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Jack Rasmus on US Economic Policy, November 2019 | Speak Out Now

February 10, 2020

Source: Speak Out Now Saturday Nov. 9th, 2019 How are the billionaires multiplying and making profits world-wide, and on whose …

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The Virus That Broke The Camel’s Back — Brian Green | theplanningmotivedotcom

February 6, 2020

Source: theplanningmotivedotcom / the virus and the camel pdf By Brian Green, 5th February 2020 THE VIRUS THAT BROKE THE …

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From golden age to age of austerity — Yassamine Mather | Weekly Worker

August 19, 2019

Source: Weekly Worker 02.08.2019 issue 1262 categories: united states more by: yassamine mather From golden age to age of austerity Trump’s trade war …

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Global Recession, Financial Instability & Trump’s Trade War–Video interview — Jack Rasmus & Ian Williams

August 16, 2019

Source: Jack Rasmus

China’s Yuan Breaks the 7 to $1 Band–The Global Currency War Has Begun — Jack Rasmus: Predicting the Global Economic Crisis

August 5, 2019

Originally posted on Jack Rasmus:
Over this weekend, China’s Yuan currency broke out of its band and devalued to more than…

Correction? — Michael Roberts | Michael Roberts Blog: Blogging From A Marxist Economist

October 30, 2018

Originally posted on Michael Roberts Blog:
The US stock market turned volatile this week and has now erased all the gains made…

Trump & the Fed: US Shadow Bankers About to Deepen Control of US Economy

January 24, 2018

Originally posted on Jack Rasmus:
What’s sometime referred to as ‘shadow bankers’ have been running the economy and drafting US domestic…

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A well-kept open secret: Washington is behind India’s brutal experiment of abolishing most cash — Norbert Häring | Money and More

January 12, 2017

Source: A well-kept open secret: Washington is behind India’s brutal experiment of abolishing most cash BY Norbert Häring 01 January 2017 In …

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A World Gone Mad — Eduardo Galeano | Third World Traveler

December 10, 2016

Sourced from: Third World Traveler A World Gone Mad by Eduardo Galeano The Progressive magazine, Dec 2000 Fear of losing …

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The Davos Blind Eye: How the Rich Eat the Poor and the World — John McMurtry | Global Research

January 29, 2016

[Hat tip to Information Clearing House] The Davos Blind Eye: How the Rich Eat the Poor and the World The Big …

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Neoliberalism Raises Its Ugly Head in South America

January 5, 2016

Originally posted on Jack Rasmus:
After 9-11, the United States focused its most aggressive foreign policy on the Middle East—from Afghanistan…

Currency Wars: Zimbabwe Adopts the Chinese Yuan

December 25, 2015

Originally posted on The Most Revolutionary Act:
According to the Guardian (and Al Jazeera, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Globe and Mail, the…

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Bush Military Official: The Empire’s Ship is Sinking // Empire_File013 — Abby Martin | teleSURE English

December 18, 2015

Norm’s note:  on a personal note, this is likely to be the last post, here, for a while.  I have …

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The IMF forgives Ukraine’s debt to Russia — Michael Hudson | The Saker: A Bird’s Eye View of the Vineyard

December 9, 2015

by Michael Hudson specially for the Saker Blog   On December 8, the IMF’s Chief Spokesman Gerry Rice sent a note …

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Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Equals a U.S. Aircraft Carrier

October 17, 2015

Originally posted on What's Left:
October 17, 2015 By Stephen Gowans The U.S. political elite is never entirely secretive about its…

Capitalism: Then as Now?

August 5, 2015

Karl Marx. Capital Volume One Part VIII: Primitive Accumulation Chapter Twenty-Six: The Secret of Primitive Accumulation   We have seen …

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The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class — Guy Standing | The Keiser Report

August 3, 2015

[Norm’s note: for those of you whose curiosity might be piqued, a link to Dr. Guy Standing’s The Precariat: The New …

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Speculators circling Puerto Rico latest mode of colonialism

August 1, 2015

Originally posted on Systemic Disorder:
Puerto Rico’s governor may have said the commonwealth’s debt is unpayable, but that doesn’t mean Puerto…

The Greek Coup: Liquidity as a Weapon of Coercion

July 30, 2015

Originally posted on WEB OF DEBT BLOG:
“My father made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Luca Brasi held a gun to his…

The War Crimes of Bill Clinton

July 26, 2015

Originally posted on The Most Revolutionary Act:
The Weight of Chains Boris Malagurski (2010) Film Review The deliberate demonization of the Serbian people…

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