http://www.michael-hudson.com/

Dr. Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and author of Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire (1972 and 2003) and of The Myth of Aid (1971).

ISLET engages in research regarding domestic and international finance, national income and balance-sheet accounting with regard to real estate, and the economic history of the ancient Near East.

"Kleptocracy" a political regime whose members make flagrantly dishonest use of their official position for personal gain.
FROM THE INTERVIEW little excerpts
"...they better steal everything they can..." "...they are emptying the cupboards before the November 4th elections"
~negative equity -- there is no point in buying anything of value because the debts are so deep.
~fictional investments ... Wall Street run by crooks and liers ...and foreign investors are no longer being duped with the lost credibility.

9/11 has emboldened the criminal element. They got away with blatant murder with impunity. The criminals in high places are laughing and saying "So What? What are you going to do?"