Ann Pettifor: Debtonation

Ann Pettifor The Debate is facilitated or chaired by Amrita Bhohi, Proposing the motion is Mark Goyder, founder director of Tomorrows’ Company, the City’s leading think-tank. He is opposed by Professor David Graeber of LSE. The motion is seconded by Dr Dave Dewhurst, of Occupy London, (emphatically speaking in his own capacity). The concluding argument for the case against capitalism will be Dr Ann Pettifor of PRIME Speakers biographies: Mark Goyder Mark Goyder is an award-winning speaker,...

The US has the highest incarceration rate in the world. For the more Machiavellian minded business people, this creates an opportunity. This month, the Center for Public Integrity reported that under contracts awarded 15 years ago by the Treasury Department, Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase have exclusive access to the banking needs of over 214,000 federal inmates. Erin weighs in. Then, Erin sits down with Dr. Ann Pettifor – fellow at the New Economics Foundation and author of "Just...

Control of the monetary supply has been captured by the financial elite. Through the loans systems banks make money out of thin air. How can the monetary architecture be changed to create a low carbon sustainable economy.

Ann Pettifor giving her address on the topic of 'Just Money: How Society Can Break the Despotic Power of Finance' at the Warwick Economics Summit 2014

Ann Pettifor talks to investors @CFA annual Conference 2014 about money creation, central banking and how to achieve a "virtuous circle" of economic equilibrium.

Dr. Ann Pettifor takes a look at the Thomas Piketty data controversy, and she gives us her thoughts on the much discussed work. Check us out on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoomBustRT https://www.facebook.com/harrison.writedowns https://www.facebook.com/erinade2020 Follow us @ http://twitter.com/ErinAde http://twitter.com/edwardnh

Our lead story: According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, US employers kept up a solid pace of hiring, returning employment number to pre-recession levels. Many believe this is confirmation that the economy has snapped back from its winter slump! Erin takes a look at the numbers. Yesterday, the European Central Bank announced some historic measures to try to inject liquidity into the Eurozone. At the same time, Euro-skeptics have made political gains recently. So Erin talked with Dr....

A good, concise presentation which arms viewers with the concepts they need to understand and see through the governments deception. Keynesian economics is the only sane option. It worked post 1945, it can work again. Check out Ann Pettifor's book 'Just Money' on Amazon books

Our lead story: A new report by the Hass Institute at UC Berkley reveals that a one third of all mortgaged homes in the US are still underwater. According to the report: "Among the nearly 400 hardest hit ZIP codes, there are 146 in which African-Americans and Latinos account for three-quarters of the population." Erin takes a look. The "Too Big to Fail" debate has a lot to do with moral hazard. If there's no threat of failure, then big banks will only take on more risk. Erin talks to...

and the Bank of England Report (RT April 28, 2014)