[Kzyxtalk] China's Sell Off -- on 105.1 FM KMEC Radio, on Monday, January, 11, 2016, at 1 p.m., Pacific Time.

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John and Sid return to 105.1 FM KMEC Radio, at 1 p.m., on Monday, January 11, at 1 p.m., Pacific Time,, for a show about the huge global stock market selloff, starting in China. Our guest is James S. Hill. 




Henry is former chief economist at the world's leading international consultancy firm McKinsey & Co. He is now senior fellow at the Columbia University Center for Sustainable International Investment. 




See: http://www.thenation.com/authors/james-s-henry/ 

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MONDAY'S SHOW 




Dynamics of China's Sell Off 




The New York Times is reporting: "Stocks in the U.S. and Europe sank after trading was halted in China for the second time this week. Markets had plummeted in Asia over concerns about China’s currency." 




JAMES S. HENRY 




Henry is former chief economist at the world's leading international consultancy firm McKinsey & Co. He is now senior fellow at the Columbia University Center for Sustainable International Investment. 


He said recently: "There are several critical aspects to this selloff: 




"Stock turbulence is a great example of why we need a Financial Transaction Tax -- Bernie Sanders has been recommending this. A tiny tax on financial translations carried out by institutions would raise hundreds of billions of dollars and it would lessen the volatility. 




"Such a tax could be especially useful in China since there's partially a lack of transparency in their financial system. That should be remedied. Part of what's happening with China is that you're seeing capital flight. Part of this is economic -- Chinese who have made enormous amounts of money in the last decade wanting to diversify. But part of it is fear that the Chinese government is going to go after them, either for corruption in how they made their fortunes or for political payback. 




"At a certain level, the stock markets have too central a role in the global economy -- partly because there are now scores of them. 




"But there are real problems in China -- you have many, sizable worker protests happening because workers are simply not getting paid. "More broadly, the entire world economy is genuinely vulnerable and there are few tools left to fix things. It is remarkable that you're seeing these problems despite low oil prices. Monetary policy has been tapped out unless you're wanting to look at negative interest rates. The 'first world' is going to have to start pulling its weight here since the developing powers -- basically the BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa] that helped pull the global economy out of the 2008 crisis are in trouble themselves now. But you have a U.S. Congress that's not going to allow much traditional Keynesian spending." 



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