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Dr. Carl Lane, author of “A Nation Wholly Free:  The Elimination of the National Debt in the Age of Jackson”.  Dennis discussed parallels of today’s economy with the economy of the 1830’s with Dr. Lane.  You can learn a lot from this conversation with Dr. Lane. CARL LANE is professor of history at Felician College in New Jersey. He received his Ph.D. in history from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His articles have appeared in William and Mary Quarterly,Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, and other publications. His article “The Elimination of the National Debt in 1835 and the Meaning of Jacksonian Democracy” in Essays in Economic and Business History won that journal’s James Soltow Award. He and his wife live in Montclair, New Jersey.

Mr. Howard Hill, author of “Finance Monsters: How Massive Unregulated Betting by a Small Group of Financiers Propelled the Mortgage Market Collapse Into a Global Financial Crisis”. Mr. Hill discussed the likelihood of another financial crisis and how it might affect the average investor.  It was a fascinating conversation and one that you won’t want to miss. HOWARD B. HILL was one of Wall Street's original "rocket scientists." He worked at AG Becker Paribas, Prudential Securities, the Union Bank of Switzerland, Daiwa Securities, Deutsche Bank and MassMutual Financial. His innovative bond structures helped lower the cost of home financing on three continents, and the analytic techniques he pioneered have become essential for investors and risk managers in many of our largest financial institutions. After working at investment firms for 25 years, Howard now trades for his own account and writes the popular blog mindonmoney.wordpress.com. Howard's publications include chapters in the Euromoney International Debt Capital Markets Handbook, 2006 edition and the Euromoney International Debt Capital Markets Handbook, 2007 edition; articles on REITs and hedging strategies for Financial Planning magazine; and general market commentary for the website NationalMemo.com. He lives in New Milford, Connecticut.

Mr. Howard Hill, author of “Finance Monsters: How Massive Unregulated Betting by a Small Group of Financiers Propelled the Mortgage Market Collapse Into a Global Financial Crisis”. Mr. Hill discussed the likelihood of another financial crisis and how it might affect the average investor.  It was a fascinating conversation and one that you won’t want to miss. HOWARD B. HILL was one of Wall Street's original "rocket scientists." He worked at AG Becker Paribas, Prudential Securities, the Union Bank of Switzerland, Daiwa Securities, Deutsche Bank and MassMutual Financial. His innovative bond structures helped lower the cost of home financing on three continents, and the analytic techniques he pioneered have become essential for investors and risk managers in many of our largest financial institutions. After working at investment firms for 25 years, Howard now trades for his own account and writes the popular blog mindonmoney.wordpress.com. Howard's publications include chapters in the Euromoney International Debt Capital Markets Handbook, 2006 edition and the Euromoney International Debt Capital Markets Handbook, 2007 edition; articles on REITs and hedging strategies for Financial Planning magazine; and general market commentary for the website NationalMemo.com. He lives in New Milford, Connecticut.

Mr. David Gurwitz, market analyst with Charles Nenner research. Dennis spoke to Mr. Gurwitz about his market forecasting methodologies which are all based on cycles. David Gurwitz is the Managing Director of Charles Nenner Research. He has been working with cycle forecaster Charles Nenner for almost a decade. The email based service provides unique analysis of stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities and economic indicators. As managing director, David speaks regularly with clients worldwide: hedge funds, family offices, pension funds, brokers and private individuals.

Mr. David Gurwitz, market analyst with Charles Nenner research. Dennis spoke to Mr. Gurwitz about his market forecasting methodologies which are all based on cycles. David Gurwitz is the Managing Director of Charles Nenner Research. He has been working with cycle forecaster Charles Nenner for almost a decade. The email based service provides unique analysis of stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities and economic indicators. As managing director, David speaks regularly with clients worldwide: hedge funds, family offices, pension funds, brokers and private individuals.

Mr. Karl Denninger of market-ticker.org. Mr. Tubbergen spoke to Mr. Denninger about medical monopolies and how some Americans are actually getting paid to sign up for Obamacare. Karl Denninger is an American technology businessman, finance blogger, and political activist, sometimes referred to as a founding member of the Tea Party movement. Mr. Denninger is the former CEO of MCSNet, a regional Chicago area networking and Internet company that operated from 1987 to 1998. MCSNet was proud to offer several "firsts" in the Internet Service space, including integral customer-specified spam filtering for all customers and the first virtual web server available to the general public. Mr. Denninger's other accomplishments include the design and construction of regional and national IP-based networks and development of electronic conferencing software reaching back to the 1980s. He has been a full-time trader since 1998, author of The Market Ticker (http://market-ticker.org), a daily market commentary, and operator of TickerForum, an online trading community, both since 2007. Mr. Denninger received the 2008 Reed Irvine Accuracy In Media Award for Grassroots Journalism for his coverage of the 2008 market meltdown.

Mr. Karl Denninger of market-ticker.org. Mr. Tubbergen spoke to Mr. Denninger about medical monopolies and how some Americans are actually getting paid to sign up for Obamacare. Karl Denninger is an American technology businessman, finance blogger, and political activist, sometimes referred to as a founding member of the Tea Party movement. Mr. Denninger is the former CEO of MCSNet, a regional Chicago area networking and Internet company that operated from 1987 to 1998. MCSNet was proud to offer several "firsts" in the Internet Service space, including integral customer-specified spam filtering for all customers and the first virtual web server available to the general public. Mr. Denninger's other accomplishments include the design and construction of regional and national IP-based networks and development of electronic conferencing software reaching back to the 1980s. He has been a full-time trader since 1998, author of The Market Ticker (http://market-ticker.org), a daily market commentary, and operator of TickerForum, an online trading community, both since 2007. Mr. Denninger received the 2008 Reed Irvine Accuracy In Media Award for Grassroots Journalism for his coverage of the 2008 market meltdown.

Mr. Philip Howard, author of “The Rule of Nobody” published in April, 2014. Mr. Howard formed the organization Common Good, a non-partisan organization dedicated to restoring common sense to the legal system. Philip K. Howard is a well-known leader of government and legal reform in America. His new book, The Rule of Nobody (W. W. Norton & Company, April 2014), has been praised by Fareed Zakaria as “an utterly compelling and persuasive book that, if followed, could change the way America works.” His Ted Talk has has been viewed by over 500,000 people.  In 2002, Philip formed Common Good, a nonpartisan national coalition dedicated to restoring common sense to America. Philip writes periodically for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, and has appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the News Hour, Today, Good Morning America, Charlie Rose, and numerous other programs. The son of a minister, Philip got his start working summers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner and has been active in public affairs his entire adult life. He is a prominent civic leader in New York City and has advised national political leaders on legal and regulatory reform for fifteen years, including Vice President Al Gore and numerous governors. He is Senior Counsel at the law firm Covington & Burling, LLP. He is a graduate of Yale College and the University of Virginia Law School.

Mr. Philip Howard, author of “The Rule of Nobody” published in April, 2014. Mr. Howard formed the organization Common Good, a non-partisan organization dedicated to restoring common sense to the legal system. Philip K. Howard is a well-known leader of government and legal reform in America. His new book, The Rule of Nobody (W. W. Norton & Company, April 2014), has been praised by Fareed Zakaria as “an utterly compelling and persuasive book that, if followed, could change the way America works.” His Ted Talk has has been viewed by over 500,000 people.  In 2002, Philip formed Common Good, a nonpartisan national coalition dedicated to restoring common sense to America. Philip writes periodically for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, and has appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the News Hour, Today, Good Morning America, Charlie Rose, and numerous other programs. The son of a minister, Philip got his start working summers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner and has been active in public affairs his entire adult life. He is a prominent civic leader in New York City and has advised national political leaders on legal and regulatory reform for fifteen years, including Vice President Al Gore and numerous governors. He is Senior Counsel at the law firm Covington & Burling, LLP. He is a graduate of Yale College and the University of Virginia Law School.

Elliot Wave International Socionomics expert Mr. Alan Hall.  Mr.  Hall provides an interesting perspective on the relationship between epidemics like the current Ebola epidemic in Africa, stock market performance, and social mood. Mr. Alan Hall received his degree in Fine Arts from Berry College, emerging into the 1970s bear market. He has enjoyed a wide variety of job experiences including decades as a custom homebuilder/designer. He began studying Elliott wave analysis and socionomics after meeting Bob Prechter in 1995. His knowledge of socionomics made it easy for him to recognize the escalating housing mania, so he ended his building business in late 2004 and began to write for EWI in 2006. Alan has traveled widely, and has authored socionomic studies on Russia, European housing, war, stocks and commodities, commodity prices and environmentalism, epidemics, eugenics, secessionism and authoritarianism. Alan wrote the lead articles for the inaugural issues of The Socionomist in May and June 2009. He has also contributed to Global Market Perspective, The European Financial Forecast and The Elliott Wave Theorist Alan does a wide variety of research aimed at demonstrating the utility of socionomic theory.

Elliot Wave International Socionomics expert Mr. Alan Hall.  Mr.  Hall provides an interesting perspective on the relationship between epidemics like the current Ebola epidemic in Africa, stock market performance, and social mood. Mr. Alan Hall received his degree in Fine Arts from Berry College, emerging into the 1970s bear market. He has enjoyed a wide variety of job experiences including decades as a custom homebuilder/designer. He began studying Elliott wave analysis and socionomics after meeting Bob Prechter in 1995. His knowledge of socionomics made it easy for him to recognize the escalating housing mania, so he ended his building business in late 2004 and began to write for EWI in 2006. Alan has traveled widely, and has authored socionomic studies on Russia, European housing, war, stocks and commodities, commodity prices and environmentalism, epidemics, eugenics, secessionism and authoritarianism. Alan wrote the lead articles for the inaugural issues of The Socionomist in May and June 2009. He has also contributed to Global Market Perspective, The European Financial Forecast and The Elliott Wave Theorist Alan does a wide variety of research aimed at demonstrating the utility of socionomic theory.

Guest expert Bill White, former mayor of Houston, Texas and a former gubernatorial candidate in the State of Texas. Mr. White’s recent book, America’s Fiscal Constitution, discusses America’s fiscal heroes who never allowed the country to use debt except for extraordinary circumstances and certainly not for routine expenditures as is being done today. William Howard "Bill" White is a politician and three-term mayor of Houston, the fourth most-populous city in the country. A former trial lawyer, federal agency executive and businessman, White was elected as mayor in December 2003. Before serving as mayor, White was a deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy during the administration of former president Bill Clinton. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Texas School of Law.

Guest expert Bill White, former mayor of Houston, Texas and a former gubernatorial candidate in the State of Texas. Mr. White’s recent book, America’s Fiscal Constitution, discusses America’s fiscal heroes who never allowed the country to use debt except for extraordinary circumstances and certainly not for routine expenditures as is being done today. William Howard "Bill" White is a politician and three-term mayor of Houston, the fourth most-populous city in the country. A former trial lawyer, federal agency executive and businessman, White was elected as mayor in December 2003. Before serving as mayor, White was a deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy during the administration of former president Bill Clinton. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Texas School of Law.

Guest expert Professor Laurence Kotlikoff points out the potential inherent dangers of having too many assets in a brokerage account due to recent legal actions by SIPC, or the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. You won’t want to miss this provocative and extremely informational interview with Professor Kotlikoff. Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor at Boston University, a Professor of Economics at Boston University, A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and President of Economic Security Planning, Inc., a company specializing in financial planning software. Professor Kotlikoff is author or co-author of 14 books and hundreds of professional journal articles. His most recent books are Jimmy Stewart is Dead (John Wiley and Sons), Spend ‘Til the End, (co-authored with Scott Burns, Simon & Schuster), The Healthcare Fix (MIT Press), and The Coming Generational Storm (co-authored with Scott Burns, MIT Press). Professor Kotlikoff publishes extensively in newspapers, and magazines on issues of financial reform, personal finance, taxes, Social Security, healthcare, deficits, generational accounting, pensions, saving, and insurance.

Host Dennis Tubbergen speaks with guest expert Stephen Moore, chief economist at the Heritage Foundation and regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and Fox News. Stephen Moore is chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, the largest private research institute in Washington, D.C. He is also a contributor to the Wall Street Journal and a daily Fox news economics commentator where he provides analysis on the economy, fiscal policy and politics. From 2005 to 2014 Moore served as the senior economics writer for the Wall Street Journal editorial page and a member of the Journal’s editorial board. He can also be seen regularly on CNN and CNBC tv.