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Economics
Fears are growing for an economy carrying a 9.5% jobless rate and a predicted $4tn in excess mortgage debt Source: guardian.co.uk/business/ A crippled housing market. Stubbornly high levels of unemployment. Falling consumer confidence. Slower growth in industrial production. No wonder Ben Bernanke, the world’s most powerful central banker, appeared a worried […]
[youtube]buAZblIg1aM[/youtube] [youtube]hj9aK-DYEEU[/youtube] [youtube]LuxoWImU-vE[/youtube] Muhammad Rafeeq Banking Consultant and Internet radio broadcaster A Banking Management consultant who has experience in the City going back over 20 years. He began his City career in the discount houses, who traditionally facilitated the issuance of the British national debt through UK Treasury bills and […]
Goldman Sachs sent $4.3 billion in federal tax money to 32 entities, including many overseas banks, hedge funds and pensions, according to information made public Friday night. Read the rest here
Ouchie The New Pentagon Papers: WikiLeaks Releases 90,000+ Secret Military Documents Painting Devastating Picture of Afghanistan War It’s one of the biggest leaks in US military history. More than 90,000 internal records of US military actions in Afghanistan over the past six years have been published by the whistleblower website […]
The editors of The Daily Bell are pleased to present this exclusive interview conducted by Scott Smith with Web of Debt author Ellen Brown. Introduction: Ellen Brown developed her research skills as an attorney practicing civil litigation in Los Angeles. In Web of Debt, her latest book, she turns those […]
Some in South Korea dispute the official version of events: that a North Korean torpedo ripped apart the Cheonan. [ … now that’s what I’m Tonkin about … ] The way U.S. officials see it, there’s little mystery behind the most notorious shipwreck in recent Korean history. Secretary of State […]
Give Us Your Lavishly Rich, Your Xenophobic Immigrants. Taking our jobs and public assistance. The cause of all our problems. But it’s not true. We’re blaming people who are struggling day-by-day to survive on their own or support their families, while we applaud a system that allows a financial expert […]
Is the Tea Party racist? Democrats who play liberals on TV say it isn’t. Vice President Joe Biden says the Tea Party “is not a racist organization” per se, but allows that “at least elements that were involved in some of the Tea Party folks expressed racist views.” Right-wing Congresswoman […]
Very often, if you want an explanation for things that seem to be beyond explanation, you can profit from looking to the past. This interview – recorded nearly 30 years ago about events that took place over 60 years ago is one of the most remarkable bits of video I’ve ever seen. Must watching. Video: […]