Lars Schall sprach mit der ehemaligen Wall Street-Führungskraft Nomi Prins über ihr jüngstes Buch „All the Presidents‘ Bankers“. Prins hebt hervor, wie eine elitäre Gruppe von Männern im 20. Jahrhundert die US-amerikanische Wirtschaft und Regierung umwandelte, die Außen- und Innenpolitik diktierte, und Weltgeschichte formte. Die Diskussion reicht von der Panik von 1907 und der Gründung […]
Posts Tagged ‘Petrodollar’
US Government “Protection” of Al-Qaeda Terrorists and the US-Saudi “Black Hole”
For almost two centuries American government, though always imperfect, was also a model for the world of limited government, having evolved a system of restraints on executive power through its constitutional arrangement of checks and balances. Since 9/11 however, constitutional American government has been overshadowed by a series of emergency measures to fight terrorism. The […]
“The Petrodollar is Either Dead or Dying”
The internationally acknowledged energy consultant Chris Cook addresses in this exclusive interview the new IEA report; the pre-dominant factors in the oil market; his version of a commodity-based currency; why an attack on Iran is rather unlikely; and the consequence of a rising oil price for gold.