www.peoplestandup.ca by Terrence MdKenna’s voice that this is from “DocZone,” a CBC.ca The credit crunch The global financial crisis (GFC) or global economic crisis is commonly believed to have begun in July 2007 with the credit crunch, when a loss of confidence by US investors in the value of sub-prime mortgages caused a liquidity crisis. This, in turn, resulted in the US Federal Bank injecting a large amount of capital into financial markets. By September 2008, the crisis had worsened as stock markets around the globe crashed and became highly volatile. Consumer confidence hit rock bottom as everyone tightened their belts in fear of what could lie ahead. The sub-prime crisis and housing bubble The housing market in the United States suffered greatly as many home owners who had taken out sub-prime loans found they were unable to meet their mortgage repayments. As the value of homes plummeted, the borrowers found themselves with negative equity. With a large number of borrowers defaulting on loans, banks were faced with a situation where the repossessed house and land was worth less on today’s market than the bank had loaned out originally. The banks had a liquidity crisis on their hands, and giving and obtaining loans became increasingly difficult as the fallout from the sub-prime lending bubble burst. This is commonly referred to as the credit crunch. Although the housing collapse in the United States is commonly referred to as the trigger for the global financial …

Archived from the live Mises.tv broadcast, this lecture was presented by Robert P. Murphy at the Mises Circle in Houston on 14 January 2012.

Should government pay off our debts? Economist Steve Keen says we are already in another Great Depression. He advocates bankrupting the banks, nationalising the financial system and paying off people’s debt Economist Steve Keen is one of the few economists to have predicted the global financial crisis and now he says we are already in a Great Depression. He says the way to escape it is to bankrupt the banks, nationalise the financial system and pay off people’s debt. He admits what he is advocating is radical but says it is time governments gave money to debtors to pay down debt instead of to creditors such as banks who have held onto it. BBC World, Hardtalk 2011-11-24, 0530 Find out who is coming up on the programme by following us on Twitter.

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Louis talks about the recession, the fucked economy, and hiding money in a safe. The boys also discuss the fragile state of US debt and transient nature of American wealth. Louis later mentions the episode “The Giant Pool of Money” from This American Life on NPR, which you can listen to here: www.thisamericanlife.org Part 2 of 3.

Estonia, the European Union’s newest member, is the latest country to adopt the euro, having introduced the currency last year. The mood was festive at the time, but with Europe’s current financial crisis, many now taken a more sombre view. Estonia’s bn economy is the fastest growing in Europe, but as the continent’s financial woes deepen, the government is worried about the toll the eurozone’s troubles could take on its country. Al Jazeera’s Charlie Angela reports from Tallinn.

The euro zone has only a matter of weeks to take steps that will ensure the common currency’s survival, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair says in an exclusive interview with the Journal’s Managing Editor, Robert Thomson. This interview originally aired 12/1/2011.

www.thesoapboxroadshow.com BTW WAMU – Washington Mutual bank went bankrupt. WAMU was giving out “no doc” mortgages and Ninja loans.

The Big Fight: On The Big Fight we discuss if the growth story is over and whether India can bounce back.

Speaking after the EU-Russia summit, President of ~Russia’s Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, on Thursday stated that Russia will offer Europe financial aid in order to help stabilize the European Union and the euro. “Russia will continue reinforcing financial stability of the euro area, first and foremost, through the IMF”, Medvedev said. “The European Union is our major trading partner”, he concluded.