THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS — Michel Chossudovsky 1-1-2009, Montreal

LECTURE: THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS — The Great Depression of the 21st Century with Michel Chossudovsky Causes and consequences of the financial meltdown; The speculative onslaught; Financial fraud and the "bank bailouts"; Bankruptcy of the real economy; Impacts on employment, wages and social services; Towards a spiralling public debt; The economic crisis and its relationship to the Middle East war; The centralization of corporate power; The concentration of wealth; The globalization of poverty. What are the policy alternatives?

Michel Chossudovsky, Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization and Editor of Global Research.

This is the first part of his Wikipedia entry.
"Michel Chossudovsky is a Canadian economist. He is a professor of economics at the University of Ottawa. Michel Chossudovsky has taught as visiting professor at academic institutions in Western Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia, has acted as economic adviser to governments of developing countries and has worked as a consultant for international organizations."

A wise man with the courage to speak the truth.