Alternative Visions

Alternative Visions with Dr. Jack Rasmus - 5-1-26

Today's show reviews latest US GDP numbers showing mostly driven by AI investing and top 10% consumers' spending. History of GDP from 2020 covid recession to the present. Why after $10 trillion fiscal-monetary stimulus we're still getting only a 2% annual growth rate. Show also discusses Fed chair Powell's decision to remain and implications for interest rate policy. AI boom latest numbers. Why the US empire cannot continue as structured and why Trump will bomb the hell out of Iran and declare victory and leave, much like Nixon did in Vietnam in 1972-73

Long Term Effects of Iran War on US & Global Economies

Talk is growing globally of the negative impacts of the Iran War on the US and global economies. The US and Iran appear to have settled into a longer term conflict, as Trump will likely escalated the conflict inevitably over the next four weeks. The long term impacts on global and US GDP are considered. On the fate of the Petrodollar. Asian and EU economies. The multiple impacts on US inflation. The first full month, March, of the war is compared to the February US economy.  What's the outlook for US deficits and debt. Financial markets. Jobs.

Alternative Visions - The Fed, MIC and AI + Is There Really a Deal on Hormuz?

Latest news on Trump's attack on the Fed, the US military industry complex short of weapons, and AI job bloodbath now accelerating. Update on Iran war negotiations: Trump's lies on Hormuz and events of the past week.

Private Credit Financial Instability Revisited + Iran's 10 Point Condition for Negotiation

Today's show revisits the continuing instability in the private credit of the US financial system. Is the fragility steadily getting worse? Latest US inflation stats and jobs numbers. Update on the  ceasefire in Iran that isn't and why the hot war and economic destabilization will renew after 2 weeks.

Alternative Visions - The Costs of Losing the Iran War

Trump's talk to the nation this week he promised to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure next two weeks and blast them 'back to the stone age'. Oil and stock markets plummeted. Direct costs per day continued past $70 billion. Will he go 'TACO' or send US troops into a ground war? Either way, the broader economic costs will almost certainly push the US, and possibly, global economy into recession. Today's show explains why. Simultaneously shadow banks in US slide toward instability as the private credit market instability worsens.

Alternative Visions - US & Global Economies on the Brink of Ground War in Iran

today's show reviews the condition of the US financial and real economies as Trump and Zionists prepare for a ground war in Iran. The fragility of the private credit sector in the US is reviewed, as contagion spreads from AI to software companies to their private credit lenders. How multiple forces are driving up inflation in the US economy now, not just from oil prices. The impact of the Fed not cutting and about to raise interest rates. Why US rates and monetary policy are negated by financialization and globalization. How a ground war may lead to a US dollar decline and its repercussions on US inflation and the US economy. Trump's 15 point program to lure Iran into negotiations to buy time. Iran's 5 pt reply. Show concludes with latest developments in Ukraine drone war.

Alternative Visions - 3-20-26

Alternative Visions - 3-20-26

Alternative Visions - Oil Price Shock & US/Israel War on Iran

As the IAEA predicts a global oil price shock worse than the 1970s, as the Iran war enters its second week the economic effects and implications now begin to deepen. Crude oil prices return to more than $100 barrel, with predictions by Golden Sachs could hit $200. What are the Trump responses so far? Why are they insufficient. What's the impact on US inflation from the Oil shock by sector? Jobs and GDP? Stock markets? Interest  rates? US dollar devaluation? Why focusing on just Supply as cause of oil prices is insufficient. What are the total causes of oil inflation? Finally, what are the respective war strategies of Trump, Israel, Iran?

Alternative Visions with Dr. Jack Rasmus - Trump's SOTU Speech and the Real US Economy

Last Tuesday Trump gave his 1 hour and 47 minute State of the Union speech to Congress. While most was the theatrical clown show that has come to define SOTU speeches, with lemming like Congresspeople jumping up and clapping at every fragment of sentence, the first 30 minutes or so was about how great the US economy was doing—filled with misrepresentations and outright lies about the US economy's current condition.  Here's the real not to pretty picture about Jobs, Inflation, GDP, stock markets, taxes, deficits and debt, and of course tariffs.

Alternative Visions with Dr. Jack Rasmus - Ukraine War 4 Years After & Why More

 The NATO-Russia Ukraine war is 4 years old on February 24, 2026. Despite talk by US media and politicians, a peace agreement is not imminent. Today's show reviews the history of the conflict (politically, militarily) and presents an analysis why the end of the war is not anywhere near. Positions of the parties today (EU, Zelensky, US, Russia), why Ukraine elections this spring won't change anything, why Trump can't (won't) resolve the conflict, why EU wants the war to continue until 2030, why Russia hasn't been able to prevail in the military conflict despite devastating Ukraine's military, while new military technologies mean professional armies cannot conquer when confronting each other.  Implications for conflicts in US pending war in Iran and Asia.