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marmar

(77,080 posts) Tue Nov 3, 2015, 12:43 PM Nov 2015

Keiser Report: Violent Market Surrogates

Published on Nov 3, 2015

Check Keiser Report website for more: http://www.maxkeiser.com/

In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss Violent Market Surrogates as the doors of misperception in a brave new world in which central bankers are fighting the wrong war. In the second half, Max interviews Brett Scott, author of The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future of Money, about financial surveillance states and cashless societies.

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Keiser Report: Violent Market Surrogates (Original Post) marmar Nov 2015 OP

Speaking of hiring people to act like supporters........ dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #1

The issue of cashless societies is becoming more public, and few see the dangers of it. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #2

dixiegrrrrl

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1. Speaking of hiring people to act like supporters........

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Nov 3, 2015, 03:32 PM

Nov 2015

"Joe the Plumber" comes to mind.
Happily, the power of the internet caught up with him pretty quickly.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

2. The issue of cashless societies is becoming more public, and few see the dangers of it.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Nov 3, 2015, 04:05 PM

Nov 2015

The 2nd part of the video covers it very well, as does the guest's article in teh Guardian.

Important read.
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/sep/30/1984-does-a-cashless-economy-make-for-a-surveillance-state

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