Americans See Children’s Future Dim in Poll as 50% Pessimistic
Rich Miller Bloomberg Americans say they have weathered the worst of the longest recession in seven decades, even as they are pessimistic about prospects for…
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When the Fed Goes Bust, Ron Paul for Executor
James Grant Lew Rockwell These days, America’s federally compliant, too-big-to-fail financial institutions are hard at work on their living wills. The next time disaster strikes,…
US Federal Reserve set on QE2 course as dissenter speaks out
The Federal Reserve’s leading opponent against more quantitative easing said there’s “no strong evidence” it will work, as the minutes from the central bank’s last…
Paul Says ’12 Run Depends on the Fall of the U.S. Dollar
Lindsey Boerma National Journal Texas Rep. Ron Paul (R) told reporters Saturday that the bulk of the economic crisis is yet to come, and that…
Wall Street Pay Heads Toward New High $144 Billion
Financial Overhaul Has Affected Structure but Not Level; Revenue-to-Compensation Ratio Stays Flat Liz Rappaport, Aaron Lucchetti, and Steven Grocer Wall Street Journal Pay on Wall…
420 Banks Demand Global Currency
Jerome Corsi The Intel Hub The Institute of International Finance, a group that represents 420 of the world’s largest banks and finance houses, has issued…
Bank Sues Bernanke, Fed Over Limits On Fees
Dirk Lammers Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — TCF National Bank sued Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and the Fed’s board of governors on Tuesday,…
Currency Wars: The Phantom Financial Menace
AgentOgden Illustration Giordano Bruno NeitherCorp Press War, almost every kind of war, is first and foremost a production. A piece of live-action theater with “good…
US Cities Face Half a Trillion Dollars of Pension Deficits
Nicole Bullock CNBC Big US cities could be squeezed by unfunded public pensions as they and counties face a $574 billion funding gap, a study…
A Spooked Economy in October
Dr. Ron Paul Campaign For Liberty Last week we received worse than expected unemployment numbers, challenging recent claims that the recession has come and gone….
The New World Order of Global Markets
Tectonic plates are shifting as emerging markets become major drivers of the developed world. Bob Lenzner Forbes The best minds in finance–George Soros, Mohammed El-Erian,…
In Defense of Ellen Brown
Anthony Migchel Real Currencies Gary North on Rockwell’s site comes with a fairly vicious attack on Ellen Brown. He calls her a ‘Greenbacker’ as if…
Currency wars are necessary if all else fails
The overwhelming fact of the global currency system is that America needs a much weaker dollar to bring its economy back into kilter and avoid…
Forex markets on alert as IMF talks fail to gain currency
Foreign exchange markets are braced for fresh turbulence after talks at the IMF failed to ease fears of a currency war Larry Elliot Guardian The…