I wrote a family memoir/20th century organized crime history, "Uncle Charlie Killed Dutch Schultz—the Jewish mob, a family affair." The book is populated with Murder Inc. assassins, the notorious Cleveland Syndicate illegal casino operators who controlled Las Vegas in the 1960s and 70s, corrupt ...more

I wrote a family memoir/20th century organized crime history, "Uncle Charlie Killed Dutch Schultz—the Jewish mob, a family affair." The book is populated with Murder Inc. assassins, the notorious Cleveland Syndicate illegal casino operators who controlled Las Vegas in the 1960s and 70s, corrupt union officials and law enforcement—all of whom seemed so normal to me, my sister, an attorney and our late brother, an NYPD detective who often worked in the service of our family organized crime members. I received an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics Political Science, and taught at the Kingston College of Technology, UK. 

 I sometimes write about an interest (obsession) of mine; the fraud of government bailouts of major banks worldwide. I am also the author of Glenfiddich Inn a historical novel set in Boston and New York 1915-1919 *An article tracing the EU bureaucrats feverish efforts to keep the euro alive at all costs appeared in the Oslo Times and Reader Supported News (RSN): http://readersupportednews.org/pm-section/359-europe/14799-keeping-the-euro-alive-a-growth-industry *Two other articles: http://www.rickackerman.com/2010/09/pervasive-political-rot-ensures-economic-death-spiral/

 In this one: The Federal Reserve System controls economics academia through the granting of lucrative consulting contracts. Also: an unflattering look at Frederick Mishkin, a once governor of the Federal Reserve, who gets paid to author a glowing report on the health of the Icelandic banking system; then all the countrys banks crash just a few months later, with disastrous consequences to the countrys economy. 

 *The following is a cynical look (of course) at four decades (!) of bailouts by the US Congress of their Wall Street patrons. 
The moral of the story might simply be that there has never been a bank bailout that Congress didnt embrace. http://seekingalpha.com/article/113208-the-bailouts-are-doomed-all-of-them

 *Produced concerts at popular Los Angeles venues including the Hollywood Palladium, the Greek Theater and the Universal Amphitheater. *A film editor, postproduction supervisor, producer in the film business, including two years as editor at Wide World of Sports and eleven years at Paramount Pictures. 

 *A host of Afro-Cuban radio shows in Los Angeles, Alma Del Barrio, at KXLU and KCRWs Latin Dimensions. 

 *Produced three popular compilation CDs for Rhino Records, a division of Warner Brother Music. *Produced two CDs for my label, Dreamer Music. The first Late Night Sessions received two Grammy nominations.less