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The Fed Will Continue Tightening Until Everything Breaks
[Economic] The Fed Will Continue Tightening Until Everything Breaks by Brandon Smith Posted December 13, 2018 First and foremost, let’s be clear, the Federal Reserve is an autonomous entity that does not answer to government oversight. It never has and it probably...
Jeff Bezos Puts The Pentagon On His Monopoly Board
[Spiritual] Jeff Bezos Puts The Pentagon On His Monopoly Board by Jason Ditz Posted November 29, 2018 While employees at Google and Microsoft are wary of collaborating with the military, Amazon revels in it... Being the Pentagon’s friendly partner could come with...
For Russia Change Comes SWIFT
[Economic] For Russia Change Comes SWIFT by Tom Luongo Posted November 28, 2018 During the ruble crisis of 2014/15 Russia announced in the wake of U.S. and European sanctions over reunifying with Crimea that it would begin building a domestic electronic financial...
Globalization Has Hollowed Out Rural America
[Economic] Globalization Has Hollowed Out Rural America by Charles Hugh Smith Posted November 17, 2018 Proponents of globalization claim the few hundred dollars in annual household savings generated by shipping in commoditized goods are so beneficial nothing else...
How a Gang of Hedge Funders Strip-Mined Kentucky’s Public Pensions
[Economic] How a Gang of Hedge Funders Strip-Mined Kentucky’s Public Pensions by Gary Rivlin Posted November 12, 2018 Kentucky’s willingness to gamble massively on high-risk alternative investments for its pensions has made the state an easy mark for Wall Street...
Wall Street Is Spending Big to Protect Its Ability to Jack Up Rents in California
[Economic] Wall Street Is Spending Big to Protect Its Ability to Jack Up Rents in California by David Dayen Posted November 09, 2018 For some on Wall Street, the financial crash of 2008 represented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Homeowners who’d been walloped by...
The Public Banking Revolution
[Community] The Public Banking Revolution by Ben Hauck Posted November 3, 2018 Public banking is not a new concept. Countries across the world have used public banking to finance and power their economies for years. Economic powerhouses like Germany continue to...
The Three Tribes of Austerity
[Economic] The Three Tribes of Austerity by Yanis Varoufakis Posted October 26, 2018 No policy is as self-defeating during recessionary times as the pursuit of a budget surplus for the purpose of containing public debt – austerity, for short. So, as the world...
Yes, James Freeman, We Do Know How Bad the Federal Reserve Is
[Economic] Yes, James Freeman, We Do Know How Bad the Federal Reserve Is By Pam Martens and Russ Martens Posted October 25, 2018 Earlier this week, James Freeman, the Assistant Editor of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page, wrote an opinion piece headlined as...
The China Threat – Global Crisis Hot Spots & Pressure Points
[Economic] The China Threat - Global Crisis Hot Spots & Pressure Points By Jim_Willie_CB Posted October 21, 2018 The global financial reset has begun. Let it be known that the resolution of the financial crisis in Turkey can be regarded as the first critical step in...
Of course the tax cuts are good for the banks
[Economic] Of course the tax cuts are good for the banks By Emily Stewart Posted October 18, 2018 Even without the Republican tax cuts, United States banks would have made $49.4 billion in the first three months of 2018 alone. But thanks to their reduced tax bill,...
What Keeps Them Up At Night?
[Economic] What Keeps Them Up At Night? by Jim Quinn Posted October 18, 2018 The tenth anniversary of the Wall Street created financial catastrophe brought back some bittersweet memories this week. I wrote my first articles during the summer/fall of 2008 for Seeking...
The Bailouts for the Rich Are Why America Is So Screwed Right Now
[Economic] The Bailouts for the Rich Are Why America Is So Screwed Right Now by Matt Stoller Posted October 16, 2018 Did they prevent a full-scale collapse? Yes. Was it necessary to do it the way we did? Not at all. It’s worth reflecting on this quote on the ten-year...
Why Public Banks Are Suddenly Popular
[Community] Why Public Banks Are Suddenly Popular By Sarah Jones Posted October 11, 2018 Later this year, on the midterm ballot, voters in Los Angeles, California, will be asked an uncommon question: Should the city be to allowed to create a public bank? L.A.’s...
Here’s Why Capitalism Can’t Fix Climate Change
[Social] Here’s Why Capitalism Can’t Fix Climate Change by Stan Cox Posted October 10, 2018 People running big corporations—indeed, those running businesses of all sizes—seek to maximize profits not because they are misguided, but because that’s their job in a...
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