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Former Reagan Administration economics policy adviser: Dr. Paul Craig Roberts speaks on the state of economics in the US. His words are stern. His words are alarming. America - you are beyond a wake-up call.
EPISODE 100. Ian talks about current Brad Pitt produced, Adam McKay written and Christian Bale / Amy Adams starred movie, VICE. The Dick Cheney story. With no mention of the CFR in the movie, why did Dick withhold his association to the organization from the American public and the people of Wyoming. Ian plays commentary regarding Trump's ambition to build a wall with Mexico by former guest Scott Bennett and he brings on Dr. Thompson from Atlanta, GA to talk about targeting in media psychology. All 100 episodes may be heard at iantrottier.com
Listed as one of Atlantic Monthly's "bravest thinkers" (2009), author of Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine, Alex de Waal presents his case forOperation Starvation. "Mass starvation as a consequence of the weather has very nearly disappeared: today’s famines are all caused by political decisions, yet journalists still use the phrase ‘man-made famine’ as if such events were unusual... The organization I work for, the World Peace Foundation, has compiled a catalogue of every case of famine or forced mass starvation since 1870 that killed at least 100,000 people. There are 61 entries on the list, responsible for the deaths of at least 105 million people. About two thirds of the famine deaths in this period were in Asia, about 20 per cent in Europe and the USSR, just under 10 per cent in Africa. The biggest killers were famines that resulted from political decisions, among them the Nazi ‘hunger plan’ for the Soviet Union, the famines during the Chinese Civil War, the starvation inflicted by the Japanese during the Second World War, and by Mao’s Great Leap Forward of 1958-62, the largest famine on record, which killed at least 25 million." de Waal, received his PhD in social anthropology from Oxford University in 1988 for his thesis on the 1984 Darfur famine in Sedan.
Jeff Speck (M.Arch - Harvard) discusses urban design expertise. He talks about how we can make our cities and communities more walkable places - how downtown can save America, One Step at a time. Jeff is a former Miami Beach resident.
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