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[135] Free Banking w/George Selgin & Ann Pettifor on Boom-Bust UK Economy

Ann Pettifor June 4, 2014 Ann Pettifor: Debtonation

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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 ...

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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 economist George Selgin about free banking, and how this concept would do away will financial regulation altogether (PLUS make the system more stable).



Then Erin checks in with Dr. Ann Pettifor on the UK economy. Madame Pettifor discusses how the UK is in the boom part of its boom-bust cycle, and she breaks down some of the credit dangers lurking as well as stagnant wage growth.



Finally in today’s Big Deal, Edward Harrison and Erin sit down to talk about Seattle’s $15 minimum wage and what Thomas Piketty had to say about it!



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Ann Pettifor
I’m Ann Pettifor, author and analyst of the global financial system, and co-author of The Green New Deal (2008). I predicted an Anglo-American debt-deflationary crisis back in 2003, and in September, 2006 published The Coming First World Debt Crisis (Palgrave). I am known for my work on the sovereign debts of low income countries and for leading an international movement for the cancellation of debts, Jubilee 2000.
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