Stephen Zarlenga      (early photo)

Director and co-founder of the American Monetary Institute in 1996; author of The Lost Science of Money book; and the Refutation of Menger's Theory of the Origin of Money; and Greening the Dollar, a free CD of his presentation at the Green Party's July 07 National Convention;  plus various articles and speeches, presents the background; objectives; challenges and methodology of the AMI and the Conference agenda and goals. An overview of what the AMI has accomplished since its founding in 1996, and our challenges and plans for the future.

Ole Mackeprang

Ole Mackeprang, European Financier spoke on "Money Systems & Warfare" at our 2007 Conference and will update us on the practical changes the Euro has brought since its launch. Back then the Euro was proclaimed "dead on arrival." Today pundits claim the U.S. Dollar is the casualty. Mackeprang speaks 8 languages, has worked in 62 countries, principally France, Germany, Italy and Spain (Banque Rothschild and Banque de l'Union Parisienne are some companies he has worked with). His fascinating experiences are described in his book, destined to become a motion picture. The life experiences it describes are what American kids (20 & 30 year olds) can only dream about in today's world - and Yes - we shared some of those times working together in old Europe!

DickDistelhorst

Dick Distelhorst, Long term monetary reformer, will speak on what must be done now! Travel being inadvisable, Dick will present through video with questions by phone. Dick is among the most knowledgeable Americans regarding the workings of the Federal Reserve System. He also understands fully which actions have to be taken to end this tyrrany of a self declared elite. Our nation and its people cannot survive the continuance of the present privately-owned, debt-based monetary system. Either we kill that system now or it will kill our representative democracy. That is the stark choice now facing us. There is no doubt that the solution to our economic and social justice problems is to institute the debt-free monetary system proposed in the American Monetary Act. Dick is a Senior Advisor to the Institute.

Dr. Norman    Ehrentreich     Prof. Michael      Hudson

Dr. Norman Ehrentreich, a quantitative investment analyst of fixed income securities, responsible for forecasting interest rate decisions of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee; and another market pro will discuss and analyze the current situation of the markets and where they might be going. Prof. Michael Hudson, author of "Super Imperialism," who predicted the Housing Crisis exactly correctly in a Harpers Magazine cover story two years before it happenned gives his views of the future developments and what's in store for the financial markets.

A panel including Walton, Poteat, Walsh.

Speakers summarize and field more questions on their subjects.

Friday 25th September

8:00 AM     Coffee, tea, breads and jams availilable at meeting room. 

9:00 AM    Chris Lindstrom speaks on The Myth of Money - The Spirit of Berkshares

Christopher Lindstrom

Christopher R. Lindstrom is the grandson of David Rockefeller and great great grandson of John D. Rockefeller and Nelson Aldrich, the senator and political force behind the Federal Reserve. Chris organized the highly successful  Shumacker monetary Conference in May 2004 (Pete Seeger called it the best conference he ever attended) and was deeply involved in the creation of the Berkshares local currency program in Great Barrington Massachusets. Chris will speak on his family legacy; the spiritual journey that led him to the money question; the ideas that led him to participate in the launching of Berkshares; and the lessons from that experience.

9:30 AM           Richard Cook will speak on:
                             Democratization of the Monetary System

Richard Cook

Richard Cook, Formerly the NASA whistleblower on the Challenger disaster; then 2 decades at the U.S. Treasury, with a lifetime in monetary/economic studies. As a policy analyst for the U.S. government from 1970 until 2007, his career included service with the U.S. Civil Service Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the Carter White House, NASA, and the U.S. Treasury Department. Richard is one of the key people who will help determine the course of monetary reform in America. His talk will focus on an overview of the monetary reform movement; from nationalizing the Fed, to the American Monetary Act, to Social Credit and the National Dividend, to the Basic Income Guarantee, and local currencies.  He'll address various aspects of how monetary reform is rooted in ethical and spiritual values

Robert Poteat

Robert Poteat is one of America's most knowledgeable, reality based experts on our money system. A long term and meticulous monetary researcher, certainly among the top half dozen in America in awareness of monetary systems, and the leader of AMI's Northwest Chapters. Monetary reform is not just an academic or entertaining exercise; it has strong implications for the future of humanity.  Sustainable ecology, both hardware and social infrastructure; conviviality; political stability; and amity depend on it.  It is a moral imperative. Bob is a senior advisor to the American Montary Institute.

Jamie Walton

Jamie Walton, a long time money reformer from New Zealand will describes why all three elements of the American Monetary Act are necessary. Those three elements of this single reform are: *Nationalization of the Federal Reserve into the U.S. Treasury; *Changes in lending accounting rules so that Banks no longer create any part of the money supply; *New money needed in a developing society is introduced by  Government, spending money into circulation on things like infrastructure. This will include the "human infrastructure" of education and health care.  Jamie is an AMI Researcher and helped to organize the 2008 and 2009 conferences.

Plus a Panel on the Act with Bob Poteat, Stephen Zarlenga, Steven Walsh.

Michelle St. Pierre

Michelle St. Pierre, Leader of the highly successful Ron Paul movement in north Washington State will tell "how HR 1207 (the Audit the Fed Bill) gained a majority of Congressional Co-sponsors through the efforts of Campaign for Liberty throughout the country. This important talk will include how to use the internet, social networking sites, blogs and grassroots organizing techniques to grow an organization that can lobby Congressman and Senators. Identifying the benefits of a bill and marketing that as a product. Finding the "what's in it for me?" rallying cry. How to make monetary reform the hot issue on everyone's mind." "Since HR 1207/SB 604 and the American Monetary Act address monetary issues, there are many similarities in marketing methods. We have been very successful in Washington State in lobbying our Congressmen and women. 7 out of 9 Reps in Washington State have signed on as co-sponsors."

Ben Dyson

Ben Dyson is a Brit monetary reformer, specializing in the necessary accounting techniques to achieve monetary reform allowing banks to make loans without creating money. Ben will discuss this and share his recent interview with Leading Brit Monetary Reformer and advanced social thinker, James Robertson. This promises to be an outstanding presentation and learning experience, not to be forgotten. At last years conference James was the recipient of AMI's Lifetime Achievement Award for monetary reform thought and action, which was accepted there by Alistair McConnachie of the Bromsgrove Conference. Ben Dyson's presentation has been made possible by the James Gibb Stuart Trust, an educational charity registered in the United Kingdom.

John O'Holleran

John O'Holleran of the American Society of Civil Engineers describes our nation's infrastructure deficit. John addressed our 2005 Conference, at which time the infrastructure deficit was about $1.6 trillion. It's now estimated at $2.2 trillion; or $440 Billion per year over the next 5 years. The Obama stimulus plan barely scratched the surface of this. Everyone agrees we need to fix the infrastructure but ask where will the money come from? Paying for the infrastructure requires an American Montary Act, to put the resources and workmen held in abundance, to work!

Dr. Edward     Chambers

Ed Chambers is a Philosopher, political organizer, and Author of "Roots for Radicals," Organizing for Power, Action and Justice; the advanced source book for achieving progressive goals. Dr. Chambers trained Barack Obama  in street organizing when he moved from the Harvard Law Review to Chicago's South Side; and in the difference between what is, and what should be! Ed discusses principles of organization that can apply to monetary reform. The IAF, founded by the late Saul Alinsky has an exceptionally strong record in getting movements started and into self financing positions of strength.

WilliamBergman

William Bergman, Economist and Formerly an official at the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank, until he became a whistleblower on Fed practices; last year gave an up to the minute discussion on the banking problem titled "Cash on Hand or Cash in the Bank." This year his address will focus on the present condition of banking after the massive bailouts. Who won? At whose expense? Why won't the banks lend? What should be done now?

Jack Ailey

Jack is a co-chair of the Platform Committee of the Green Party of the U.S. ; a long time peace and labor rights activist, and works to organize for the Green Party in Chicago. After the steel mill closed in 2001 he worked as an electrician for the CTA until retiring in June of 2008, and is now an electrician's instructor at Prairie State College. Jack is a member of SOAR (Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees) and of the Illinois Education Association. He will explain the Green Party process for amending its platform and offer suggestions on how to get your ideas before the members of the Green Party.

Simon Dixon

Simon Dixon spent the early part of his professional career in the City of London having experience as a stock broker, 'market maker' trader and investment banker. Originally trained as an economist, he is now Managing Director at financial training and consultancy company Benedix, working with UK financial institutions and universities. He actively campaigns for a fundamental reform of our monetary system; presenting to students and graduates at major universities across the UK. He also provides commentary on the financial crisis for major British TV, radio and print media.

Laurene Huffman

Laurene Huffman is a banking professional with 25 years of private sector commercial banking and regulatory experience.  Trained in Islamic lending, commercial and residential Murabaha and Ijara transactions.   She spoke at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's community and economic development round table forum in 2005 on Islamic Finance products.  She has also spoken on Islamic lending products for DePaul University, Chicago Association of Realtors and faith based international and community organizations. Her address will be on Faith Based Financing - Islamic Lending in the United States, with a brief overview for understanding the opportunities and challenges in Islamic lending, an emerging market here.

8:00 AM  Coffee, tea, breads and jams available

9:15  AM   Meredith Walker, Speaks on "Secrets of the Fed!"

10:00 AM  Dr. Cay Hehner, Director, Henry George School of Social Science, NY.
                     "The End of Capitalism as we Know it."

Cay Hehner

Dr. Cay Hehner, Masters in Economics and Phd in Social Science and Languages, Magna Cum Laude, on the Ideological Origin of the Holocaust and the Intellectual Resistance; Free University, Berlin. He has taught languages and economics in Berlin, Milan, Rome and New  York. He will evaluate the long term effects on the concept and practices of capitalism, of the criminally induced breakdown of our money and banking system.

10:45 AM   Will Abrams of Canada presents the Reforms Instituted
                              By Gerald Gratton McGeer

Will Abrams

Will Abrams of Duncan, British Columbia, (Long term monetary scholar, with his wife Celia), Presents the important and neglected story of Gerald G. McGeer, the "father" of the Bank of Canada, who instituted major monetary reforms along the lines of the American Monetary Act. Canada used them very successfully for decades, getting out of the Great Depression before the US and Great Britain. The great unrecognized importance of this is that Canada is a big, industrial country, not a tiny island (Guernsey). Thus the example of workability has far reaching and unignorable (except by some economists) consequences for the rest of the world. Then in the 1970s Hayekian idealogues attacked them theoretically, with negative effect on all Canadians. This is why such economists love to concentrate and wallow in theory, and then ignore the facts. Ludwig Von Mises, the famous Austrian economist used to claim that mere facts could not disprove his theories! This aspect of Will's Talk will illuminate the error in methodology which economics generally makes, with ill effect on humanity.

11:30 AM David I. Kelley discusses
                                 The Politics of Monetary Reform and Economic Justice

David I. Kelley

Dave Kelley, Legal and Economic Researcher from Ohio's Cleveland area, has witnessed firsthand the growing disparity in income and the resulting impact on wealth over the last three decades as a Certified Financial Planner. The issues advisor to presidential, senatorial and congressional campaigns, Kelley is the author of two seminal books on pensions, hundreds of articles and columns in the financial area focusing on pensions and Social Security. Last year he detailed how vicious interest rates (over 32% annually!) were "legalized" in the U.S. and how to once again make them illegal! This year David will discusses The Politics of Monetary Reform and Economic Justice.

12:30 PM LUNCH BREAK

1:30 PM  Prof. William Black will speak on
                              Fraud's Critical Role in Producing the Financial Crisis

William   Black

Prof. William Black, associate prof. of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City is the Man who successfully led the Savings & Loan Rescue effort in the early 1990s. While Congress budgeted $300 billion, the costs came in at under $150 billion. He was recently featured in a Bill Moyers PBS show on the banking and monetary crisis. He was Executive Director of the Institute for Fraud Prevention from 2005-2007, and was litigation director of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, deputy director of the FSLIC, SVP and General Counsel of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, and Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Thrift Supervision. He was deputy director of the National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery and Enforcement. He is profiled in Prof. Riccucci's book Unsung Heroes and Prof. Bowmans et al's book The Professional Edge. George Akerlof called his book The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One, "a classic."

2:30 PM   Prof. Nicolaus Tideman, Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech speaks on                                           How Banks will Compete After the Reforms Needed for
                                   Stable Money and Stable  Banking are in place.

Prof. Nic Tideman

Prof. Tideman received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (where he studied under Milton Friedman and others); taught at Harvard and served as Senior Staff Economist at the President’s Council of Economic Advisors before moving to Virginia Tech in 1973. He has been Professor of Economics there since 1985.  While his research has focused primarily on urban economics, public finance, voting rules and social justice, in 1975 he collaborated with Nobel Laureate James Buchanan in writing on “Gold, Money and the Law.” His topic this year is "How Banks will compete after the Reforms Needed for Stable Money and Stable Banking are in place." Nic is a senior advisor to the American Monetary Institute.

3:15 PM  Coffee Break

 3:30 PM  Prof. Michael Hudson speaks on Debts That Can't be paid Won't be Paid!
                       Resolving the Icelandic and Latvian Crises
                 (In which Prof. Hudson is now playing a direct role)

Prof. Michael Hudson

Author, Super Imperialism and Global Fracture; editor, Debt and Economic Renewal in the Ancient Near East; economic commentator for National Public Radio; Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Missouri, Kansas City and Chief Economic Advisor to the 2008 Kucinich for President Campaign. Dr. Hudson was the first to publicly identify the mechanism of "Dollar Imperialism" through the U.S. Balance of Payments deficits. His talk will focus on how resolving the Icelandic and Latvian crises could be the model for future crises resolutions.

4:30  PM   An Important Universally Recognized Celebrity Speaker
                 of Substantial Infamy (!) is Being Confirmed

5:00 PM Stephen Zarlenga, Director, American Monetary Institute on
          Economics Has Become a Clandestine Religion Not a Science

Stephen        Zarlenga

The world economy is wrecked by false monetary, banking and economic theories, yet major media continues to evaluate  economists proposals as though they  know what they're doing.   The farce continues to protect the evil doers from prosecution and to keep making massive payments to that gang.  Also because it would be very scary to admit how mismanaged the nation's economy really is! Here we examine how it happenned - and how Ayn Rand and her disciple Allan Greenspan managed to bring down the World Economy, with merely a bunch of words - with logomachy! Zarlenga proposes that considering the great damage done by the general economics profession, whether it's time to "de-certify" economics as a science, pending improvements in their definitions and methodology.

About 6:00 PM   Break for Dinner

7:00 PM   Dinner and Awards Ceremony

Dennis & Elizabeth Kucinich

Congressman Kucinich has become the most vocal force for true monetary reform in the Congress, and he really "gets it," down to the core. Have you watched some of his YouTube congressional Hearings? Six term Congressman from Cleveland, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Governmental Reform; 2004 and 2008 Candidate for the Presidency of the United States of America;  leading peace advocate; Introducer of Articles of Impeachment contra Bush and Cheney;   Dennis Kucinich, who with Elizabeth has addressed three previous AMI Conferences will speak on "The Necessity and Form for Monetary Reform to Take."

8:00 AM  Coffee,Tea, breads and jams available in meeting room

9:00 Steven Walsh Describes How Banks Create Money Out of Thin Air

StevenWalsh

Steven Walsh, leading Chicago educator and expert authority on New England Colonial moneys, describes how banks create money out of thin air. This subject has been complicated by counterintuitive bank accounting terminology (it could be called "logomachy") and by completely unjust mechanisms, counter to the public good. Presenting it to an audience is usually like leading them into a pit of quicksand. But Walsh's extensive work with 8th grade students has enabled him to make it understandable to adults - a rare and valuable accomplishment.

10:00 AMI Panel discussion on Proposed Legislation -
American Monetary Act
Outline of the three main, uncompromisable elements of the act -
the minimum actions necessary to place time on the side of justice
and humanity.

Dick Distelhorst, Steven Walsh, Stephen Zarlenga, Robert Poteat, Jamie Walton and others discuss The American Monetary Act.

 
10:45 AM  Open Questions/Suggestions Period

12:00 PM     Participants take readily available taxis for the 3 mile trip to the
North Avenue Beach House where Beach Barbecue party is already set up 250 yards
South of the Beach House, under the trees in the grassy area. Shade and chairs available. This event is somewhat weather dependent, however there is a covered area at the beachhouse if it rains. The one mile swim challenge is limited to expert swimmers as the Park Districk has removed (eaarly) most of the ladders for getting out of the water, normally 40 yards apart. They are now one quarter mile apart!

 (Assuming that Lake Michigan and the weather co-operate!)

2007 Conference Registration form is below (really!)

R.Simpson in Waves and 1/2 mile later arriving at Oak Street Beach.           Zarlenga arrives at beach.      2006 swimmers: S. Zarlenga,                                                                                                                                                                      R. Simpson, S. Walsh & G. Reinecker                                                                                                                                                                                           2006 Non-swimmers Ben Gisin                     Waves were near maximum                    AMI Chapter people, and conference attendees and Michael Hudson.                           for the swim challenge to go forward.

Conference Registration Form IS below!
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2009 AMI Conference Registration Form
Click here for a printer friendly registration form

  *Early Registration Discount if Postmarked by August 15th is $245,
and by August 30th its $295. Register NOW! through Paypal:

Registration $395.00
Advance Registration $295.00 Students and Activists $175.00

To Register By Phone call 224-805-2200

(An 80% refund is available until May 15^th, and will afterward be pro-rated downward to a 20% refund after September 1^st)

*The American Monetary Institute as part of its responsibility in sponsoring the Conference reserves the right at its sole discretion and without public or private explanation, to restrict attendance at this Conference to persons it considers will enhance the purposes of the meeting, as detailed above. Participants should understand and be in agreement that the conference will stay focused on monetary system questions and will not be diverted into other areas.

NOT AFFILIATED WITH ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY. Roosevelt University is simply the venue for the event. This does not imply either support or endorsement of the AMI; the speakers or their messages.

 For excellent pre-conference reading:  (Many conference presentations assume this book has been read)

___ Please send me a copy of The Lost Science of Money book by Stephen Zarlenga. Enclosed is my check for $68 ($60 plus $8 S & H) [All foreign shipments are now by airmail at $22 per book (total $90) - a post office requirement].

___ Please send me the professionally recorded 4 CD Audio set of the full 2006 Conference Speakers, at $75 postpaid in the US
       (or $85 total by foreign airmail). Outstanding monetary material! Play them while working on your computer.

___ Please send me the professionally recorded video DVDs of the full 2007 Conference Speakers, at $395 postpaid in the US and abroad. Outstanding monetary material!

Enclose Check OR:

___ Bill my credit card (no Amex) ____________ Card #________/________/_________/_________ Expiration____________

 
Signature_________________________________ Print name_____________________________________________________

 Address___________________________________________ City/State/Zip ____________________________­­_____________

 
Phone #__________________________________ Email: ________________________________________________________

send by post or E-mail applications to ami@taconic.net

Tel. 518-392-5387  - If leaving a message, use a loud clear voice!

Send by regular post to:  TOO LATE! NOW YOU MUST PHONE!

The American Monetary Institute, PO Box 601, Valatie, NY 12184

ami@taconic.net      Telephones: 224-805-2200.

Leave any messages in a loud clear voice! Really loud!

Since Time before the conference is short, You must phone or email us.

  Please click here to send email to AMI

Registration $395.00

To Register By Phone call 224-805-2200

(An 80% refund is available until May 15^th, and will afterward be pro-rated downward to a 20% refund after September 1^st)

*The American Monetary Institute as part of its responsibility in sponsoring the Conference reserves the right at its sole discretion and without public or private explanation, to restrict attendance at this Conference to persons it considers will enhance the purposes of the meeting, as detailed above. Participants should understand and be in agreement that the conference will stay focused on monetary system questions and will not be diverted into other areas.

NOT AFFILIATED WITH ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY. Roosevelt University is simply the venue for the event. This does not imply either support or endorsement of the AMI; the speakers or their messages.

 For excellent pre-conference reading:  (Many conference presentations assume this book has been read)

___ Please send me a copy of The Lost Science of Money book by Stephen Zarlenga. Enclosed is my check for $68 ($60 plus $8 S & H) [All foreign shipments are now by airmail at $22 per book (total $90) - a post office requirement].

___ Please send me the professionally recorded 4 CD Audio set of the full 2006 Conference Speakers, at $75 postpaid in the US
       (or $85 total by foreign airmail). Outstanding monetary material! Play them while working on your computer.

___ Please send me the professionally recorded video DVDs of the full 2007 Conference Speakers, at $395 postpaid in the US and abroad. Outstanding monetary material!

Enclose Check OR:

___ Bill my credit card (no Amex) ____________ Card #________/________/_________/_________ Expiration____________

 
Signature_________________________________ Print name_____________________________________________________

 Address___________________________________________ City/State/Zip ____________________________­­_____________

 
Phone #__________________________________ Email: ________________________________________________________

send by post or E-mail applications to ami@taconic.net

Tel. 518-392-5387  - If leaving a message, use a loud clear voice!

Send by regular post to:

The American Monetary Institute, PO Box 601, Valatie, NY 12184

ami@taconic.net      Telephones: 224-805-2200, or 518-392-5387.

Leave any messages in a loud clear voice! Really loud!

If Time before the conference is short, then phone or email us.

  Please click here to send email to AMI