Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS***Please forgive the drop in sound quality, we experienced some technical difficulties, normal sound will continue next week. The episode was quite entertaining so we felt it was worth still releasing. Hope you enjoy.*** “Give me control of a nation’s money Read More…
Finance
“Too Big To Jail” — US Refuses To Charge HSBC Because It Could Hurt The Financial System
As it turns out, the rumors were true — HSBC escaped prosecution for money laundering because the behemoth bank was “too big to jail.” A U.S. Congressional report, entitled “Too Big to Jail: Inside the Obama Justice Department’s Decision Not to Hold Wall Street Accountable,” found officials in the U.K. applied the economic threat combined Read More…
Is The Government Coming For Your Retirement Funds?
For most, the thought of having one’s retirement account wiped out is almost nightmarish, to put it bluntly. The reason should be quite obvious; what rational human being would want to accumulate their hard-earned savings over several decades of labor, to then one day find out that all the money saved up from this labor is now gone? For Read More…
7 Out of 10 Americans Agree That Economy is Rigged Against Them
Recent poll finds 71 percent of Americans believe U.S. economy is rigged. A new Marketplace-Edison Research poll published Tuesday found that a full 71 percent of respondents agree that the economy is rigged, affirming the popular rhetoric of the current presidential campaign season. The majority opinion held firm across ethnicity, class, age, and gender differences. Read More…
Standing on Backs of Global Poor, Filthy Rich Getting Even Filthier
‘For every person with more than $30 million, there are over 4800 people living in extreme poverty.’ The wealth gap keeps growing as the world’s richest get richer at the expense of the poor, according to a new study released this week by an alliance of major organizations. The World Wealth Report from Oxfam, Greenpeace, and Read More…
Big Banks Funding Production of Internationally Banned Weapons
Bank of America and JP Morgan, among 74 of 158 financial institutions, invested in companies producing internationally banned weapons. Despite the international ban on cluster bombs, more than 150 financial institutions have invested $28 billion in companies that produce them, according to a new report released Thursday. Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Wells Read More…






