Al Jazeera: Panel discussion on the global financial crisis
Al Jazeera: 19th November 2008
On Wed. Riz Khan hosted a discussion on the financial crisis. I was surprised to disagree with economist and panelist James Galbraith over why it is that IOUs (or debt) issued by the Federal Reserve replaced gold as the world’s reserve asset. Watch the discussion on Al Jazeera’s site here.




Welcome to my blog about the financial crisis. I'm Ann Pettifor, author and analyst of the global financial system, and co-author of the Green New Deal. I predicted an Anglo-American debt-deflationary crisis back in 2003, and am known for my work on sovereign debt and international finance, including Jubilee 2000. Currently a fellow of the
2 Responses to “Al Jazeera: Panel discussion on the global financial crisis”
Great and very informative debate.
Good to see a bit of TV where they didn’t have “balance” – ie one guy who got it wrong and
one guy who got it right. Instead – two guys (or gals) who got it right. Somehow, you’ve got something much more worthwhile to give – and there
wasn’t any of the usual obscufation and technical mumbling you get from people who got it all wrong.
Comment By john fletcher on November 21st, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Thanks for the link.
I was looking for something like this.
Comment By Claire on November 24th, 2008 at 6:30 am
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