geopolitcs

Jay Dyer on Tragedy & Hope: Rigged Boom-Bust Cycle

Jay Dyer returns to Our Interesting Times Podcast discuss Part 2 of his series of lectures on Carroll Quigley’s Tragedy and Hope. We talk about the World War I reparations, the creation of the Bank for International Settlements, engineered booms and busts, the financial crisis of the 1930’s and the lead-up to World War II.  Apologies from the road – I forgot I was on my iPhone so there is background noise.

Are All US Presidents Related? – Questions For Corbett #028

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/qfc028-lq.mp3"][/audio]Did you know that Cheney and Obama are eighth cousins? Or that Obama and McCain were 22nd cousins? Or that every US president in history can trace their roots back to British royalty? Is it true, and if so, what does it mean? Join James for this month's edition of Questions For Corbett where he ponders this as well as natural monopolies, the viability of conspiracy theories, peak oil, 3D chess and more.

Interview 923 – The Geneva Business Insider with David Smith

This month on the Geneva Business Insider, James and David discuss: the latest on the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the decision to send infected patients to Germany and the US for treatment; the conflict in Gaza and what it has done to the population of the world’s largest open-air prison; and the latest moves on the Eastern European chessboard as Putin bristles at Poland’s “Ukraine invasion” fears.