Our lead story: Lately we've heard a lot about price fixing scandals coming out of London. And now there are formal allegations of market makers rigging the price of gold! Twenty hedge fund, private citizen, and public investor have filed a lawsuit in Manhattan's Federal District Court contending that the banks have used their privileged positions as market-makers to rig the price of gold to their benefit. Then Erin speaks to David Henderson, a professor of economics at the Naval Postgraduate School and a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. They talk about freedom, economics, regulation, and crony capitalism. Then, Erin brings you part two of her interview with Cullen Roche, who discusses government stimulus, the bailouts, and cronyism. In today's Big Deal, Edward Harrison and Erin talk about Alibaba's IPO. Edward takes a look at the company and explains all the hype. Check us out on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoomBustRT https://www.facebook.com/harrison.writedowns https://www.facebook.com/erinade2020 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w65ti73vvYM

With the U.S. and China coming back to the trade table to talk, we’ve got Peter Schiff from EuroPacific Capital to get some thoughts on what this could mean! Housing is a big market, but are domestic and international markets going to make or break homeowners and buyers? Steve Malzberg, Debbie Bloyd, and Boris Richard are helping us figure it all out! [1262] Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_BoomBust https://twitter.com/bartchilton?lang=en Check us out on Facebook -- and feel free to ask us questions: http://www.facebook.com/BoomBustRT ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqqUIUBUAuc

Despite a fragile new ceasefire that went into effect in Ukraine last week, the United States and Europe agreed on Thursday to place additional economic sanctions on Russia over warfare in eastern Ukraine. Erin and RT correspondent Peter Oliver discuss both the political and economic implications. Then, Erin is joined by Nomi Prins, author of “All the President’s Bankers” and senior fellow at Demos, to talk about bank fraud and corporate culture. Prins takes on numerous sticky issues from MF Global to Bernie Madoff to Sarbanes-Oxley. After the break, we highlight a number of this past week’s interviews’ Defining Moments, including segments of Erin’s interviews with Janet Tavakoli, Yanis Varoufakis, Marin Katusa, John Brynjolfsson, Steve Hochberg, and Ken Silverstein. And in The Big Deal, Erin and Edward Harrison go over the latest tech headlines covering Apple, Dropbox, Twitter, and Snapchat. Take a look! Check us out on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoomBustRT ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck9IQkaFgL4

Oil prices in the U.S. have tumbled following a cratering demand; we bring in an expert panel to break down the bloody Monday on the WTI. Plus, as e-commerce has risen amid the pandemic, Amazon's key rival is making moves in its web service. And what does the stalling airline sector mean for Boeing? We analyze the state of the aerospace giant. #BoomBust #QuestionMore #RTAmerica Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_BoomBust Check us out on Facebook -- and feel free to ask us questions: http://www.facebook.com/BoomBustRT Follow Christy Ai on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christai_ai/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc3_P9NCqBI