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The Wizards of Money by Smithy
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1 How Money is Created show
+ Introduction+ Where does the title “The Wizards of Money” come from?
+ The Birth of the Federal Reserve
+ Misconceptions about Money
+ Exactly How Does Money Get Created?
+ Why Money is Undemocratic
+ THE ZERO SUM GAME
+ Ancient Monetary Wisdom
2 Financial Risk Transfer show
+ Capital Buffers in the Global Casino+ Risks Taken By Speculators and IMF Bailouts
+ Risk Transfer in Action – Asian Financial Crisis
+ IMF Bailout Prevention Solutions
+ Bank Supervision and the Basel Capital Accords
3 Banking on Poverty show
+ The “Science” Behind the Monetary System+ The Federal Reserve and the Poor
4 Wizards and Warlords show
+ A Tragic Day for the American Empire+ The Role of Wizards and Warlords in Empire-Building
+ Special Wizard/Warlord Relationships of the American Empire
+ The Downfall of the Roman Empire and the Roman Monetary System
5 Monetary Terrorism show
+ Relationship Between 20th Century Money and 20th Century Wars+ The “Oil-Standard” Kicks Out the Gold-Link of Money
+ The Anatomy of a Currency Attack
+ The Unholy Trinity
+ Wall Street’s Stealth Fighter – Dollarization
6 Democratising the Monetary System show
+ The Activism-Money Paradox+ Whose Monetary System?
+ Why do we Need Money?
+ Design and Implications of Democratic Money
7 The Money Cycle versus The Water Cycle show
+ How Money Flows+ The Simple Money Cycle Model
+ The Market Meets Real Efficiency – Nature’s Water Cycle
+ Enter the Humans and Their Crazy Monetary System
+ Banks, Land and Water
8 Trading Nature and “Cooking the Books” show
+ Mirror Images and Accounting Basics+ Accounting in Wonderland
+ The Making of the Enron Energy Empire
+ The Collapse of Enron
9 Jack and the Sweatshop show
+ Jack and the Corporate Ladder+ It’s all About Winning. Business is a Game
+ The Globalization Guru and the Georgia PCB/Dioxin Problem
+ Science, The Well Capitalized Way
10 Back to the Twenties Through the Looking Glass – Steagall show
+ Regulatory Landmarks of the Great Depression+ A Trip Back to the 1920s
+ FEAR and BANKERS
+ The Gambling of the Guardians of the Public’s Money
11 House Lever-Edge at the Derivatives Casino show
+ The House Edge+ Leverage
+ Hedge Funds, Derivatives and Credit Default Swaps
+ Background On the LTCM Saga
+ Story: Because a Little Bug With the Asian Flu went Ka-CHOO
12 The Imperial Budget and the Mythical Lock Box show
+ The Role of Taxation+ The Relationship Between Tax and Money
+ Comparing Imperial Budgets
+ Imperial Financial Management
+ Social Security, Medicare and IOU’s from the Government to the Government
+ The Lock Box Myth and the Problems it Generates
+ Perhaps a New Religion is in Order!
13 Bankruptcy Bill’s Shoot-Out at the Social Safety Net show
+ What Triggers Personal Financial Ruin?+ Beware the Stranger Bearing Gifts” Invasion of the Credit Card Industry
+ If it’s got an Income Stream Catch it, Tame it and Securitize It!
+ Bank-Robbing Banks
14 The Trade Federation and the InterGalactic Banking Clan show
+ The Deterioration of the Galactic Republic and the Emergence of the Trade Federation+ A “Background Briefing” on GATS
+ A Huge Event in the History of GATS European Union Member leaks the EUs GATS “Grab Bag” of Requests to Other Nations
+ The Ongoing Battle Between Corporations and States
+ How Breaking Your Own Rules Can Bite You in the Butt!
15 Homeland Securitizations and Overseas Vacations show
+ The Twilight Zone the “Other Dimension” of Financial Transactions+ A Trip to the Financial Twilight Zone in a Special Purpose Vehicle
+ The Birth of the Mae Sisters and Cousin Freddie
+ The Securitization Atmosphere of the Investment Bankers
+ The Mechanics of the Special Purpose Vehicle
+ The Special Purpose Vehicles Parked at the Over-the-Counter Derivatives Casino
+ The Special Purpose Vehicle – Deluxe Version and the Banking Scandals
+ Securing Homeland Capital when Overseas Adventures Go Wrong
16 There’s a Generic in my Shark Fin Soup! show
+ Predator-Prey Dynamics in the Drug Sea+ Attack of the Generics! Meet the Shark Fin Curve.
+ A Little Bit of US Drug History
+ The Anatomy of a Counter-Attack from Big Pharma
+ The Next Blockbuster Drug – What will it be? A “Youth Pill”
+ Market failure of the Patented Medicine Model. HIV/AIDS Rips in to China and Russia.
+ A Remedy for the Ills of the Current Medicine Model
17 Caught Between and Dock and a Sweatshop show
+ A “Toy Story”+ The “Spartacus Problem”
+ Eliminating the Legacy of Harry
+ Back to the Docks of the 1930s
+ Life at the World’s Largest Retail Giant and the Biggest Importer from China
18 Where Wall Street Crosses Auburn Avenue show
+ Atlanta’s “Freedom Walk”+ The Almost Forgotten History of Black-Owned Financial Institutions
+ Physical Desegregation, Financial Segregation
+ 1968: Dr King’s Death and Ginnie Mae’s Birth
+ The Predatory Pipeline: From the Home Buyer Back to Wall Street
+ The FHA Loan Pipeline
+ Progress in Clamping Down on Predatory Capital
19 The Education Sweepstakes show
+ The Remarkable Story of Risk – From the Halls of Baghdad to Twenty First Century Risk Management+ The Skills for Playing in a Market Economy
+ State of State Finances
+ Economic Development and Slot Machines
+ The Lotto Sweepstakes Sweeping the States
+ The Other Mae Family – Sallie, Nellie et al.
+ The Ultimate Risk Bearers
20 The Battle of the Dragons – Oil vs Insurance show
+ The Holy Cartel and the Magical Price Range+ A Party in Dallas
+ The Ancient Creature of “Old Europe” vs Fossil Fuel Industry
+ Energy Outlook
21 Playing Russian Roulette in the Carbon Markets show
+ Global Carbon Flows BC (Before Coal)+ How the Carbon Accounts become Unbalanced
+ The World’s First International Carbon Market
+ A Market Miracle?
+ English Ambitions
+ Tree Farms and Cow Farts “Down Under”
+ Back to the Dark Ages to See What the US is Up To
+ The Pivotal Role of Russia
+ Stuffing Your Wastes Under the Ground
+ Will the US be Left Out of Emerging Financial and Energy Markets?
22 Ecotainment Gossip Status of Public Lands show
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