August 23, 2012 show: Dr. Paul Craig Roberts on the economic history of Reaganomics and up to Globalization

On August 23, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa, Canada) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Dr. Paul Craig Roberts on his work and politics. Dr. Roberts is a renowned former US senior civil servant who was one of the original architects of "Reaganomics". The discussion included an informed criticism of globalization and its mechanisms.

July 26, 2012 show: Stephen Lendman, again without sound quality problems

On July 26, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed prize-winning journalist and author Stephen Lendman again, without the bad phone connection problems this time. The discussion just went off from where we had just left it the previous week. Stephen is a tireless justice activist and knowledgeable researcher. Fascinating exploration of dedication to exposing the crimes that surround us.

July 19, 2012 show: Prize-winning journalist and author Stephen Lendman

On July 19, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed prize-winning journalist, author, and radio host Stephen Lendman to talk about his work and justice activism. The phone connection was bad at times so we had Stephen on for a second full hour the following week also.

Private-public partnership scam exposed: Dr. Pierre J. Hamel, INRS, Montreal

On January 13, 2011, The Train interviewed expert and university researcher Dr. Pierre J. Hamel (INRS, Montreal) on the general question of private-public partnership (PPP) economics.

Dr. Hamel systematically unraveled the covert motives that drive PPP takeovers of public projects and the nature the the finance scam that are PPPs.

Listen and learn! It took us a bit to get warmed up but it all came out...


Some summary points:

• PPPs are always more expensive than public management - all analysts agree
• The long-term leases of PPPs are economically equal to mega-debt burdens
• PPPs produce a loss of both accountability and transparency
• PPP partners often sub-contract in collusion with other firms

And we end with an insightful critique of decentralization, advantages vs. disadvantages.




Pierre J. Hamel, INRS

Je suis professeur-chercheur à l’Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS-Urbanisation, culture et société), depuis 1986.

J’ai une formation de premier cycle en administration (HEC-Montréal), une maîtrise en sociologie (Université de Montréal) et un doctorat en économie et sociologie (LEST-CNRS et Université de la Méditerranée — Aix-Marseille II).

Travaillant pour le compte de syndicats de travailleurs-euses, d’associations, d’entreprises, de municipalités, de ministères ou encore dans le cadre de recherches subventionnées, je m’intéresse de diverses façons aux finances publiques locales, tant à la gestion des services publics locaux (gestion des services d’eaux, entre autres choses) qu’à la fiscalité locale; je travaille notamment sur l’impôt foncier et la tarification (compteurs d’eau, gratuité des services publics), de même que sur différentes formes de partenariats entre les secteurs public et privé, et cela, depuis déjà de nombreuses années.

Page ouèbe personnelle : http://www.ucs.inrs.ca/default.asp?p=hamel