ER Editor: Not being an economist ourself, it’s wonderful to get one to explain things clearly. Charles Hugh Smith is particularly good at this. The phrase he uses below, ‘dependency on credit-fueled investment and consumption,’ […]
Government as an Agent of Plunder & Violence – (Part II) SEE LINK FOR PART ONE BELOW ARTICLE By TLB Contributing Author: Rico S. Giron Section 1021 of the NDAA, authorizes the STATE to carry […]
Government as an Agent of Plunder & Violence (Part 1) By TLB Contributing Author: Rico S. Giron All governments around the world are parasites and produce nothing. “Now, given the fact that currently the Federal […]
Sugar and Spice and Everything Vice: the Empire’s Sin City of London CYNTHIA CHUNG The over 1000 point plunge of the stock market on Feb 27th and broader ruptures of the financial system last week have […]
Is Neoliberalism Killing Russia? PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS & MICHAEL HUDSON Putin’s approval rating is high, but it has declined over the past year. The decline is mainly related to domestic policy. Apparently, the public perceives recent Kremlin […]
Political Nightmares Multiply for Europe Ahead of Davos TOM LUONGO Europe’s dreams of integration are slipping away as the people wake up from the nightmare erected for them. As we approach Act IX of the […]
What’s Killing the Middle Class? (Part 2) CHARLES HUGH SMITH The Powers That Be are perfectly fine with your transition to proletarian debt-serf. Yesterday (see part 1 here) we covered the usual suspects in the […]
When Did Our Elites Become Self-Serving Parasites? By: Charles Hugh Smith, Washingtons Blog When did our financial and political elites become self-serving parasites? Some will answer that elites have always been self-serving parasites; as tempting as […]
Wall Street Angry that Trump Says Restore Glass-Steagall By: Eric Zuesse On July 18th, Rob Nichols, the President of the American Bankers’ Association, which is controlled by the mega-banks, struck back against Republican Presidential candidate […]
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