Endangerment or Willful Disregard?
Reckless Endangerment is a DN interview of Gretchen Morgenson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning business reporter who has written extensively on how the U.S. government has failed to prosecute any of the top figures who played a role in the economic crash. Morgenson … Continue reading
Class 3 – The Money-Maker’s Myth and the Reality
Homework due: Web of Debt Chapter 6: Pulling the Strings of the King: The Moneylenders Take England Chapter 7: While Congress Dozes in the Poppy Fields: Jefferson and Jackson Sound the Alarm Chapter 8: Scarecrow with a Brain: Lincoln Foils … Continue reading