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Engineering the Global Crisis: Financial Destabilization for Profiteering and Power

Keith — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:44:39 +0000

TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: www.corbettreport.com The European sovereign debt crisis which has been gestating for years seems ready to come to a head as the IMF met last weekend in Washington that were dominated by talks about Greece, debt, and the risk of global contagion. Amidst tense talks about the future of the Eurozone in which the idea of allowing Greece to default on its insurmountable half-trillion dollar debt was floated, even the usually staid US Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, warned that “cascading default, bank runs, and catastrophic risk” was a real possibility. G20 Finance Ministers and central bank governors are now calling for the European Central Bank to double their existing bailout fund to create a trillion Euro emergency stockpile to recapitalize European banks and fund Spain and Italy as their economies teeter on the edge of a Greek-like meltdown…

Geithner: Financial System Failed Consumers

Keith — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 10:47:38 +0000

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the US Financial system failed to protect consumers and investors and suggested that the regulatory system will need changes to prevent another crisis in the future. (May 18)

MSNBC w/ Cenk: Financial Reform Good Enough?

Keith — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:01:36 +0000

Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) filling in for Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC talks to Robert Scheer (author of The Great American Stick Up) about President Obama’s remarks at a fundraiser in hedge fund country where he mocked derivatives reform and suggested he deserved more credit for the passed financial reform bill. www.truthdig.com

Should We Celebrate Passage of Financial Reform Bill?

Keith — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:24:33 +0000

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3 Reasons The New Financial Regs Won’t Fix Anything

Keith — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:32:48 +0000

The financial reform bill currently working its way toward President Barack Obama’s desk for signing is being touted as the biggest overhaul of the banking and investment sectors since the Great Depression. But the new regs won’t be any more effective than the ones they replace in fixing anything or preventing the next major panic for at least three reasons. 1. New Watchdog, Old Tricks They create a new watchdog consumer agency designed to protect consumers from their own supposed stupidity. You’ll now be facing fewer choices when it comes to getting credit cards, loans, and other basic financial transactions. 2. Never Too Big To Fail They replace “Too Big to Fail” with… “Too Big to Fail.” One of the reasons why major financial institutions played Russian Roulette with the economy was because they were betting they would get bailed out. Which is precisely what happened. The new rules codify the idea that the government will make sure certain institutions can never fail. And if you think the big boys won’t game that system, then you don’t understand how well Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, et al have come through the current meltdown. 3. Housing Bubble Trouble The financial crisis was set into motion by government policies that encouraged people to buy homes they couldn’t afford at prices that were unsustainable. Between desperate attempts to keep people in houses and to keep interest rates below an effective rate of zero, the government continues to pour more money down the …

Senator Dodd Tries To Screw Financial Reform

Keith — Sat, 22 May 2010 17:55:25 +0000

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Rep. Grayson Talks Financial Reform With TYT

Keith — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:02:33 +0000

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Ron Paul vs. Ben Bernanke at 3/17/10 Financial Services Hearing

Keith — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:56:40 +0000

house.gov campaignforliberty.com Congressman Ron Paul’s opening statement and questioning of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke at the House Financial Services Committee hearing, March 17, 2010. Dr. Paul attempts to instruct Bernanke in the basics of Austrian Economics.

Ron Paul Questions Jim Carr of NCRC at Financial Services Hearing 7/16/09

Keith — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:19:21 +0000

www.house.gov campaignforliberty.com Congressman Ron Paul questions Jim Carr of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition at the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology hearing on July 16, 2009 entitled, “Regulatory Restructuring Safeguarding Consumer Protection and the Role of the Federal Reserve.”

Cenk’s 5 Point Financial Recovery Plan

Keith — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:43:32 +0000

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