Guest: Dr. David E. Martin
Dr. David E. Martin is the founder and Chairman of M·CAM Inc., the architect and founder of the Global Innovation Commons and was the founder of Mosaic Technologies, Inc.. The impressive bio on his company's websites states that -
"Dr. Martin... is the author of the international legal framework for the Heritable Knowledge Trust and Heritable Innovation Trust programs. He has pioneered global programs to bring corporate and stock market transparency to multi–national extractive industries and has been instrumental in repatriating value to countries which have been subject to corporate and financial abuses. His work on ethical engagement and stewardship of community and commons–based value interests is at the forefront of global financial innovation. Dr. Martin is a Batten Fellow at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. He has been named Chair of Economic Innovation for the UN–affiliated Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization and has served as an advisor to numerous Central Banks, global economic forums, the World Bank and International Finance Corporation, and national governments.
"A spokesperson for global financial and intangible asset accountability and quality reform, Dr. Martin has worked closely with the United States Congress and numerous trade and financial regulatory agencies in the United States, Europe, and Asia in advocating and deploying infrastructure to support growing reliance on contract and proprietary rights in business transactions. Under the leadership of Dr. Martin, M·CAM has supported the modernization of banking, intangible asset, tax, and accounting laws through its work with oversight agencies and policy makers."
His novel, Coup d'Twelve: The Enterprise that Bought the Presidency is a fast paced spy thriller that looks at major events of this century, September 11, 2011 and the subsequent financial heists, from the point of view of someone who turned down the opportunity to play a part and profit from the crimes.
Dr. David E. Martin's work has taken him to many countries and he has access and understanding of technologies that many people probably could not dream of or imagine. The main character in his novel is obviously himself and in this interview he fleshes out his own history and details why he wrote the book, and what the early phases of the plot were.
Unfortunately, we did have technical difficulties reaching Dr. Martin in Mexico and the connection was flawed, so some of the words and sound were lost. He did however, verify that many of the events in the novel were based on his firsthand experiences, including the initial meeting of prospective shareholders where he was invited to join the conspiracy. In the novel the shareholders come from many different countries and they do not know who is really in control or the mastermind who brought them all together. There are fewer shareholders at the end of the tale than at the beginning and a couple of key CIA operatives who have coached the CIA Director on his speech are murdered. David explains at the end of this interview that the US Intelligence apparatus is relatively new, that other intelligence networks have been around for much longer. He explains that his novel forewarns of a newly emerging alliance between Iran, China and Pakistan, which is visible on the cover of the novel in the image of a slot machine coming up with the flags of those countries, displacing the US and Britain.
My review of his book is posted at Turning Down the Devil's Offer.
His insightful blog is Inverted Alchemy: An Integral Economy. This is Part III of a series..