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This Week on GR
by C. L. Cook
 This week: Thomas H. Greco is an economist who has, through his books, articles,
and website, 'Reinventing Money.com, worked to, quote: "[D]emystify
money by presenting the best leading-edge ideas on monetary and
non-monetary exchange." Greco's book titles include: 'Money and Debt: A
Solution to the Global Crisis' (1990); 'New Money for Healthy
Communities' (1994); 'Money: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to
Legal Tender' (2001); and his latest, 'The End of Money and the Future
of Civilization (2011). Thomas H. Greco penned numerous articles, and
has travelled the world, lecturing on currency and money systems.
Thomas H. Greco in the first half.
B.C. Hydro's big plan, the (estimated) billion dollar installation of
so-called Smart Meters is underway, but not everyone thinks it's so
smart. The devices will eliminate the need for meter readers, and
purportedly make your energy use more efficient. What could be wrong
with that? Well despite the many meter readers who must pound the
pavement for new work, people with electro-magnetic sensivities, and
those concerned about the proliferation of WiFi signals in our
environment, say these machines pose a real health threat. There is also
the little matter of privacy and security.
Smart and less so schemes for B.C.'s electricity consumers in the second half.
And;
Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft
will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us news from the city's
streets and beyond. But first, Thomas H. Greco and the end of the
(economic) world as we know it.
As much as Stephen Harper and Mr. Obama would like to reassure, the fact remains: Our economy is in deep trouble. Despite Harper's and Obama's and George W. Bush's bailouts of the banks and money speculators, the global economy is simply not recovering. Warnings similar to those prior to the meltdown of 2008 are again being heard, and it's time to ask some tough questions about our collective economic future.
 Thomas H. Greco is an economist who has, through his books, articles, and website, 'Reinventing Money.com, worked to, quote: "[D]emystify money by presenting the best leading-edge ideas on monetary and non-monetary exchange." Greco's book titles include: 'Money and Debt: A Solution to the Global Crisis' (1990); 'New Money for Healthy Communities' (1994); 'Money: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender' (2001); and his latest, 'The End of Money and the Future of Civilization (2011). Thomas H. Greco penned numerous articles, and has travelled the world, lecturing on currency and money systems.
Thomas H. Greco in the first half.
And; B.C. Hydro's big plan, the (estimated) billion dollar installation of so-called Smart Meters is underway, but not everyone thinks it's so smart. The devices will eliminate the need for meter readers, and purportedly make your energy use more efficient. What could be wrong with that? Well despite the many meter readers who must pound the pavement for new work, people with electro-magnetic sensivities, and those concerned about the proliferation of WiFi signals in our environment, say these machines pose a real health threat. There is also the little matter of privacy and security.
Last week, activists gathered at the B.C. Legislature buildings to voice their concerns about the Smart Meter plan.
Smart and less so schemes for B.C.'s electricity consumers in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us news from the city's streets and beyond. But first, Thomas H. Greco and the end of the (economic) world as we know it.
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Some past guests include: M. Junaid Alam, M. Shahid Alam, Joel Bakan,
Maude Barlow, David Barsamian, Mark and Rhoda Berenson, Diana
Beresford-Kroeger, William Blum, Luciana Bohne, William Bowles, Mordecai
Briemberg, James J. Brittain, Vincent Bugliosi, Helen Caldicott, Noam
Chomsky, Michel Chossudovsky, Diane Christian, Juan Cole, David
Cromwell, Ezili Danto, Murray Dobbin, Jon Elmer, Yves Engler, Reese
Erlich, Anthony Fenton, Jim Fetzer, Laura Flanders, Chris Floyd, Connie
Fogal, Glen Ford, Susan George, Stan Goff, Amy Goodman, Robert
Greenwald, Denis Halliday, Chris Hedges, Sander Hicks, Julia Butterfly
Hill, Scott Horton, Robert Jensen, Dahr Jamail, Chalmers Johnson, Diana
Johnstone, Malalai Joya, Kathy Kelly, Naomi Klein, Brewster Kneen, Betty
Krawczyk, Anthony Lappe, Frances Moore Lappe, Jason Leopold, Jeff Leys,
Dave Lindorff, Jim Lobe, Jennifer Loewenstein, Stephen Marshall, Linda
McQuaig, George Monbiot, Loretta Napoleoni, John Nichols, Kurt Nimmo,
Ken O'Keefe, David Orchard, Riki Ott, Greg Palast, Mike Palecek, Michael
Parenti, Robert Parry, John Perkins, John Pilger, Kevin Pina, William
Rivers Pitt, Justin Podur, Lila Rajiva, Jack Random, Sheldon Rampton,
Paul Craig Roberts, David Robb, Paul de Rooij, John Ross, David Rovics,
Danny Schechter, David Schindler, Vandana Shiva, Tim Shorrock, Norman
Solomon, Jean Saint-Vil, Starhawk, Grant Wakefield, Harvey Wasserman,
Paul Watson, Bernard Weiner, Andy Worthington, Mickey Z., Howard Zinn
and many others.
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