The Banking System In Short by Rudo de Ruijter

by Rudo de Ruijter
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Independent researcher
www.courtfool.info
Netherlands
May 7, 2013

Today’s bank system adheres to a very simple principle. When you want to borrow money, you promise the banker you will pay him back and with that promise the banker creates a balance for you. You owe interest on it.

Because so few people know how the system works, nearly nobody sees how – in an almost mechanical way – banking with thin air parasites society like a cancer tumor and reduces people to cogs to appease its financial hunger.

Large Corporations Seek U.S.–European ‘Free Trade Agreement’ to Further Global Dominance by Andrew Gavin Marshall

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by Andrew Gavin Marshall
Writer, Dandelion Salad
http://andrewgavinmarshall.com
Originally posted at: AlterNet
May 12, 2013

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is the latest plan of conglomerates to strengthen their grip over the planet.

A corporate world order is emerging, and like any parasite, it is slowly killing off its host. Unfortunately, the “host” happens to be the planet, and all life upon and within it. So, while the extinction of the species will be the end result of passively accepting a corporate-driven world, on the other hand, it’s very profitable for those corporations and their shareholders.

Europe: No to GMO

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Dandelion Salad

linktv on Apr 30, 2013

As Europe considers expanding cultivation of genetically modified crops, the European movement against GMOs heats up. A campaign film produced by Sourced TV highlights European concerns.

Noam Chomsky: Authentic Democracy Is Being Dismantled

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Dandelion Salad

with Noam Chomsky

Akshay Pahilajani·Apr 4, 2013

Latest Message from Professor Noam Chomsky.

A Safe and a Shotgun or Public Sector Banks? The Battle of Cyprus by Ellen Brown

by Ellen Brown
Writer, Dandelion Salad
webofdebt.com
March 21, 2013

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If these worries become really serious, . . . [s]mall savers will take their money out of banks and resort to household safes and a shotgun.

– Martin Hutchinson on the attempted EU raid on deposits in Cyprus banks

The deposit confiscation scheme has long been in the making.  US depositors could be next . . . .

Cash Hoarding, Tax Evasion, and the Corporate Coup, Part 3 by Andrew Gavin Marshall

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by Andrew Gavin Marshall
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
http://andrewgavinmarshall.com
February 5, 2013

The following is Part 3 of my three-part exclusive series for Occupy.com.

Part 1: Welcome to the Network of Global Corporate Control

Part 2: The “Real” Recovery: Welcome to the Network of Global Corporate Control

Corporate profits are good, right? Low taxes on corporations are also good, right? With high profits and low taxes, corporations have large amounts of money to “invest” in new businesses and jobs, meaning everyone else benefits.

Noam Chomsky: The Dismantling of the Social Contract

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Dandelion Salad

with Noam Chomsky

namirsultano·

Nov 15, 2012

Noam Chomsky: Europe Is Now Suffering From Its Relative Humanity

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Dandelion Salad

with Noam Chomsky

Oct 16, 2012 by Xenu

An interview with the world-renowned linguistics and political scholar, writer, and activist Noam Chomsky, discussing the financial crisis in Greece and worldwide, the global democratic deficit, and possible solutions for Greece to emerge from the crisis.

The Nobel Peace Prize for War by Michael Parenti

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by Michael Parenti
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Michael Parenti Blog
www.michaelparenti.org
October 18, 2012

Those who own the wealth of nations take care to downplay the immensity of their holdings while emphasizing the supposedly benign features of the socio-economic order over which they preside. With its regiments of lawmakers and opinion-makers, the ruling hierarchs  produce a never-ending cavalcade of symbols, images, and narratives to disguise and legitimate the system of exploitative social relations existing between the 1% and the 99%.

Michael Hudson on the Keiser Report: The Takeover of the Banking System by the Wall Street Mafia

with Michael Hudson
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
http://michael-hudson.com
October 4, 2012

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Oct 4, 2012 by RussiaToday

In this episode, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert bring a bankster rat onto set to discuss the civil suit against JP Morgan’s mortgage fraud. We revisit episode 97 of the Keiser Report on which journalist Teri Buhl had first warned you about the residential mortgage back security fraud issue on JP Morgan’s balance sheet – thanks to their purchase of Bear Stearns.

Set Up To Fail, Interview with Professor Michael Hudson by Karl Fitzgerald

by Michael Hudson and Karl Fitzgerald
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
http://michael-hudson.com
September 17, 2012

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Renegade Economists interview Sept. 5, 2012
Interview with Professor Michael Hudson by Karl Fitzgerald
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KF: We welcome to the show Professor Michael Hudson, Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the leading Post-Keynesian university in America. It’s been fantastic to see, Michael, that the public profile of UMKC has really taken off with Randall Wray, yourself and Stephanie Kelton being quoted quite widely these days. Can you explain what Post-Keynesianism is?

Michael Hudson: Who Should Get Priority: The 1% or The 99%?

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by Michael Hudson
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
http://michael-hudson.com
August 10, 2012

Aug 28, 2012 by USILive2012

Our web conference with Michael Hudson, author of The Bubble and Beyond, and one of the few people to predict the financial crisis.

Financial Predators v. Labor, Industry and Democracy by Michael Hudson

by Michael Hudson
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
http://michael-hudson.com
August 2, 2012

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Europe’s sovereign debt crisis in historical perspective
Sankt Georgen University, Frankfurt, June 22, 2012

The Eurozone lacks a central bank to do what most central banks are supposed to do: finance government deficits. To make matters worse, the Lisbon Agreement limits these deficits to 3% – too small to pull economies out of depression by offsetting private-sector debt deflation.

The Weaponization of Economic Theory by Michael Hudson

by Michael Hudson
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
http://michael-hudson.com
July 13, 2012

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Europe’s three needs: a debt write-down, a real central bank, and a more efficient tax system

Brussels Talk, Madariaga College, Governing Globalisation in a World Economy in Transition, June 27, 2012

What can Europe learn from the United States?

First, the United States – like Canada, England and China – have central banks that do what central banks outside of Europe were created to do: finance the budget deficit directly.

Chandra Muzaffar: Containing China, Syria, BRICS and more

Dandelion Salad

Jun 17, 2012 by GlobalResearchTV

Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, President of the International Movement for a Just World analyses a wide variety of issues including the emerging BRICS nations, the crisis in Syria, and the implications of Washington’s policy shift to the Asia-Pacific region.