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Green Greenwald, editor of the blog talked about "Unclaimed Territory", talked about events in the news and responded to telephone calls, electronic mail, and tweets. Among the topics he discussed were Simon Johnson's piece in Atlantic Monthly, "The Quiet Coup," and drug policy and the criminal justice system. News Review with Glenn Greenwald ID: 285067-4 Call-In 04/03/2009 | 41 minutes http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/ http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/ ##### The crash has laid bare many unpleasant truths about the United States. One of the most alarming, says a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is that the finance industry has effectively captured our government-a state of affairs that more typically describes emerging markets, and is at the center of many emerging-market crises. If the IMF's staff could speak freely about the U.S., it would tell us what it tells all countries in this situation: recovery will fail unless we break the financial oligarchy that is blocking essential reform. And if we are to prevent a true depression, we're running out of time. The Quiet Coup Simon Johnson http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/imf-advice http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/johnson-clippings.php === "What Geithner does not want the public to understand, his 'dirty little secret' is that the repeal of Glass-Steagall and the passage of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act in 2000 allowed the creation of a tiny handful of banks that would virtually monopolize key parts of the global 'off-balance sheet' or Over-The-Counter derivatives issuance." F. William Engdahl Global Research March 30, 2009 Geithner's 'Dirty Little Secret': http://www.infowars.com/geithners-dirty-little-secret-the-entire-global-financial-system-is-at-risk/ == Webster Tarpley / World Crisis Radio show - OnDemand audio loop: http://gcnlive.com/Programs/WorldCrisisRadio/On_Demand.html Peter Schiff / Peering Into The Abyss "As they say in the fitness game, "no pain, no gain." No one said this was going to be easy, but the only way to rebuild a viable economy is to let the phony one collapse." http://www.lewrockwell.com/schiff/schiff10.html -- Financial Terrorism and You Sean Brodrick 04-01-09 Can we just drop the pretense and start calling the bank bailout what it is: Financial terrorism. http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/financial-terrorism-and-you-32944 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
