Category Archive: Finance & Economics

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Do Free Markets Still Exist?

April 29, 2010

Author Ellen Brown returns to discuss her new article, which highlights Goldman Sachs’ involvement in high frequency trading and computerized front running.

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Meet the Quants

April 16, 2010

Scott Patterson, Wall Street Journal staff reporter and author of The Quants, outlines the incredible and frightening paradigm of high frequency trading.

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Barter: A Smart Way to Pay

March 22, 2010

IRTA executive director Ron Whitney and ACX president Mark Tracy explain barter, an ancient, exciting trade system in the alternative capital systems industry.

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The Real Bills Doctrine

March 17, 2010

Monetary policy expert and renowned mathematician Professor Antal Fekete discusses the Real Bills Doctrine and his latest publication, Stepnumbers.

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A Conversation With George Gilder

March 16, 2010

Author, venture capitalist, and Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder discusses economics, creativity, and his new book, The Israel Test.

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Explaining Credit Default Swaps

March 6, 2010

Many blame the economic collapse on credit default swaps. But what are they? Terry Duhon & Betsy Mettler of B & B Structured Finance spell it out for us.

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