Who are you, Mr. Katasonov? "Paper ruble" S. Sharapov
Valentin Katasonov, publicist, professor of economics, a well-known figure in the Russian Internet space. This man hung so much noodles on the ears of gullible people that we can’t just walk past this and not show, firstly, the scientific inconsistency of Katasonov’s views, and, secondly, his true essence and background. Go!
31.30-32.10 With the same success one could say that all money is labor money, because they are all created by someone's labor. Also, all money is "dirty" money, because there is not a single transaction in the world where one or the other party has not been deceived by at least 1 kopeck. Also, all money is speculative money, because all of it passes through the hands of certain speculators. Money is the blood of the economy and passes through every vessel of it, and therefore to say that all money is credit, it means to talk about the most banal things with the air of a thoughtful sage, to talk about something that has absolutely no meaning and is a flat tautology. .... Debt is created by people, not money, just like workers build a house, not bricks. And there is nothing wrong with debt itself. It all depends on the purposes for which people borrow money. For example, entrepreneurs are happy when they are given a loan and even terribly indignant if the bank refuses to lend them money. Because the loan allows entrepreneurs to accelerate the turnover of their assets, which means more profit. If entrepreneurs did not pursue their own profit by this, then they would not take on debt. It is clear that money capitalists lend, expecting that the industrial entrepreneur will share with him a part of the profit that he extorts from the labor of his workers. If the money capitalist did not receive as compensation interest on the capital he lends, it is incomprehensible what would induce him to lend at all. In any case, this percentage is always less than the profit that the industrial entrepreneur receives from this money, otherwise the entrepreneur would not borrow. The evidence is provided by statistics, according to which the interest on loans is usually always below the average rate of return in the industry. The exceptions are periods of crises, when banks artificially raise interest rates in order not to go bankrupt, because Capital is draining too fast. From this we see that Katasonov's lamentations that money creates debt are unjustified. Credits in the capitalist economy are an accelerator for the movement of capital, they are a boon for entrepreneurs, and not at all a bondage or a yoke. Problems modern world lie not in loans and not in loan interest, but in the very system of "market" relations. Even if it were possible to artificially prohibit the activities of banks, industrial enterprises would begin to lend to each other. And even if this were banned, then there would be no competition, in which some people go bankrupt, while others get richer. The big entrepreneurs would have ruined the small entrepreneurs in the same way and turned them into hired workers, just as the big prosperous peasants once turned the small peasants into rural proletarians and forced them to work for themselves. But in real history for all the thousands of years of the existence of civilizations, there was not a single day when, with the existence of money, there would be no loans and debts. Talking about a normal economy without loans is the fruit of the fantasies of ignorant would-be economists who, instead of analyzing the real state of things, are trying to justify things they do not understand through the intervention of some external forces, be it Gods, world Jewry or extraterrestrial civilizations.
32.27-35.15 ... although in theory they could, because the debts must be repaid, since he took them. ... Since you can't organize your business in such a way as to be competitive. Although this is far from our problem, we will give you more time to organize your affairs. After all, you could run your business on your own capital. No one forced you to take out a loan and conduct business with other people's funds, risk other people's funds. It is your problem that you do not know how to conduct business competently. In the end, you could go to work, if you do not have an entrepreneurial streak. But in spite of this, we will act humanely and give you more time. But, of course, we will take a percentage for this. Otherwise, what good is it for us to give you capital that we could invest in some other profitable business. ... Yes, used to taking money and not giving it away. ... This is how crises are created. A touching conclusion. Who is the victim here, so it is usurers. After all, they did not receive their money or their interest. What is the point of this whole scam? In fact, if you rely on this example, then the moneylenders gave negligent entrepreneurs to live 10 years, instead of initially letting them die. With such logic, Katasonov needs to work as a janitor, but not at the department international finance MGIMO. In addition, crises are not created that way. Those who are interested can read Karl Marx's book "Capital" and see how all the processes in the economy actually take place.
8.12-8.23 It is a pity that Comrade Katasonov does not know that foreign exchange reserves are needed to maintain a stable exchange rate of the ruble, in case of insufficient inflow of the dollar to the Russian market. If there are no reserves or if they are not used in such cases, as the Central Bank did not use at the end of 2014, then the ruble will fall, as it fell at the end of 2014, and there will be a crisis in the country, which, by the way, we are already seeing. Leaving aside the question why the Central Bank did not use gold and foreign exchange reserves, it should be clear to such a well-known economist as Katasonov why reserves are needed.
8.24-8.41 Under the conditions of a "market economy", the ruble cannot be untied from the world currency, since if you untie it and fix it in certain size, then in the event of an insufficient influx of dollars into the country, many enterprises will instantly collapse. Being pegged, the ruble adjusts to the amount of dollar supply in the country, which allows everyone to receive dollars if necessary. Take, for example, a plant that manufactures with raw materials imported from abroad. Due to the pegged ruble to the dollar, the ruble will fall in the event of a lack of dollars, and the import of raw materials for the enterprise will become more expensive, but it always has the opportunity, albeit at a higher price, to get the necessary dollars and import raw materials from abroad to continue production. The enterprise may begin to produce in a smaller volume, it may even become unprofitable for a while, but it will not stop. If the exchange rate of the ruble is not tied to the dollar supply in the country and is fixed, then the head of the enterprise, once again coming to the bank, may face such a situation that there will simply be no dollars in the bank. Since the dollar is fixed, being cheaper than with a floating rate, it will be snapped up by other businesses or citizens. And this means that this enterprise will not be able to purchase raw materials from abroad. And this means that it will simply get up and crash. With a floating exchange rate, you can always go abroad at any time, even if the exchange rate is unfavorable. If all the dollars are bought before you, then you will simply be stuck in Russia, and all your business or any other plans related to other countries will be ruined.
8.41-8.44 There was socialism in the Soviet Union, there was a planned economy focused on complete independence from capitalist countries. Foreign trade was so meager that the domestic economy practically did not depend on it. Businesses could not get up because of the lack of currency. Yes, the socialist economy is capable of decoupling the national currency from the world one. But we then live in "market conditions". From the point of view of socialism, the dependence of the economy on random fluctuations in exchange rates is insanity, like all capitalism as a whole with its competition. But you, Katasonov, are distributing advice on how to act within the framework of capitalism. You do not call everyone to communism. And since you propose to act within the framework of capitalism, within the framework of "market" relations, then why are you talking nonsense about the independence of the ruble from the dollar? Under capitalism, the principle of floating exchange rates is the most optimal.
9.02-9.15 This can only happen if all external mutual settlements are carried out by the state. In a "market" economy, mutual settlements are carried out by citizens of the country and private entrepreneurs, and the ability of their external mutual settlements depends directly on the amount of dollars in the country. Not just the ruble depends on the dollar, but the very possibility for individual economic entities to conduct foreign trade. It is obvious that what Katasonov proposes is the purest utopia.
9.38-9.52 These are, in fact, the rules of the game in the "market economy". And how do you think it should be in a competitive environment? All against all, each against each - such is the law of capitalism. Would you like there to be competition, but at the same time no one competed and acted harmoniously?
9.52-10.20 And here I want to draw your attention to demagogy. Any storm in the economy is the result of uncoordinated actions of the subjects of the "market" economy. Everyone pulls a blanket over himself. Everyone is trying one way or another to influence the economy in their own interests, trying to sink competitors. Moreover, the larger the subject of the economy, the more money he has, the more he pulls the blanket over himself and the more he influences storms. Storms in the economy are the result of competition. Katasonov is trying to change concepts. He wants to impose on us the view that storms from the actions of small economic entities are of a different nature than storms caused by the action of large economic entities. He calls them the owners of money. As if every small economic entity does not dream of growing into a large one and in the same way influencing the economy, being able to pull the blanket over itself in large sizes. Katasonov tries to make it appear that such storms are not the result of a hierarchy in the economy, generated by competition and the suppression of the weak by the stronger. Katasonov wants to present the matter as if evil Jews are sitting at the very top, and as if everyone below is so white and fluffy and as if there is no such thing that everyone is just trying to drown competitors and pull the blanket over to their side. Katasonov wants, therefore, to present things in such a way that if there were no Jews, then a "market" economy based on competition would exist without competition.
10.20-10.37 - what should it depend on? From internal factors? From what? From some people? And where is the guarantee that these people will use the money in the interests of the people?
11.55-12.07 Here we hear the good old conversations in the spirit of the old man. They are designed for fools-cheers-patriots who are not able to adequately assess the situation. In reality, there is no independence for a long time. All types of business, all industries in different countries ax are connected to each other by numerous threads. AT joint-stock companies the presence of representatives of different countries has become the norm. For example, more than half of Avtovaz's board of directors are French and representatives of other countries. Russian officials they buy real estate abroad, foreigners establish production facilities in Russia, make investments. People fly to other countries and, if they wish, stay there to live. Foreigners fly to Russia and stay to live in it. There is a shift of culture and technology. Entrepreneurs themselves always think first of all about their own profits and only lastly about national interests. Level of patriotism Russian entrepreneurs clearly demonstrated the sanctions imposed on Russia. Instead of doing import substitution, which would be in the national interest, entrepreneurs preferred to simply raise prices, because some of the competitors from others were cut off by sanctions. As a result, they turned, as it were, into monopolists and wanted to spit on anything other than their own pocket. And it is impossible to force them to act differently, because their enterprises are their private property, and they are free to dispose of it as they wish. If the state starts to force them to do something, then it will be dictatorship, totalitarianism. After all, most jingoists hate communist ideas so much, but when the Starikovs or Katasonovs offer to take control of enterprises, in fact violating the right of private property of businessmen, for some reason the jingoists do not object to this. The level of hypocrisy is astonishing. You are either there or there. Either you are for communism and for the destruction of the right to private property and for the nationalization of enterprises, or you are for "market" relations, then you have no right to touch someone else's private property.
12.07-12.28 No, this is a shame specifically for those responsible persons who allowed the collapse of the national currency, as well as those economists who shift the blame from these persons to the long-suffering people who are not in business at all.
12.28-13.54 At first glance, it seems that Katasonov began to think in the right direction. But this is only at first glance. Where is the answer to the questions? Why is Mr. Katasonov needed if he cannot sort out this problem? Why didn't the Central Bank bear responsibility for its actions? Why are speculators getting bolder? Are they not subject to the law? Act! There are two options left: a) either the executive branch, the government, acts in concert with the Central Bank, b) or the Central Bank is the "5th column", which deliberately harms the Russian people. But then two more questions follow from this option: a) Why do our people need such a useless spineless government? b) why did it happen that the budget benefited from the actions of the Central Bank? If the 5th column wanted to put the government in a difficult position, then it is very strange that it works into his hands. From all these situations, only two possible consequences follow: a) either the government is in collusion with the "5th column" represented by the Central Bank, or the Central Bank is not a "5th column", but still in collusion with the government. The same conclusion follows from these two consequences - the government and the Central Bank are in collusion against the people, and the Central Bank does not act contrary to the government, but, on the contrary, the actions of the Central Bank are sanctioned by the government. It was this situation that put Katasonov in such a difficult position that, instead of voicing this conclusion, he simply shrugged his shoulders and said: "I don't know." He knows everything very well, but only his task is to sell people nonsense about conspiracies of Jews and Jewish Masons.
13.54-14.21 there too.
14.21-14.46 - wonderful logic. It is not the prosecutor's office that is to blame, which is silent, seeing the crime, it is not the government, which is silent, seeing the crime, that is to blame. The Constitution is to blame for violating the Constitution! Maybe let's go even further and say that the people themselves are to blame for choosing the wrong guarantors of the constitution?
20.06-20.50 - Katasonov forgets to mention that in the USSR there was socialism and a planned economy, there was no competition and the right to private property, where the government was responsible for all areas economic life, regulated production at each plant, and therefore it was not profitable for him to abuse his powers of printing money. Katasonov, in essence, proposes the same thing that Starikov proposed - the nationalization of the Central Bank under capitalism, under conditions of commodity-money relations and competition, where the government is not responsible for the situation of entrepreneurs and the working masses. Any printing of money beyond the needs of the economy is the cause of inflation, which affects the life of the people. If the government is entrusted with printing money, then where is the guarantee that it will not print money 100 or 1000 times more than it needs to? Where is the guarantee that the government will not abuse this power in order to solve the financial problems of officials? Everyone knows that inflation burns people's savings, and wage workers lose their income, because. their salaries do not have time to be indexed in accordance with rising prices. Thus, the principle of private property is violated. The whole life of people, their incomes and savings are made dependent on the arbitrariness of officials. If you trample on private property, then to the fullest. Then Katasonov would have to announce that we need to build communism, which means that the government should, in addition to the right to print money, take responsibility for all the people of the country. But Katasonov does not want to build communism. He wants to preserve the right to private property. Those. he proposes at the same time to trample on private property and preserve it. What does it mean? This means that he wants to enable the ruling elites and monopolists to assert their right to private property by trampling on the private property of all the rest of the people of the country. Those. in this matter, Katasonov, like Starikov, takes the side of the oligarchs and officials against the working masses and small entrepreneurs. The separation of the Central Bank from the government was invented for a reason, just like the separation of the judiciary from the executive branch was invented for a reason. It is clear that those in power can influence both Central Bank officials and judges with the help of bribery and other leverage. But in this case, at least the appearance of observing the principles of democracy remains. Do you think foreign capitalists will want to invest in the Russian economy if they know that market conditions depend on the arbitrariness of the Russian authorities? I don't think!
Katasonov, like Starikov, operates with vague concepts. He talks all the time about the sovereignty of Russia and the Russian economy, without specifying that the Russian economy, like the economy of any other countries, is based on competition, there is no such formula within the framework of market relations in which everyone would be fine. What is good for some is bad for others. The depreciation of the ruble ruined a large number of people in the country and at the same time corrected the affairs of the Ministry of Finance and speculators who had insider information. The nationalization of the Central Bank will give excellent bonuses to the ruling classes and at the same time will throw large working masses at their feet and make them dependent on their arbitrariness. When Katasonov speaks of the interests of Russia, he speaks primarily of the interests of the upper classes. When Lenin spoke about the interests of Russia, he spoke about the interests of the working masses. As such, in isolation from the class system of society, Russia's interests do not exist. There are workers and there are those who profit from the workers. There are workers' ideologists like Lenin, and there are ideologists of the ruling classes like Katasonov, ideologues who exist at their expense and flit through their channels. Their goals, like those of the classes whose interests they defend in information field directly opposed to the interests of the working people. Whom to listen to and whose ideas to accept, it depends on which class you belong to. If you are, for example, a wage worker, then the best ideology for you is the one that will allow you to free yourself from the yoke of wage slavery, i.e. communism. If you are the son of a rich uncle, an official or a big businessman, then, of course, the ideas of people like Katasonov will be close to you, because these ideas will help you more effectively rob working people and live at their expense. All this talk about world Jewry, about 5 columns, about fascism, etc. are just fairy tales designed to cover up the true deeds of the ruling classes. Katasonov, with his fairy tales, is trying to create the appearance that all the problems of capitalism are not a product of competition and private property relations, but the evil intrigues of the world behind the scenes. With the same success one could say that alien civilizations are to blame for everything. The whole joke is that with a non-existent enemy, the fight is impossible. And since the struggle is impossible, then it’s not even worth straining. To this are added lulling rantings about God, they say, he himself will do everything, he himself will lead the denouement to the end he wants. (22.50-23.15 KATASONOV ABOUT GOD) What remains in this case for working people? And nothing! To be a slave to the system, an obedient working animal. It is noteworthy that Katasonov himself in 91-93. worked as a UN consultant, just during the collapse of the USSR. In 1993-96 he was a member of the Advisory Board to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. And in 2010, he worked at the Central Bank of Russia, just in all those structures that, according to him, are subordinate to world Jewry. For some reason, his anti-Zionist convictions did not prevent him from working side by side with the enemies of the Russian people and enjoying all the benefits warm places. Based on this information, I think you yourself will be able to fully assess the value of Katasonov's words. From official propaganda, no one will tell you that the "5th column" is actually scary only ruling elite. No one will tell you that sanctions are imposed by the West not against Russian people, but against the Russian government, which does not want to comply with the norms international law. Official propaganda will not tell you that the war in Ukraine is being waged not against fascism, but for the selfish motives of a narrow layer of Russian oligarchs, and also in order to divert people's eyes from domestic policy into the outer realm and play on their people's fear of fictional fascism. All this people like Katasonov and Starikov will not tell you. But they will tell you a lot about the world Jewish behind the scenes, about the evil Ukrofascists, about geopolitics and about God. Because they need not sane people who are able to ask questions, but an obedient herd of sheep.
Agony financial pyramid Fed. Racketeering and expropriation of the Washington Regional Committee.
The book attempts to comprehend the events of the last period of US history, which falls at the beginning of the 21st century. The focus of the work is on the economic and financial-monetary aspects of the current state of America.
The author considers the state called "United States" as part of the global political and economic system, which can be conditionally called Pax Americana. The American state functions as the metropolis of Pax Americana. The second element of the system is the 100-year-old Federal Reserve System (FRS), which is a private corporation and owned by a narrow group of world moneylenders.
The third element is the dollar, the “production” of the “printing press” of the Fed, which 70 years ago at the Bretton Woods conference received the status of world money and today has become the main world currency. This political and economic system is a symbiosis of the creativity of the “founding fathers” (they are also Illuminati Freemasons) and world bankers.
Anti-crisis. Survive and win
The economic war against Russia has been going on for a long time, but only now it has taken such decisive and frightening forms. For the first time in many years, our country is on the verge of a real blockade. Russian property abroad is being seized, trade is frozen, the world seems to be frozen on the verge of a real war, and now its dress rehearsal is being held.
Valentin Yuryevich Katasonov - Professor at MGIMO, Doctor of Economics - is known as a researcher of the behind-the-scenes aspects of the global financial system. His new book deals with the hot topic of "economic warfare". Our country has risen to the challenge and joined the fight on the economic front. But is Russia ready for such a war and can it win it?
Dictatorship of bankocracy
Organized crime in the financial and banking world. How to resist financial bondage.
The global world of finance is organized as a hierarchical system, like a kind of pyramid. At the top of it are the shareholders of the US Federal Reserve, and the Federal Reserve is, first of all, a “printing press”, the products of which (dollars) are distributed to banks, which are the main shareholders of the private corporation Federal Reserve. This is the same financial oligarchy that controls the economy and political life most of the world.
And where are the Russian banks? Their place is at the base of the pyramid. They act only as a kind of mechanism that ensures the collection of wealth in a vast economic space. Russian Federation and passing it up. Its final recipients are all the same owners of the FRS. The proposed work reveals some aspects of the criminal activities of world banks in Russia, and often the world's bankers do not "shine", they act through their "vassals" - banks with Russian brands.
Behind the scenes of international finance
The book contains an analysis of the most acute problems of the financial world at the beginning of the 21st century, which were not reflected and comprehended in textbooks and scientific literature. Many of these problems, as the author emphasizes, are manifestations of a much more serious problems emerging in the field of geopolitics, sociology and anthropology.
Most of the financial world today is in the “shadow”, the work is trying to unravel some of the secrets of this shadow world. The probability of the second "wave" of the global financial crisis, an overview of the most probable variants of the new world order is given.
The monograph is intended as an additional material for undergraduate and graduate students studying world economy, international finance, sociology and world politics.
golden scam
The new world order is like a financial pyramid.
Publicist Katasonov V.Yu. in his book, he reveals the background of the global financial crisis as the machinations of banksters (the word is a derivative of "banker" and "gangster"), seeking to put the world before a choice between bad and very bad.
Banksters are playing a win-win golden scam. Moreover, the role of "suckers of last resort" in the global financial system is destined for Russian citizens. Who withdraws money offshore and how will they be withdrawn? What you need to know about the upcoming global confiscation of bank deposits? Who stole all the gold in the world? Will gold become world money again? What awaits the dollar, euro and ruble in the near future? How to save your money in the face of bankster robbers?
Temple in Jerusalem as a financial center
The book is an attempt to understand the essence and patterns of development of the modern world of finance by revealing a certain "genetic code" of the earthly history of mankind. The author shows a striking similarity of many features of the modern financial system with those systems that existed in antiquity.
Based Holy Scripture, works of the Holy Fathers, scientific research the ancient financial history of the Jewish people is recreated. It is shown that the Temple in Jerusalem was not only a spiritual and religious center, but also a financial center of the ancient Jews. After the Babylonian captivity, the Jewish people became the bearer of the "spirit of capitalism", having intercepted this baton from the inhabitants of ancient Babylon. The spiritual essence of the modern capitalist system is revealed as the personification of the Cainite civilization, originating from the origins of the existence of mankind.
The work is addressed to all readers interested in history, finance, religion.
Capitalism
History and ideology monetary civilization».
In the fundamental work of the Russian scientist, Doctor of Economics Valentin Katasonov, the history and ideology of capitalism, a monetary civilization that created a new system of slavery, more effective than the traditional slave system, is explored.
The author convincingly proves that the basis of capitalism is the ideology of Judaism, which divides the whole world into a certain select minority and the rest of humanity, called to serve it. Katasonov explores the genesis of the development of capitalism from the ancient world to the present day, showing the formation of tax and debt slavery.
False prophets of the end times. Darwinism and Science as Religion
Many are sure that "progress" is taking place in the world, that is, the process of gaining by man and mankind more and more complete knowledge. However, there is knowledge and "knowledge".
Knowledge alone brings man closer to what philosophers call absolute truth, and another "knowledge" of it can lead away from this truth. We live in a time when man and mankind are moving by leaps and bounds along the road that leads man farther and farther away from the truth. And the guide that leads mankind along this road, it turns out, strange as it may seem to many, is science. Science is considered by many to be public institution, which is entrusted with the mission of understanding nature, society, and man.
Today, however, there are many signs that it has become a sect. Moreover, a sect that has an openly anti-Christian orientation. Vivid proof of this is a pseudoscientific theory called "Darwinism".
world bondage
Robbery by...
According to the author, the powerful banking clans of the West, first of all, the Rothschilds, have long developed their own global financial doctrine, and are doing everything so that Russia will always remain a monetary and raw material appendage of Western civilization.
How this doctrine was developed, what specific actions were taken and are being taken to implement it, what role is assigned to the current Russian government in it - Valentin Katasonov dwells on all this in detail in his book presented to your attention.
Robbery of Russia. Racketeering and expropriations of the Washington Regional Committee
The latest developments in the global economy, which began in Cyprus in March 2013, are an excellent educational material, where our Russian kleptomaniacs can be shown that they always act as "suckers" for the global financial oligarchy.
The authorities of the European Union have decided to confiscate a significant part of the funds of depositors in Cypriot banks. A few months later, Brussels approved the application of the bank rescue scheme tested in Cyprus in all countries of the European Union. Tomorrow this scheme can be legalized on a global scale. In fact, before our very eyes, there is a rejection of the cornerstone principle of capitalism - the "sanctity" and "inviolability" of private property.
A global expropriation begins in the interests of a narrow group of the financial oligarchy. In the very near future, it may also hit Russia. The author proposes a program of measures to protect our country from global expropriation in the context of the economic war unleashed by the US and the West against Russia.
Orthodox understanding of society
Sociology of Konstantin Leontiev. Historiosophy of Lev Tikhomirov.
The book of the outstanding Russian scientist Valentin Yurievich Katasonov examines the views of the great Russian thinkers K. Leontiev and L. Tikhomirov, focused on the path of spiritual salvation.
The sociological approach of K. Leontiev and the historiosophical approach of L. Tikhomirov complement each other well, giving a more holistic, “voluminous” Orthodox understanding of society.
Russia and the West in the 20th century
The history of economic confrontation and coexistence.
The book of the outstanding Russian scientist Valentin Yurievich Katasonov shows the history of economic relations between Russia and the West in the 20th century.
The author argues that since the 19th century, Western European countries and the United States have been imposing a system of unequal economic, financial and credit relations on Russia, trying to turn our country into a colony, a raw materials appendage of Western countries. The West maintains a similar system of relations with Russia even now.
According to Katasonov, the attempts of the West to forever turn our country into a raw material colony are illusory, Russia will return its power, return the loot, and no "Jesuit agreements" of the West will help it.
Sanctions. Economics for Russians
Valentin Yuryevich Katasonov, professor at MGIMO, Doctor of Economics, is known as a researcher of the behind-the-scenes aspects of the global financial system. His new book deals with the hot but little explored topic of "economic warfare". The current economic sanctions, which are organized by the West against Russia in connection with the events in Ukraine, are perceived as a sensational event. Meanwhile, the author convincingly shows that economic wars, with the participation of our country, have been going on for decades.
Special attention the author paid attention to “counter-sanctions”, the experience of countering blockades and embargoes by Russia. Valentin Yurievich gives a forecast for the future of today's sanctions, how Russia will deal with them. And Katasonov's predictions almost always come true!
Ukraine. Economics of Troubles, or Blood Money
Civil War in Spain (1936), Japan's attack on China (1937), Hitler's Anschluss of Austria and the capture of Czechoslovakia by Germany (1938) ... How many European inhabitants of the second half of the 30s suspected that this was not local conflicts, of which there are always enough in the world, and the first stage of a new - the bloodiest in history - world war, that these are the great powers building their geopolitical and economic positions before grabbing each other's throats?
Iraq, Yugoslavia, Libya, Syria... Perhaps, in half a century, historians will call "local" wars in these countries the first stage of World War III?
It remains to find out where the new Armageddon will begin.
Can today's Ukraine, like Poland once did, become a bone of contention between the great powers and a pretext for a nuclear fire sweeping humanity off the face of the planet?
How can we avoid big war?
Masters of money
In the twentieth century, the United States managed to become a hegemon. In the 21st century, America is the only superpower, the world's creditor and the world's gendarme. And it owes all this to the Federal Reserve System, the structure that stands behind all American politics.
This year will be the centenary of the Federal Reserve, which acts as the central bank of the United States. For a century, politicians and statesmen who were trying to rein in a private corporation with a sly "US Federal Reserve" sign. Today, for the majority of Americans, the threats associated with a permanent financial and economic crisis have become obvious.
Gradually, an understanding began to emerge of the role that banksters and the US Federal Reserve, which owns the "printing press", are playing in creating this crisis. But the Fed is becoming the object of criticism and sharp attacks not only from the Americans.
Economic war against Russia
The book is devoted to the little-studied topic of "economic warfare".
For many, the current economic sanctions against Russia, organized by the West in connection with the events in Ukraine, are perceived as a sensational and unprecedented event. The author shows that there is nothing sensational in this, since the economic war against our country has been waged for almost a century, since the end of 1917.
The book discusses the main stages, goals and methods of economic warfare against Soviet Russia, USSR, Russian Federation. Particular attention is paid to the experience of our country in countering various sanctions, blockades and embargoes. The most powerful answer Soviet Union on the economic war the West has become Stalinist industrialization, during which 9 thousand enterprises were built. The country gained complete economic independence.
The economic theory of the Slavophiles and modern Russia
"Paper ruble" S. Sharapov.
The book examines the economic works of Sergei Fedorovich Sharapov (1855-1911), which absorbed many of the main ideas of the Slavophiles.
In an alternative model of the economy and monetary system, proposed by Sharapov, the key elements were absolute (paper) money, imaginary capital, reserve capital, state banks, state monopolies in a number of sectors of the economy, the state-controlled exchange rate of the ruble, etc.
The current state of the Russian economy is very reminiscent of the situation that was a century ago, so many thoughts of Russian Slavophile economists remain relevant to this day.
From slavery to slavery
From ancient rome to modern capitalism.
The book represents an attempt at a metaphysical understanding of the history of mankind from ancient Rome to the present day.
Despite many changes in everyday life, the incredible development of the productive forces, the emergence of many technical innovations, the people and society of Ancient Rome and our time are surprisingly similar. We habitually call the society of that time a slave system, and modern society - capitalism.
Meanwhile, at that time there was slave-owning capitalism, and in our time we have capitalist slave-owning. Two thousand years ago, humanity was on the brink of an abyss. Today it teeters on the same abyss.
Religion of money
Spiritual and religious foundations capitalism.
For the first time in more than a hundred years since the publication of the works of German sociologists Max Weber and Werner Sombart, the proposed book returns to a fundamental understanding of the religious and spiritual roots of modern capitalism.
The author critically analyzes the work of these sociologists, separates the "grain" from the "chaff" in their concepts, reveals new phenomena in capitalism, due to the spiritual transformations of man and society in the XX - early XXI centuries
The paper puts forward the fundamental thesis that today all the major world religions are undergoing a process of transformation into a single world religion, which the author conditionally calls the "religion of money." Such a “diagnosis” is extremely important for humanity to realize the underlying causes of the impending crises and cataclysms and consciously begin to dissociate itself from the “religion of money”. The final part of the work summarizes the Christian (Orthodox) alternative to capitalism.
Stalin's economy
Interest in the Stalin era of national history in our society remains consistently high, including the economy of this era.
The book of Doctor of Economic Sciences V. Yu. Katasonov, one of the leading economists of modern Russia, reveals the essence of the Stalinist economy, shows its unique character not only in comparison with the economies of other countries, but also with the economy of the USSR in the early and late periods.
The topic of the Stalinist economy is currently quite taboo, since any models of the so-called "market economy" that are being imposed on Russia fade against its background.
The author breaks through the conspiracy of silence around this topic, gives detailed description such elements of the Stalinist model of the economy as centralized management and planning, single-level banking system, double-circuit money turnover, state monopoly foreign trade and state currency monopoly, cost-benefit mechanism, public funds consumption, etc.
The time has come for another financier who dresses up in the toga of a patriot, although there is nowhere to put a stigma on his biography and modern connections. This is Valentin Katasonov.
In fact, the biography of Valentinin Yurievich speaks for itself.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The World Bank, central bank Russia....
For those who are a little off topic, what is the EBRD:
In connection with the beginning of economic transformations in the post-Soviet space in the 1990s. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was established. Its goal is to promote market reforms in the countries of Central and of Eastern Europe. Its founders are all European countries (except Albania), the USA, Canada, Japan, other states (40 in total) and two international organizations(EU and European Investment Bank). Members of the EBRD can be not only European countries, but any other countries - members of the IMF.
Washington. IMF. All the same faces. And Valentin Yuryevich, who is very worried about the monetary policy of our state, worked for them for three years. Then five years of work at the World Bank, which, to put it bluntly, also has nowhere to put stigma:
Membership condition World Bank is membership in the International Monetary Fund, that is, each member country of the IBRD must first become a member of the International Monetary Fund. Only those countries that are members of the IBRD can be members of other organizations that are members of the World Bank Group.
USA - 16.39%
Japan - 7.86%
Germany - 4.49%
France - 4.30%
UK - 4.30%
China - 2.78%
India - 2.78%
Italy - 2.78%
Canada - 2.78%
Russia - 2.78%
Saudi Arabia - 2.78%
Netherlands - 2.21%
Brazil - 2.07%
Belgium - 1.81%
Spain - 1.75%
Switzerland - 1.66%
Australia - 1.53%
Iran - 1.48%
Venezuela - 1.27%
Mexico - 1.18%
Argentina - 1.12%
The remaining 164 countries - 29.90%
I think that the requirement for mandatory participation in the IMF in order to enter the capital of the WB, together with the distribution of countries' votes in the World Bank, speaks volumes more than a thousand words in whose interests this organization works.
And after such an "internship" Valentin Katasonov becomes an economic adviser to the Central Bank of Russia. To be honest, for me the title of this position is almost consonant with the "watcher". By the way, this position in central office The Central Bank of Russia has not yet been found. Curious nuance. Especially if we recall the fact that the Central Bank of Russia was one of those who participated in the deepening of the crisis of 2008-2009.
Of the other interesting nuances regarding Valentin Yuryevich, it would be interesting to note his opinion about Evgeny Fedorov and Nikolai Starikov, which he expressed in August 2014. And Katasonov’s attitude towards Putin is quite well traced in the statements of Valentin Yuryevich:
He famously walked through them, didn't he? But less than a year later, Valentin Yuryevich took a different position and speaks together with Evgeny Alekseevich:
What can I say: the integrity of a person can be seen immediately.
Well, for those who consider Valentin Katasonov an excellent economist and financier, I suggest listening to his accusations against the President that he almost gave direct instructions to speculators to attack the ruble (around the 4th minute):
Valentin Yurievich's forecast for the dollar in January-February 2015 "for a hundred rubles" - no comment.
And miraculously, Valentin Katasonov, like many of the current "patriots" promoted in various ways, surprisingly regained his sight after he left important posts and since 2011
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The report of the Ministry of Economic Development is a document of the colonial administration, says a well-known economist
“How much can we go on about these, excuse me, feeble-minded people? asks Valentin Katasonov, referring to the geniuses from the Ministry of Economy. - "Ene-bene-slave, quinter-finter-toad" - and we are trying to translate this into Russian. That's bullshit. This is Berlag's accountant, who ended up in a ward for the insane. Economic development is just a sign that masks the "Ministry of Economic Destruction and Economic Destruction."
Valentin Katasonov Photo: BUSINESS Online
"NOT GOVERNMENT BUT COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION"
The Ministry of Economic Development wrapped its report in optimistic oil. All this can be called an "oil painting", and the document is called "The Picture of the Economy". But what is fundamentally important? The ministry talks about how wonderful the cut-off price of $40 per barrel of oil under the budget rule is, and the Oreshkinites at the same time argue that this cut-off price actually makes it impossible for exactly what the ministry should be doing - economic growth. How can such a document come out of the bowels of such a ministry, and what is a budget rule in general in the current conditions?
Here you can chew gum for hours, and I will explain very simply, as for elementary school students. The price of black gold today is about 69-70 dollars. The cut-off price is 40. At least half of these forty is to cover the costs of extraction and transportation. It turns out that the Russian budget receives 20 dollars, and the American budget receives 30 dollars. That is, the budget rule is actually a definition of the proportion: what part of black gold exports serves the Russian budget and what part serves the American budget. It turns out that the American budget receives 1.5 times more than the Russian one. Here is the colonial model for you.
This simple truth is covered up by the leadership of the Ministry of Economic Development with pseudo-economic words: “Against the background of the rising oil price, the current budget rule, according to the Ministry of Economy, will allow achieving a budget surplus of 1% of GDP already in 2018 (for the first time since 2011) and replenish the NWF by $50 billion. The current mechanism in the long run ensures low volatility of all key economic indicators - inflation, economic growth rates, wages". How much can we go on about these, excuse me, feeble-minded people? “Ene-bene-slave, quinter-finter-toad” - and we are trying to translate this into Russian. That's bullshit. This is Berlag's accountant, who ended up in a ward for the insane. When we discuss it in all seriousness, we start playing by their rules. It is correct to understand that "economic development" is just a sign. In fact, this is the Ministry of Economic Destruction, Economic Destruction. The government is not a government, but a colonial administration. There is no economy, there is just a robbery.
You can, of course, say that the bandits on high road are also engaged in the economy, because they redistribute something. Well, let's call robbery the economy. Approximately the same thing happens when we discuss the so-called budget rule. In fact, this means that the bandits put a knife to the victim's throat and say - money or life, wallet or death! Here's money for the subway, leave a penny for a loaf of bread - please give the rest. 20 dollars goes to the budget of the Russian Federation, 30 "green" goes to the American budget - this is an illustration of how a man was walking along the road, and bandits came out to meet him. Accordingly, the Ministry of Economic Development is those pickers, those barkers who led the robbed person into a dark alley. That's all.
Back in the spring, Kudrin, seemingly an ultra-liberal liberal, complained that the budget rule was too rigid and wanted to make some concessions to us, the people of Russia. He talked about the $45 cut-off price. Apparently, at that time there was a very serious situation with the budget, it was necessary to somehow reduce the deficit. However, it doesn't matter - Oreshkin and Siluanov still said - no, there are 40 and there will be 40. It doesn't matter - 40 or 45. The main thing is that there is a robbery. And why are we going to discuss how much we left in the purse of the poor traveler - 30 kopecks or 35? When we discuss the topic in this way, I believe that we thereby lose. We slavishly, servilely agree with the predatory principle and discuss only how many kopecks will be left for us. I cannot agree with this, I am generally against the budget rule, this is my firm position.
“CONFIRMATION OF THE FINISHABILITY OF THE BUDGET RULE IS MAYBE NOT THE MOST EXPRESSIVE WHITE FLAG YET”
The message from the Ministry of Economic Development is on the eve of the document of the United States Department of the Treasury, which will concern Putin's closest oligarchic circle. Confirmation of the inviolability of the budget rule - maybe not the most expressive white flag yet, because they have been throwing this white flag for many years, the budget rule has existed for more than one year. Here we should rather talk about other white flags. I would remember the Ministry of Economic Development in connection with the "swine story" around the WTO and pork. Several State Duma deputies turned to the Committee on Economic Policy so that it would prepare a detailed request to the Ministry of Economic Development about this whole “swine story”. Regarding how effectively we promote and protect our interests through the courts. And also - what are the intermediate results of our stay in the WTO - it will soon be 5 years since we are in this cage. And the last point - how expedient is it to continue to stay in the WTO, and does the Ministry of Economic Development consider it necessary to withdraw from the organization? Oreshkintsy hurried. When such an initiative was taken by a group of deputies from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, on the very same day they prepared a report on this topic. There are countless reports! And in this report there is such a phrase: "The competent authorities of the Russian Federation do not find it expedient even to discuss the issue of Russia's withdrawal from the WTO." There you are!
Indeed, there are no even estimates of how much we have lost or gained from WTO membership. From my point of view, of course, we lost, it can be seen with the naked eye. And in this case, the Ministry of Economic Development once again showed that it is the Ministry of Economic Destruction, which acts in the interests of our geopolitical adversary.
Time works against us because we lose even what was created by previous generations. And that, of course, is a crime. This crime is not only economic. The other day I was reading St. Nicholas of Serbia: something similar happened in Serbia. He said, “You are not just stealing from one person, you are stealing from millions of people. Therefore, this sin - the sin of embezzlement - is much more serious. But the budget rule is embezzlement! The beneficiary of this embezzlement may be our overseas "partner" or a specific official. “Moreover, since the budget is mainly created at the expense of taxes of people not of the richest, but of low-income or even poor people, you are stealing from the poor,” this is how Nikolai Serbsky said. And then keep in mind that how many generations shed blood, shed sweat to create all this wealth, this whole country. You steal from ancestors, you steal from generations, you bring the wrath of God upon yourself. This is a very serious thing, it is primarily a spiritual thing. Since some of our officials like to go to churches, I just think that it would be nice for them to read aloud the speech of Nikolai Serbsky, which he addressed to those embezzlers who stole in Serbia on the eve of World War II.
Those 2% economic growth that Oreshkin prophesies to us under the current budget rule and membership in the WTO - what is it from an economic point of view? Is this a statistical error or does it mean something?
First, of course, is statistical chemistry, as I say. There is no advantage there. Secondly, even if there would be a plus and not even 2%, but 10%, keep in mind that all these “plus 10” would be privatized either by our oligarchs or our overseas “partners”. Therefore, economic growth in conditions when the country is in a state of semi-colony is a complete absurdity. We do not need such economic growth at all, because the beneficiaries of this economic growth are everyone except the people.
Valentin Katasonov
"Tomorrow", 01/16/2018
Valentin Katasonov— Doctor of Economics, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Economic Sciences and Entrepreneurship, Professor of the Department of International Finance at MGIMO, Chairman of the Russian economic society them. Sharapova, author of 10 monographs (including Great Power or Environmental Power? (1991), Project Finance as a New Method of Organizing Investment in the Real Sector of the Economy (1999), Capital Flight from Russia (2002), Flight capital from Russia: macroeconomic and monetary aspects” (2002) and many articles.
Born in 1950.
Graduated from MGIMO (1972).
In 1991-1993 he was a consultant to the UN (Department of International Economic and Social Problems), in 1993-1996 he was a member of the Advisory Board under the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
In 2001-2011 - Head of the Department of International monetary relations MGIMO (U) Russian Foreign Ministry.