Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner:
As I look at what passes for responsible economic policy these days, there’s an analogy that keeps passing through my mind. I know it’s over the top, but here it is anyway: the policy elite — central bankers, finance ministers, politicians who pose as defenders of [...]

Discovered Sott.net via a Facebook posting by Evolver.net. A nice lengthy dissection of Alex Jones that echoes what I’ve been thinking. As I wrote on Facebook:
RA Wilson calls some conspiracy theorists “adrenaline addicts.” Think that describes AJ. He wants there to be a conspiracy more than he wants there [...]

Say what you will about the conspiracy theory inherit in the Zeitgeist movement, but you cannot deny the intelligence and sincerity of Jacque Frescoe and his vision of a possible utopia.  Here’s a fascinating interview (first part) with Larry King from 1974.

The Venus Project clearly separates the Zeitgeist movement from other conspiracy theorizing from the [...]