Naked Capitalism has the article Your Humble Blogger Speaks on RT: “Banks Are Still Getting Away With a Lot”.
I had fun on this interview, although there was one point where the host, Erin Ade, hit me with a remarkably broad question: what was the worst pre-crisis bank abuse? I neglected to include chain of title, the pretty much pervasive failure to transfer the mortgage rights as stipulated in securitization agreements to the trusts used to hold them. That actually was the most stunning thing I came across as more and more information came out after the the dust had settled. But it didn’t play directly into the meltdown, so I neglected to include it.
Warning: Know where your mute button on your computer is. There is introductory music and a break in the middle that can stand to be muted.
The interviewer, Erin Ade, seemed fairly knowledgeable during the interview with Yves Smith.
However, after the interview there was a segment of the program where she and produce Ed Harrison discussed a couple of viewer questions. This segment was so unintentionally silly, that I had trouble picking my jaw up from the floor. The first question did actually raise an issue with Modern Monetary Theory that concerns me a little. The answers by Erin and Ed were not worth listening to except to prove what a good actress Erin is. I actually thought she knew something for a while during the show.