BBC HARDtalk - Jim Rogers - 17/5/2011 (Part 1/2)

[MrYerbolito]

I am interested what does he think about Kazakhstans economy and policy

[NangongReng1973]

I don't know much about economics, investment but quite knowledgeable in current affairs, but seeing this man, Jim Rogers explaining his views in such a pragmatic, realistic and truthful manner reminds me of our Minister Mentor, Lee Kuan Yew.To be true and not to be sarcastic, I seldom see any western  or US intellectuals who make me admire so much. I am from Singapore.

[thekeythesecret666]

nice upload :)

[benjiheads]

jim just sat there thinking here comes another retail reporting monkey lol 

[lekker77789]

the interviewer is only working from his point of view which he gets from others why does he not listen and see another point of view and then make a jugement buy him self i dought if he can

[91012713]

Price of food goes up because of speculator like him.

[yoyuepz]

@91012713 depends, if you look at the price of silver and compare that price to food then of course you are a winner. However if you base your food price on the sliced paper of the USD or fiat currency then of course you are a sure looser.

[udennyn]

Being Indian, I agree totally with water problem issue...

[MetalHeadViking]

Stephen Sauker is a pice of sh*t!

[Leoninmiami]

Is this interviewer serious? I have never seen a worst interviewer in my life! The morality of investing in commodities? a clear conscience? had he been genuinely concerned and just ignorant, I might not be so upset but this guy is just an arseee! Can't believe he works for the BBC!

[canisfamilliaris]

@Leoninmiami

Well it is the BBC. But I assume, as the shows called hard talk, the guy does his research, and comes up with questions that the interviewee is likely to be asked, and that challenges his world view. If he sat there agreeing with him, it wouldn't be a very "hard" talk.

[prabuddau]

This guy who is interviewing Jim Rogers has no clue about what he's asking! sigh!

[liammulrooney]

jim is a legend -

[PoseidonHermes]

The US is only 300 years old and it has been giving iran lessons, iran which has 6000 years old history.

After 300 years, already bankrupt ??

The problem is that the US lost its chance of becoming a dream place because of politicians who bankrupted it due to improper foreign policies ( wars, defense spending, supporting dictators) as well as domestic policies( sub primes, credits, waste )

Go learn how Rome fell apart and prepare urselve

[33spy33]

@PoseidonHermes Kidding me man, Iran has raped and reshaped XXX times, 6000 my ass

[MsH1h1h1h1]

steve has a job because he looks good and has a nice voice

[elnik32]

Those who want everybody to pay for state-owned tv eventhough some of the people may not want to watch it cannot win the argument as they have none. If enough people want to watch the content the BBC puts out, they should pay for it kind of like pay per view. In our home, we have a cable package which allows us to choose 20 channels, but the rest are forced upon us, but at least we werent forced to have the option of watching FOX,CNN,MSNBC, etc. Anyway...

[filipinotraders]

This exactly why Jim Rogers is a multi-millionaire and these are corporate clowns. Stop interrupting!

[pretorious700]

Interesting to see the statist BBC clowns are just as clueless as CNBC, Bloomberg, etc.

[ExtremeBogom]

@pretorious700

BBC should boycott Stephen Sackur, there is no doubt about that.

Tim Sebastian, the man who presented HardTalk before, was a much better interviewee.

But don't degenerate the entire BBC because of Sakur's ways. That's childish.

[kgupta4]

What is the interviewer's point? That you Sir are wrong in your speculation? You are complacent, you are optimistic beyond reason!

Well let him be, it is his money, is it not?

[Elbottoo]

@kgupta4 His point is that he wanted Jim Rogers to say that China is not going to become the worlds superpower and that china would collapse soon so that he can go home and sleep well at night. That was his point.

Its happening everywhere. I see it everyday. I dont even comment on that shit anymore. they will see who will laugh the last. its not gonna be them.

[mtklaric]

4.44..Rogers: "Fitch and the rating agencies?! those are the people who fu...." hahahahha

[BossyBadger]

@TheMilestoned Well, welcome to the world of BBC propaganda that forces every owner of TV in UK to pay 110 pounds a year as TV Licence to BBC. BBC - Blatant Bullshitting Continues

[Huttate1]

@BossyBadger Is that a joke? You are welcome to get your unbiased opinions from Fox News or Sky and whistle the commercial jingles in your head all day.

I don't own a TV or have a license but I would hardly complain at paying less than a pint for the chance to have commercial free and relatively unbiased TV and Radio.

[BossyBadger]

@Huttate1 No, I dont get my news from biased TV. Now it is impossible to get unbiased sharp news from TV. The only real source is Internet where they do not censor (yet) the info and you are able to make your own decisions about which news you deem to be true. 110 pounds is not less than a pint. Why should I be forced to pay BBC if I don't like them or want to watch them? Commercial free? So you would honestly dish out your earned money rather than be able to skip ads with new tvs

[jezza1789]

Politicians are the ones who cause all the imbalances speculators simply blance the markets to their current state. Lets starve like the centralized controlled soviet union or Cuba with no free maket.

[jezza1789]

Jim owned that clown, who the hell wants to work in a farm doing hard work making the same money as a guy working in an air conditioned walmart. Prices have to go up its called supply and demand what a moron that guy is.

[limuzhi1]

he is bullshit

[Trox118]

At 3:00 he is asking Jim a question about "serious investors" and what they do personally and then after Jim answers eloquently he switches the question at 3:56 that he is talking about structure and not "individual investments" Anyone else catch that?

[azascan]

Don't worry about food.....the U.N. has us covered with codex ailmentarius.....I love their buzz words AILMENTarius.....HARMonize....­just like the drug companies fagget names they come up with.....starvation is the only thing edible on the menu

[shiekaa]

Hello.  Whats with putting the date in backwards? Shouldn't it be 5/17/2011?

May be a small thing but it reeks of Babylon(confusion). Peace.

[britpatRIOT100]

@shiekaa This is the BBC it is British and in Britain we write the date17/05/2011 so it is not backwards to us but it may be to you, I think most of the world writes the date like in Britain so maybe the American way is actually backwards. Peace.

[alfie008]

It's no wonder Britain and Europe are in decline. That guy should work in the fields for nothing. Stupid socialist.

[semperfortis2009]

Jim Rogers IS A DOUCHE!!! he personally PROFITS FROM THE FOOD WE EAT!! all the douche bags who invest in ag. commodities are THE MAIN PROBLEM!!!

[Trox118]

@semperfortis2009 The people who bought the property planted and farmed the crops profit from the food we eat as well. Agriculture needs a commodities boost just like Jim says, otherwise the farming culture/population will continue to dwindle until there is a HUGE lack of supply of farmers and a HUGE price increase in food. The only reason we have cell phones and anything in this world is because someone was looking for a profit. There are bad and good profits of course but dont get on Jims shit

[anunnaki2006]

Roubini is a puppet for the Universal Postal Union in Berne, Switzerland which controls the whole commercial World meaning it controls everything for The Worshipful Company of World Traders with The Worshipful Company of International Bankers working for the Crown which has been controlled since the 14th Century by the Knights of Malta who control it from St John's Wood, England after taking over both from the Knights Templar in 1314. Roubini attacks Gold which shows his alliance with the UPU.

[GodsItalianStallion]

How does Jim Rogers put up with these goofball interviewers??

[dispersingweight]

The guy interviewing jim should trip and diaf

[rid243]

the interviewer is plain fucking retarded.. "you sound like a man who refuses to see the downside risk" right after jim just said that there will be major setbacks

[anunnaki2006]

@rid243 Remember on that this interviewer refuses to realize that we're in a Global depression whilst he believes his BBC buddies and their hoodwinking propaganda on the economy via their news outlets controlled by the British Secret Service. Remember on that most employees of the BBC have been programmed and mine reframed by the likes of the Common Purpose, Matrix courses. Is it any wonder they push homosexuality all day long and uni-sex toilets along with abortion? 

[haiderxp]

"you & I are not the only ones who know we have a water problem"..lol...well said

[sithjedi71]

This interviewer is a joke.

[0muffins0]

@TheMilestoned He's a Beeboid, so he's a retarded shrill.

[timjohan]

hehe Denmark!!

[mason72518]

The interviewer is being intentionally argumentative. He cares more about fostering an argument than determining what the "right" course of investment action is.

[jazzyb88]

This guy is spot on. Leave the uk while you can!

[Esoparagon]

Those who are investing counter to common investment and economic thought (insanity) are the ones who are making and will make the most money.

[stealthpakfa]

hahahaha brit talking crap about china? puhlease.

[misterMagoo4]

Stephen Shackur is a fanatstic combative interviewer - the best the BBC has. This is was fascinating exchange btwen 2 peoples.

[stealthpakfa]

@misterMagoo4 u are a total moron.

[damoz89]

I can't believe this guy is going to town on all China's issues. What about BANKRUPT UK and USA. LOL. Jesus christ!! People only see what they want to!

[damoz89]

Wow, that chair in the middle of the room is hell awkward

[YouriCarma]

Nouriel Roubini ahahahahahahaah the most overated economic in the west. Good to keep the chumpz in the rigged game lOlz.

[jimmymal]

The interviewer contiually interrupts Jim Rogers, who handles it like a champ.

[cowbot2]

Why so much hate for Sackur? He needs to present the opposite opinions - that is his job. Jim Rogers is a hero for telling people the truth - appreciate the opportunity to watch him.

[SilverTongue258]

The insolence of that reporter was a disgrace.

Thank God i don't have to watch BBC and other propaganda channels to get my information from.

[gale1864]

Jim Rogers, I love you.

[Horse237]

Japan is one of the largest "creditor nations" in the world. But at the same time, Japan is one of the deepest in-debt nations in the world. How is this possible? Can someone explain this to me?

We have debt based monetary systems which require you to create a debt at a bank before we are allowed to create money. At the end of this long term debt money cycle there is a debt bomb that brings us all down. JFK and Lincoln were killed by the bankers for creating debt free money.

[OperationCrossroad]

The US had a great 20th century because they were an oil rich country AND they were the first to fully exploit this natural resource. People keep forgetting that, in the 50's, the US were the Saudi Arabia of the world.

That's not going to happen with China.

[futuresmkt]

Who is this pompous, self absorbed idiot that is doing the interviewing?

[AnnoyedDragon]

At the end of the day, the only reason these people are worried about rising food prices; is because they built the economy on consumer spending. The more we spend on food to survive, the less we spend on junk we don't need.

Labour in the production of goods will always be exploited and neglected under this system.

[Tomta20012]

Stephen Sackur is a disgusting stupid cunt

[mikew1200]

@TheMilestoned

The show is called "Hard Talk", on every show he asks the interviewee tough questions. If he were interviewing someone with a left-leaning bias then he would take the opposite stance. The point of the show is to task tough questions regardless of ideology.

[StorminNormin1977]

This is the typical idiot interviewer...

[jreese6969]

@StorminNormin1977 i want to punch this guy in the face....or i sit here wishing Jim would. Its like his only point is to try to prove Jim Rogers wrong, its his only goal. no matter what Jom is saying this douche bag has some dumbass side comment for it, or another question that has to do with the anwser he just said. Jim should have said Fuck You you idiot, my record speaks for its self

[Icriedtoday]

Japan is one of the largest "creditor nations" in the world. But at the same time, Japan is one of the deepest in-debt nations in the world. How is this possible? Can someone explain this to me?

[BraunDang]

@Icriedtoday well, to make it short, most of the "debts" japan has is to its own citizens holding state bonds.

Hence japanese debt is somewhat moot, meaning that a hypothetical default would cancel itself out.

[antitheistpansy]

@Icriedtoday The Japanese government is in credit with other countries by owning their bonds, yet is in dept with its own citizens. It is part of Japanese culture for its citizens to save with their government rather than invest in personal assets such as stocks and shares.

[Tasadaru]

@antitheistpansy Wait, so it is their culture to sacrifice their own better investment opportunities? I thought those days were over.

[antitheistpansy]

@Tasadaru the savings rate has fallen since the 1997 Japanese financial crisis, but the trust in government is still intact, ie they are not selling bonds and buying gold on mass. It was a unfortunate investment from the outset for the Japanese government to buy U.S. debt.

[MrThinPin]

@Icriedtoday The Japanese debt is held by its own citizen. 

[durianpicker]

@Icriedtoday >90% of Japanese debts come from Japanese. Unlike US, most of its debt from foreign. High savings and surplus enable Japanese to lend money to the world at the same time.

[RussMaxable]

@Icriedtoday Because it is a scam, the central banks are OWNED by banks, so every nation is in debt to these banks, it is the biggest scam in human history.

[missingfox1]

@Icriedtoday Internationally as a nation, Japan is the second largest creditor nation in the world. Domestically though, they are one of the largest debtor nation in term of percentage of dept per GDP. They basically owe themselves by monetizing their government bonds to fund a long lasting budget deficit.

[jayangli]

@Icriedtoday I also wanted an answer to this. Japan's economy has gone sideways sine the early 90s. It doesn't grow, but it has strong manufacturing. So it has assets and credit. It doesn't grow as fast as china. But Japan is not poor, just does not have growth.

[anunnaki2006]

@jayangli Yen currency is being printed up supposedly for the March 11th disaster but x-amount of it is beinf funneled through forex and converted to U.S. dollars to prop up the U.S. economy. This then aids the U.S. in either not having another Quantitative Easing round or a smaller version which aids in the inflation in the U.S. but then they need to inflate otherwise the economy collapses.

[avadhoot1976]

@Icriedtoday

Japan is creditor to USA, as it requires to buy US treasury products to keep its Yen Competitive against US dollar.

Japan took its first step towards debt territory during Housing and capital market bubble of 90s.

[yjfoo23]

English liberal fool!

[anthonyibo]

wheres part 2?

[antitheistpansy]

@anthonyibo link added in description.

[AntiKythera108]

Jim Rogers is very charismatic and has an amicable, easy-to-get-along-with demeanor and I kind of resent this interviewer arrogantly pushing against that, though I understand that the show is based on such a "style"

However, you're looking at one of the sharpest financiers of the modern world - I don't know if it's his skill or his personal connections (Soros et al.), there's an aura of cloaks and daggers about him, but I listen to EVERYTHING this man says even if I don't trust him fully.