Editor and publisher of The International Forecaster, Bob Chapman, discussed the economic crisis, how brokerage firms such as Goldman Sachs played a part in
fueling the collapse, and where he sees the economy heading into the future. He dismissed news that the economic crisis may be abating. Instead, Chapman
said, we are merely seeing a "barrage of government propaganda, the psy ops that go on everyday, convincing people that everything is going to be okay."
He decried the use of derivatives by large firms like Goldman Sachs and alleged that their nefarious activity goes even further than that. According to
Chapman, these companies pay a fee to have their automated trading computers positioned closest to the central computer of the New York Stock Exchange,
which processes incoming and outgoing trades. "Because of its proximity, in nanoseconds," Chapman explained, the computers, and thus the firms, become
"privy to orders before anybody else is and they are able to counteract what is going on with the orders, in order to make a larger profit."
Looking ahead to the future, Chapman foresaw the further devaluing of the dollar, estimating that over the course of the next two to three years,
"it will lose two thirds of its value versus other currencies." He was skeptical about a one world currency, but did suggest the possibility that one could
be created "for trading purposes only." This specialized currency would allow for countries to keep their own internal monetary systems. Perhaps most
troubling, he was adamant that the financial crisis will lead to a global war, saying "you can take that to the bank, if the bank is still there."
