I’ve made it no secret – I think the banking and financial systems of every country on the planet are corrupt and need to be replaced. The problem, of course, is that whatever you replace them with has the potential to also be corrupt as long as you are relying on trust. This is why…
Month: July 2018
The Housing Meltdown and Shadow Banking
In the year 2000, I worked as a community organizer for ACORN. I spent my days in the poorest Seattle neighborhoods talking with the poorest residents about their biggest problems. I thought drugs and crime would be the issues – but instead it was predatory lending and gentrification. Predatory lending- led by Countrywide – worked…
Fictional Markets and Snakeoil Salesmen
Imagine this scenario – I have a substandard product and I want to sell a lot of it at an inflated price. The problem is that no one will buy my useless thing because no one actually needs it. So I go to my bank and I say – I’m not going to be able…
Trade War, NATO, and WTO Disputes are Excuse to Enact Totalitarian Controls
If you think that the current disputes with NATO, WTO, NAFTA, and the trade war with China are efforts to make the United States a great country, you are sadly delusional and obviously a sapiens. The current policies of the US Government are all designed to isolate and separate the United States from the governing power…