Saturday, August 20, 2011

AN INTERVIEW WITH A COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION COMMISSIONER WHO HOPES TO REGULATE HIGH-SPEED COMMODITIES TRADING AND THE $600 TRILLION DERIVATIVES MARKET SUFFICIENTLY TO AVERT ANOTHER BIG-BANK CRASH...

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August 15, 2011

CFTC Commissioner: "A Hair Trigger Away from Economic Calamity"

Bart Chilton Pt.1: Wall Street lobbyists trying to slow down trading regulations and defund Commission

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August 16, 2011

Food, Speculation and Parasitical Trading

Bart Chilton Pt.2: Massive spikes in price of food, oil, natural gas and silver cannot be the result of supply and demand

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August 18, 2011

Will CFTC Limit Excessive Speculation?

Bart Chilton Pt.3: For regulations to be effective, there has to be political will and proper resources

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Bio

Bart Chilton is the current commissioner for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Bart Chilton was nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the U. S. Senate in 2007. In 2009, he was re-nominated by President Obama and reconfirmed by the Senate. He has served as the Chairman of the CFTC’s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC). His career spans 25 years in government service—working on Capitol Hill in the House of Representatives, in the Senate, and serving in the Executive Branch during the Clinton, Bush and Obama Administrations. Prior to joining the CFTC, Mr. Chilton was the Chief of Staff and Vice President for Government Relations at the National Farmers Union where he represented family farmers. In 2005, Mr. Chilton was a Schedule C political appointee of President Bush at the U. S. Farm Credit Administration where he served as an Executive Assistant to the Board. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Chilton was a Senior Advisor to Senator Tom Daschle, the Democrat Leader of the United States Senate, where he worked on myriad issues including agriculture and transportation policy.

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