Debt: the First 5000 Years – a new book about an old problem

From David Graeber, the author: ============= Hello, friendly strangers, I’m delighted to announce my new book…. ——————————————— DEBT: THE FIRST 5000 YEARS ——————————————— is finally, finally out! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Debt-First-5-000-Years/dp/1933633867 This is a work of scholarship, and politically engaged, but it’s also an attempt to break out of the usual academic and activist ghettoes, and I wrote [...]

25 Reasons To Absolutely Despise Bankers And Their Minions

1) Bankers, according to the London Times, launder about 400 billion dollars a year or more in illegal weapons sales. The next time you hear of an African war lord killing families so he can kidnap young boys to become child soldiers and young girls to become child sex slaves, please remember that this could [...]

Issuing Money: a ‘Unique’ Form of ‘Terrorism’!?

The New York SUN has published an interesting Editorial on March 20, 2011:A ‘Unique’ Form for ‘Terrorism’, comparing Bernard von NotHaus who has been coining the Liberty Dollar (site removed due to Court Order!) with Ben Bernanke the boss of the Federal Reserve. Von Nothaus wanted to bring our monetary system on trial. Now the [...]

UK Uncut: the cuts are necessary? The cuts are fair? We are all in this together???

The UK Uncut initiative is a wonderful expression of the Signs of Our Times: it began with a Twitter hashtag #ukuncut what manifested as a sit-in of 70 people in a Vodafone store in London and spread across the country in no uncertain way. Spread the word, join in actions, or at least smile! One [...]

The best 3-minute video on the “creation of money” from thin air

Perfectly brilliant animated video: on a British site as “Plan B” for the British economy suggesting to cut bonuses and benefits to bankers.. Too much common sense!…

Why Spending Cuts are another variation of “institutionalised white collar crime”

Economist James K Galbraith gave a presentation to the Senate Judiciary Committee in which he speaks of “financial fraud” as the cause for the “crisis”. But that’s not enough: Central Bankers create “currency” as “public debt” from thin air, charge interest to the Government (in the UK as much as the military budget) and call [...]

Politically Incorrect Intelligence Books from Christopher Story

The link to Christopher Story’s tribute was sent to me with the comment “disturbing but worth a read”. For me, the real discovery was the list of serials and blooks he’s been publishing for 37 years. What a mind and what a mine of information!  

Money – the economic weapon in financial wars

This is the subject line in my most recent letter to the Business Minsiter The Rt Hon Dr. Vincent Cable. It links the creation of credit as ‘money’ as the CAUSE with victims of financial exploitation and legal oppression as the EFFECT. To create money for the compensation of victims of white collar crimes, it [...]

The Chancellor’s speech at the Lord Mayor’s Dinner

This press release from HM Treasury gives you the whole speeach verbatim. A speech that does mention what used to be unfamiliar: the sovereign debt its interest payment the budget deficit. But it glorifies the “independence” of the Office for Budget Responsibility whereas it means control of Downing Street by the City. The tripartite system [...]

Mervyn King’s view on ‘the new politics’

This blog entry by Channel 4 economics editor Faisal Islam indicates how the Bank of England pulls the real financial strings behind the political scene and how the City of London runs Westminster and thus the country, not to say the world. If only it was common knowledge that 1. the first national debt was [...]