Peter G. Peterson person
also: Mr. Peterson, Pete Peterson, Peter Peterson, Peterson
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Peter G. Peterson appointed
Richard Nixon host_asserted
“Well, 1972 and 73, he was the U.S. Secretary of Commerce under Nixon. So he's been around. He was born in Nebraska in 1926. His parents were immigrants from Greece. They were the Petropoulos, and they anglicized their name to Peterson. Pete…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societys 2025-05-29 @ 15:06
Peter G. Peterson member_of
Bell & Howell host_asserted
“Yeah, we run into them a lot when we're dealing with that stuff. Okay, so after his MBA, he worked from 1958 to 71 for a movie equipment maker called Bell and Howell Corporation. And then his life takes a big, serious turn. In 1969, he's in…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societys 2025-05-29 @ 16:42
Peter G. Peterson appointed
Peterson Commission host_asserted
“Yeah, we run into them a lot when we're dealing with that stuff. Okay, so after his MBA, he worked from 1958 to 71 for a movie equipment maker called Bell and Howell Corporation. And then his life takes a big, serious turn. In 1969, he's in…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societys 2025-05-29 @ 16:42
Peter G. Peterson ordered_assassination_of
Bretton Woods Agreement host_asserted
“You tell them that foundations weren't dispersing funds previously and they were just hiding their generational wealth inside their tax-free foundations while the rest of us fund all of their NGOs and government organizations? Yeah. So when…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societys 2025-05-29 @ 17:52
Peter G. Peterson headed
Shearson Lehman Brothers host_asserted
“And the result, what happened was it strengthened central banks and money printing. And we see what we have today. We were run by corporations. This guy was one of the triggers that made that happen. That's crazy. So in 73, right after he's…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societys 2025-05-29 @ 19:00
Peter G. Peterson founded
Blackstone Group host_asserted
“Then becomes the head, global head of mergers and acquisitions for Lehman Brothers. Or is he? Yeah, he's a Lehman now. Then in 1985, his boss, this guy by the name of Peter G. Peterson, and they decide to go out and start what's known now a…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societys 2025-05-29 @ 13:52
Bill Clinton appointed
Peter G. Peterson documented
“go back to 94, Clinton had named him a member of a bipartisan commission on entitlement and tax reform. So here's a guy who's getting all the benefits from being taxed as a REIT at a lower rate than the other corporations. And Clinton's got…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societys 2025-05-29 @ 1:00:02
Peter G. Peterson founded
Institute for International Economics documented
“It would recently be renamed the Peterson Institute for International Economics because Peterson was a big contributor there. Have you ever heard of the Peterson Institute for International Economics? I have. You have? I have. Yeah, good. O…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societys 2025-05-29 @ 1:00:37
Mentions (21)
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Then becomes the head, global head of mergers and acquisitions for Lehman Brothers. Or is he? Yeah, he's a Lehman now. Then in 1985, his boss, this guy by the name of Peter G. Peterson, and they decide to go out and start what's known now a…
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Should be. It's always the ones you don't know that are worrisome. Well, you're going to know them before today's over. We're diving into him. He's the business partner, Mr. Schwartzman. And I guess Schwartz means stone and Pete means the r…
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Well, 1972 and 73, he was the U.S. Secretary of Commerce under Nixon. So he's been around. He was born in Nebraska in 1926. His parents were immigrants from Greece. They were the Petropoulos, and they anglicized their name to Peterson. Pete…
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Smart kid gets into MIT and gets kicked out as a freshman for plagiarizing. Did I stop my screen share already? Good. Yeah. Okay. So leaves MIT, enrolls in Northwestern, and graduated with honors. Goes off to the University of Chicago and g…
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that are known as the co-creator of Sesame Street. And him going and getting his MBA at Chicago would have placed him with what would go on to be known as the Chicago Boys that went down and exploited the markets in Chile. The Chicago Schoo…
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Yeah, we run into them a lot when we're dealing with that stuff. Okay, so after his MBA, he worked from 1958 to 71 for a movie equipment maker called Bell and Howell Corporation. And then his life takes a big, serious turn. In 1969, he's in…
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and John D. Rockefeller III to chair a commission on foundations and private philanthropy. That is interesting that three people that prominent, it really hasn't done much so far. This became known as the Peterson Commission. We're not goin…
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You tell them that foundations weren't dispersing funds previously and they were just hiding their generational wealth inside their tax-free foundations while the rest of us fund all of their NGOs and government organizations? Yeah. So when…
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with our bonesman, Stephen Schwarzman. That's pretty huge. Uh-huh. The top economist of the time, and these are direct quotes, they derided his thesis as a form of mercantilism that betrayed economic illiteracy. Mercantilism, you've heard m…
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And the result, what happened was it strengthened central banks and money printing. And we see what we have today. We were run by corporations. This guy was one of the triggers that made that happen. That's crazy. So in 73, right after he's…
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I bring this up because Peterson is famous and Schwarzman said it too. They're stated strategies to take advantage of market downturns. And Blackstone said what Peterson said is you move in opportunistically and make investments in distress…
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It was founded in 19, BlackRock founded in 1988 as a proposal by Larry Fink. He goes to Peterson and Schwartzman and says, I got this great idea. But let's talk about Larry Fink real quick. Okay. Larry Fink's current net worth is about $1.2…
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All right. So let's go back to Mr. Peterson. But the takeaway for everybody is Blackstone and BlackRock are not the same. Nope. But they sure know each other. Yes. Yeah. But Blackstone is the one that owns the real estate. BlackRock is the …
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our co-founding Blackstone in 1985. What else happens to Mr. Peterson in 1985? Well, he became the successor to David Rockefeller as the chairman of the Council of Freaking Foreign Relations, where he would sit for the next 22 years as the …
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Uh-huh. That'll be on mic drop for now, but let's just let that hang a little bit. Okay. Oh, you want to know what else he does? During this period, while he's the co-chair of Blackstone and the chairman of the Council of Foreign Relations,…
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go back to 94, Clinton had named him a member of a bipartisan commission on entitlement and tax reform. So here's a guy who's getting all the benefits from being taxed as a REIT at a lower rate than the other corporations. And Clinton's got…
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It would recently be renamed the Peterson Institute for International Economics because Peterson was a big contributor there. Have you ever heard of the Peterson Institute for International Economics? I have. You have? I have. Yeah, good. O…
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The Fed, Federal Reserve also had Robert Rubin, former U.S. secretary of the Treasury. So it's pretty influential. Robert Rubin, who co-chaired the CFR, also sat on Peter G. Peterson's foundation. So we're going to get to that's my next par…
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Far worse than that. Like I said, Peterson's always said his big issue is fiscal sustainability, which is something I agree with. He funds something that's out there today called the Fiscal Times, which supposedly is pushing fiscal sustaina…
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Trump's 2017 tax cut and jobs act because it cut corporate taxes by raising debt. And that's a reasonable take. The last thing about Peter Peterson is the Peter Peterson foundation, which of course, under the guise of charity, you basically…
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To be on your foundation. Ladies and gentlemen, that is Mr. Peter Peterson. He would pass away in 2018 at the age of 91. That's crazy. Let's get back to Schwarzman, our bonesman. So you know all about Blackstone. So what else has he done? I…