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Patrick Wood is a leading and critical expert on Sustainable Development, Green Economy, Agenda 21, 2030 Agenda and historic Technocracy. He is the author of Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation (2015) and co-author of Trilaterals Over Washington, Volumes I and II (1978-1980) with the late Antony C. Sutton. Wood remains a leading expert on the elitist Trilateral Commission, their policies and achievements in creating their self-proclaimed “New International Economic Order” which is the essence of Sustainable Development on a global scale. Key Takeaways:[5:36] Where Orwell and Huxley fit into technocracy[10:41] Why sustainability, while it sounds good, is a dangerous road[15:53] What's solving our problems (hint: it's not government, charities or communism) and externalities[19:33] What current threats we're facing[24:41] The quest for immortalityWebsites Mentioned:www.technocracy.news

Christopher C. Horner is the author of "Red Hot Lies, How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud & Deception to Keep You Misinformed". He also serves as a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. An attorney in Washington, DC Horner has represented CEI as well as scientists and Members of the U.S. House and Senate on matters of environmental policy in the federal courts and the Supreme Court.He has been a contributor in the Washington Times, National Review Online and Washington Examiner opinion pages, a guest columnist for United Press International, Energy Tribune and Spain's Actualidad Economica, and regularly contributed to the Brussels legislative news magazine EU Reporter. He has also written in Investor's Business Daily's opinion and the Wall Street Journal's letters pages.Key Takeaways:[5:22] England's soaring energy prices and how many seniors are dying each winter due to the inability to heat[10:01] The belief of environmentalists that people are the scourge of the Earth and w

Jason Hartman talks with Mark Ford, an American author, entrepreneur, publisher, real estate investor, filmmaker, art collector, and consultant to the direct marketing and publishing industries.Ford is the author of essays and books on entrepreneurship, wealth-building, economics, and copywriting. He has also written a book of poetry and a book on word use titled Words that Work.Ford's business writing is published under the pen name Michael Masterson. His books, Automatic Wealth and Ready, Fire, Aim, were recognized on the Wall Street Journal and New York Times Best Sellers lists.Ford is active in real estate development both in the United States and abroad.Key Takeaways:[3:07] The history of the financial newsletter[10:04] Breaking down "Ready, Fire, Aim"[13:33] His movie making ventures[17:42] Finding your optimal selling proposition[23:05] Real estate investing[28:53] How we let some industries teach us terriblyWebsites Mentioned:www.palmbeachgroup.com

Jason Hartman talks with Jon Lieber, Chief Economist & Policy Research at Thumbtack about the entrepreneurial state of the USA, the sharing economy and more. Key Takeaways:[5:01] The ability of entrepreneurs to find ways to improve society that we didn't see we needed[10:31] What's going on with governmental regulation in the sharing economy[15:57] Why the sharing economy is helping workers and employers[20:21] How governments create monopoliesWebsite Mentioned:www.thumbtack.comwww.twitter.com/lieber2k

Jason Hartman talks about the current state of the American economy, stock market and housing market with Megan Greene, Chief Economist of Manulife & John Hancock Asset Management. Key Takeaways:[4:06] If high frequency traders really bring liquidity into the market[10:57] The cure all for our economic inequalities, and why you'll never see it come to fruition[13:10] Why we may not want to be relying on housing for our economic revivalWebsite Mentioned:www.johnhancock.com

Paul Mladjenovic is a CFP, national seminar leader, author and consultant. Since 1981, his specialties have been investing, financial planning and home business issues. Paul has written Stock Investing For Dummies (all four editions), Zero-Cost Marketing, Precious Metals Investing For Dummies, the Job Hunter’s Encyclopedia and the latest book, Micro-Entrepreneurship For Dummies. Key Takeaways:[4:11] How living in a communist country helped him in investing in a capitalist market[10:41] What he's seeing now that concerns him[18:07] How you need to do some diversifying in more than just your stocks[26:27] The $50/month investing plan that will make you much better off in the long term[30:58] The pension danger[33:51] If the dollars reign as the reserve currency is in jeopardy[38:08] Why you should own at least some goldWebsite Mentioned: www.ravingcapitalist.com

Jason Hartman talks with Alvin Roth, Craig & Susan McGaw Professor of Economics at Stanford and author of "Who Gets What and Why" Key Takeaways[5:28] - what aspect of the real estate market surprises him the most[11:45] - The market of organ donation[16:24] Repugnant Transactions[20:51] Government's role in contracts[24:56] Signals and two kinds of messages we send

Jason Hartman talks with John Gaver, editor and publisher of Action America and author of "The Rich Don't Pay Tax! ... or Do They?"Key Takeaways: [5:11] What the left is doing that's making people vote with their feet[11:15] What data to look at that isn't corrupted by politicians and economists[15:52] Discussing the concerns of a national sales tax[21:40] Who a flat tax would hurt the most (it's not who you'd think)Websites Mentioned: www.therichdontpaytax.comwww.therichdontpaytax.com/calculator

Jason Hartman talks with Salvatore Buscemi, author of The Art of the Raise about different deal structures in real estate investments. Key Takeaways[5:08] Importance of not investing based on personality[10:03] What you need to do before you even set foot in a deal[15:21] How different needs in investors change the investment strategy[27:05] What Jason thinks nobody ever reads[35:11] Why you need to know the other investors in the deal Websites Mentioned www.artoftheraise.com

Jason Hartman discusses 3 different strategies for investing in real estate, what an executive flip is, how to not get caught in the fools game, the difference between an investment and a speculation, the bubble of 2005 with David Wood, from Amplified Living. Key Takeaways: [5:30] "I prefer the high end flips because i think the people who are going to buy a million or 2 million dollar house, often lack vision."[10:07] "If you're buying real estate with a long term vision of having complete financial freedom, then the money coming in you shouldn't be spending."[21:02] - Everything about real estate investing involves disciplines[26:57] - "And i find kindness is one of the great methods of negotiation" Websites Mentioned: www.amplifiedliving.com

Mark Everson is currently a Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 election, as well as the former Red Cross CEO and former Commissioner of the IRS, about the current race and how stands out in a field as large as this.   Key Takeaways: [4:24] I would suggest to you that we've lost this traditional approach to our nation [9:55] Some of the Republicans would knee jerk, just defend Wall Street. I'm not doing that [14:49] People tell me stories, people have the insurance but they're not using it!

Aaron Clarey is the author of 5 books, his most current being Enjoy the Decline of America. He also an economist, running the blog Captain Capitalism. He talks with Jason about the USD status as the world's reserve currency, the current environment of political correctness, how the old economic building block of society is failing us and more. Key Takeaways: [6:25] - "pursuing such socialist and parasitic policies are not good at all for any country and should never be repeated again" [10:15] - "we no longer value a child or the family as the basic building block of the economy" [15:05] - if you want to nail it down to one thing, it's unfunded liabilities [22:30] - they don't know that by voting Obama in twice that they have fundamentally shifted the tenor of the United States. Mentioned in this episode: CaptainCapitalism.blogspot.com

Nathan Jaye is the founder of Ziprz and contributor to the CFA Institute Magazine. In an article, Nathan interviewed Tom Brown, the global head of investment management at KPMG on some of the interesting financial changes we might see in the next decade and a half. Jason invites Nathan on the show to talk about the article he wrote and to discuss why millennials are not a fan of Wall Street.    Key Takeaways: [2:40] Nathan talks about the past financial crisis in 2008.  [4:00] Why do millennials not relate to Wall Street?  [7:05] Wall Street's business model wants to 'sit down and talk about it' and many millennials who are used to making purchases on the internet do not like that.  [9:05] Nathan and Jason talk about robo advisers.  [11:15] Technology will affect the way we traditionally bank.   [15:45] We're slowly starting to see changes in technology-incorporated clothing.   Mentioned In This Episode: http://ziprz.com/   http://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2015/04/28/a-view-to-the-future-changes-in-the-

Salvatore Buscemi is the author of Making the Yield: Real Estate Hard Money Lending Uncovered as well as the Managing Director for Dandrew Partners New York. He talks to Jason Hartman on the subject of finding experienced fund managers, the problems with crowd funding, dealing with inexperienced investors, and much more on today's show.    Key Takeaways: [1:45] Salvatore talks about his book, Making The Yield: Real Estate Hard Money Lending Uncovered.  [2:50] You can't take $2,000 from someone and really invest or place that capital meaningfully.  [9:00] People are going to real estate fund managers who have no experienced and are losing their money.  [19:45] Real estate crowd funding deals are tricky, because now the developer is dealing with less experienced investors.  [27:20] You can't make accurate predictions in an era where government and central banks intervene.  [35:50] People want more control over their investments and rather invest in someone who they have a good relationship with.    [39:30] Ask

Jason Hartman invites Kirill Storch of Electric Web to talk about some of the interesting developments that's happening in the mobile sector. Kirill tells Jason about how companies are putting smartphones on assembly lines to scan their products more efficiently, companies utilizing innovative tactics to make their internal processes go faster, and more.     Key Takeaways: 1:50 – Most people only think about how smartphones can help businesses from a sales point of view.  3:20 – The scan feature on the smartphone can now check in with assembly line managers to make sure everything is running smoothly.  7:10 – Wearable technology will probably change the way we do business.  10:00 – 10% of all US firms have invested in mobile technology and it's estimated by 2016, 30% of companies will catch on.  12:40 – The solution to a company's problems might be right there in their pocket   Mentioned In This Episode: ElectricWebMarketing.com

John Rubina is a second time guest and sits down with Jason to talk about the economy and the huge money bubble that's happening right now. John is the author of Money Bubble: What to Do When It Pops and he talks a little bit about his book on the show. John and Jason sit down to talk about Switzerland's economy, what's happening with China, and much more on today's AMA show.    Key Takeaways: 2:00 – Germany is currently paying negative interest rates on bonds. How is that possible?  5:15 – So many people want to open banks in Switzerland that the Swiss are telling customers that they have to pay them instead of vice verse.  10:05 – Governments are keeping negative interest rates in order to stop a financial collapse.  19:30 – If you add up all the debt in the US right now, it comes out to about $2 million per family.  25:45 – The US can use their military power to get what they want, but at the end of the day there's no reason why China and India need US dollars to trade.  32:15 – Since the 2008 crash, the w

Jay Sidhu is the CEO of Customers Bank and his bank has just come out with a new digital banking service called Mobile Bank that can be done right from your smartphone. Jason Hartman is interested in learning more about Mobile Bank and talks to Jay about how America's banking system is riddled with inefficiencies, Bitcoin, and more on today's show.    Key Takeaways: 1:40 – Customers Bank is a business bank and Bank Mobile is a consumer bank.  5:20 – What's the difference between Bank Mobile and Allied Bank? Jay explains.  8:45 – Jay shares his thoughts on Bitcoin.  15:40 – Jay believes the FDIC definitely has the money to pay in case a crisis happens.  22:10 – Uber is great because there's finally some competition in the taxi monopoly and the same thing needs to happen in banking.  24:00 – How does Mobile Bank make money if they have no fees? Jay explains.    Mentioned In This Episode:  BankMobile.com

Jason Hartman invites Patrick Cox on to the AMA show to talk about the Apple watch, stem cell technology, and why the FDA is holding back on amazing advances in the scientific and medical community. Patrick Cox specializes in the field of transformational technology and has worked closely with scientists all over the world. You can visit Patrick at PatrickCoxDNA.com to see him experimenting on himself and creating brand new muscle tissue.    Key Takeaways: 4:10 – There's a lot of scientific advances going on, but the media has always been bad at reporting science.  9:40 – Right now there are drugs that can cure common life-threatening diseases, but the government takes a long time to approve them.  15:10 – The FDA banned a natural product that reduced inflammation and one of Patrick's friends had a stroke because he couldn't take the plant anymore.  22:30 – If the FDA is the problem, what are other countries doing in the regenerative field?  26:00 – Patrick gives his opinion about the Apple watch.  28:00 – Bi

Richard Proteau is the author of Unraveling The Universal Life Scam (The Shorter Truth) and talks to Jason today on the show about universal life insurance and why it's almost always a bad investment (unless you're extremely wealthy). Richard talks about some of the differences between US life insurance and Canadian life insurance, does a break down on premiums, and more on today's AMA episode.    Key Takeaways: 2:30 – Richard explains the various types of life insurance you can have. 6:10 – There's always a state versus federal regulations war going on in the US.   10:30 – Richard explains what 108 is and talks about universal life premiums.  18:00 – Insurance companies are influenced in creating the best contract possible, but what's on paper may not actually be what's reality.  22:40 – MERs, management expense ratios, are not shown on the contract and can fool the consumer into thinking they have a better deal than they really do.  26:45 – Richard says buy insurance for the right reason. Jason and Richard

Jason invites Jeffrey Tucker on to the AMA show to talk about the peer to peer economy as well as Bitcoin. Jeffrey is the CLO and founder of Liberty.me and he is also the Director of Digital Development for the Foundation for Economic Education. On the show, Jeffrey talks about his book Bit by Bit, the up and coming peer to peer world, and much more.    Key Takeaways: 2:20 – Jeffrey explains what peer to peer means.  5:20 – Jason talks about how the Cuban people make extra money by serving food to tourists in their own homes.  12:40 – There are a lot of costs associated with regulation and that hurts the economy further.  15:45 – Plane tickets are roughly the same price from 25 years ago.  25:00 – Bitcoin is relatively private as long as your public address isn't attached to it.  30:20 – Top-down planning is slowly beginning to erode.    Mentioned In This Episode: Fee.org http://tucker.liberty.me/ Bit by Bit by Jeffrey Tucker Kitchensurfing Eatwith Blue Apron Munchery TaskRabbit Fiver Uber Lyft