Monthly Archives: July 2011
Glocal Econ 8: Locked Stocks and (Over a) Barrel – How Finance Controls Trade
Homework Due: Reading: Web of Debt, Ch. 17, 18 & 19 Audio: Smithy’s Wizards of Money episode 8 – Trading Nature & Cooking the Books (transcript here) Video: Life and Debt On Life and Debt, a Bermudian named Christian Dunleavy … Continue reading
Political Theater and the Spell of Money
In this very good short article on Common Dreams, Dennis Kucinich writes that Debt Political Theater Diverts Attention While American Wealth is Stolen: We have to realize what this country’s economy has become. Our monetary policy, through the Federal Reserve Act … Continue reading
The 1% Solution – NOT!
John writes, If you want to have something to put the current Federal budget posturing into perspective, I recommend Chapter 17: “Wright Patman Exposes the Money Machine.” I looked at the Wikipedia entry for Patman and it mentions nothing about his … Continue reading
Glocal Econ 7: Water Slipping Through Our Fingers Like Money
Homework due: Reading: Web of Debt Ch. 14, 15 & 16 Audio: Wizards of Money 7 – The Money Cycle vs. the Water Cycle: transcript Video: Blue Covenant: Maude Barlow and the Water Crisis Q’s for Ch. 14 – Harnessing … Continue reading