# Source note — Ann Pettifor / Peter McCormack interview

User lead: https://youtu.be/lNeJtic_gTY?is=iMBteD6wXXapIY9-
Canonical video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNeJtic_gTY
Video title: Economist Who Predicted 2008: "The Financial System Is About To Collapse" | Ann Pettifor
Channel: The Peter McCormack Show
Upload date from YouTube metadata: 20260903
Duration: 4759 seconds
Captured: 2026-09-03

## Identification

The woman in the interview is Ann Pettifor. The video title, description and channel metadata identify her as the guest. The description lists her website, Substack, PRIME Economics and X/Twitter accounts.

## Public background sources checked

- Ann Pettifor official About page: https://annpettifor.com/about
- New Economics Foundation profile: https://neweconomics.org/profile/ann-pettifor
- Palgrave page for *The Coming First World Debt Crisis*: https://palgrave.com/gp/book/9780230007857
- The Ecologist profile: https://theecologist.org/2009/apr/01/visionaries-ann-pettifor
- Pettifor on Jubilee/debt write-offs: https://www.annpettifor.com/2011/10/jubilee-2012-my-interview-on-salon-com/
- Pettifor on sovereign debt and the $100B debt-relief process: https://www.annpettifor.com/2019/10/quincy-jones-bono-willie-colon-and-the-burden-of-sovereign-debt/

## Editorial caveat

This is a Voices/source-card profile. It identifies and contextualizes a public economist. Her forecast about another financial crisis is treated as analysis and warning, not as a dated certainty or financial advice.