Catherine Austin Fitts speaks at the IRTA 08 Barter convention

Catherine Austin Fitts is a former Wall St. consultant and Asst. Sec. of HUD under G.H.W. Bush. She presents a unique insiders view of the scale and depth of corrupton of the U.S. financial system. She sees the current financial crisis as the largest transfer of assets in world history: the systematic draining of value from the entire U.S. economy. Her recommndation for our future survival is to create a new form of "financial permaculture" focused on self sustaining communities and local life support. 84 min. Download here.