One tries to keep Beyond Banksters and the $180,000,000,000 in Infrastructure spending simple. A problem: I’ve helped fight down two large infrastructure projects for water. I am committed to the value of information. Of what value is relevant information, if it’s not shared?! Jake (from the U.S.) observed: Big Pharma and Big Agriculture have taken control of most […]
Banksters: Index This article by Professor Cleveland is an application of John Perkins’ work. Perkins talks of voodoo economics. Michael Hudson has written a book on Junk Economics. Years ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr started challenging economics that don’t account for the externalization of environmental costs; the public pays the very serious health and environmental costs of pollution dumped by […]
Banksters: Index CIB (Canada Infrastructure Bank) Canadians should know these names. Our peril if we don’t: Bank of America Merrill Lynch BlackRock Larry Fink Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi. Beyond Banksters, Joyce Nelson, Chapter 3: A 21st Century Trojan Horse, Page 25: The Advisors … Ottawa Citizen’s Jason Fekete reported: “. . . (Ottawa) has recruited a […]
Banksters: Index Beyond Banksters Insert, Chapter 2, Page 19, heading The Debt Trap * Perkins is a whistleblower, his 2004 book was read by more than a million people. In 2016, the updated book was published in paperback under title, New Confessions of an EHM, with added Part V: 2004 to Today. The book is […]
Banksters: Index The Bank of Montreal (BMO) building, center, stands in the financial district of Toronto. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg Lender is looking to securitize uninsured prime mortgages Deal follows new rules that limit government insurance by Allison McNeely Bank of Montreal is bundling uninsured residential mortgages into bonds in what could be the start of […]
Banksters: Index EMAIL THREAD, edited for brevity SENT: May 24 TO: Janet Thanks for the Larry Summers re Chrystia Freeland (Cdn Minister of Foreign Affairs) connection. Sources: I found Summers listed as one of Freeland’s “friends in high places”. He is a booted-out (controversial) President of Harvard, she a graduate of Harvard. Details below – – Summers’ role with the […]
Banksters: Index Cover Letter, a copy of Beyond Banksters sent. = = = = = = = = = = = = City of Calgary (Example) Dear Mayor Naheed Nenshi, I expect you will be attending the FCM Convention, June 1 to 4. Perhaps you will have time to pick out high points from […]
Banksters: Index From DW: Made for Minds DW is Deutsche Welle. German international broadcaster (Welle is “wave” or “wavelength” in English) http://www.dw.com/en/inclusive-capitalism-the-big-new-thing/a-17665826 Author Jasper Sky The global financial crisis that began in 2007-2008 has led to wide-ranging criticism of the world’s current finance-driven capitalism. A conference in London aimed at addressing some of capitalism’s […]
Banksters: Index http://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/william-watson-christine-lagarde-mark-carney-wouldnt-take-a-pay-cut-so-why-talk-up-inequality by William Watson IMF head Christine Lagarde and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney both spoke last week in London on the subject of “inclusive capitalism” at a highly exclusive conference organized by Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild . . . Prince Charles and Bill Clinton were also keynoters . . . […]
Turning off the Tap: Site C and Water Privatization in Canada Banksters: Index (Back-up copy) By Jennifer O’Keeffe Site C Dam is a proposed 60-metre high, 1,050m length dam on the Peace River on Treaty 8 territory in northeastern British Columbia (see image below), a project that if built, would create an 83km reservoir submerging […]