Category: banksters

GDay World 386 – Banksters (part 2) Jul 2009

My guests today help me explore some of the alternatives to the “Big Four” banks in Australia. Let’s say that you, like me, want to completely disassociate yourself…

Banks Are Going To Try To Charge You More Fees Jun 2009

According to this story in the Washington Post, the banksters are going to try to create sneakier ways to make you spend too much money and find yourself…

Your Bank Hates You (by Scott Adams) Jun 2009

I’ve been talking about why we hate banks. It might be because they hate us! Some insight into the way banks work from Dilbert creator Scott Adams (who…

More Bank Anger Jun 2009

Interesting… 2 weeks ago I started a big campaign to get people to vent their anger about banks via Twitter and what story did News.com run today? "Bank…

GDay World 381 Reloaded Jun 2009

Hey folks, apparently I screwed up the track alignment in show 381 (about banks) so there is a fair amount of overlapping of voices. (Thanks to Anthony Voevodin…

Why Letting Banks Fail Is Actually Good For Real People Jun 2009

Continuing our theme about banks this week, a friend sent me a link to the ChangeThis site which has a manifesto from Douglas Rushkoff. Here are a couple…

The Govt Hates Banks Too Jun 2009

The Commonwealth Bank announced that it is raising interest rates by 10 base points (which is 0.1% to the rest of us). Deputy prime minister Julia Gillard called…

GDay World 381 – Why We Hate Banks (part one) Jun 2009

UPDATE: The original audio for this show had a problem (overlapping tracks) so I’ve re-uploaded it here. We hate banks. (see my recent poll) It’s true. You know…

Why People Hate Aussie Banks Jun 2009

Today I’m recording a podcast about why people hate banks so much – and what we can do about it. I’m interviewing a range of people about banks,…

Salbuchi explains the Global Financial Collapse May 2009

Fascinating explanation on YouTube by Argentinian analyst Adrian Salbuchi on what the financial collapse is all about. He suggests that the entire financial system is "extreme capitalism" and…