TARP is Done, but Count on Sequels
Gretchen Morgenson NY Times THE government is pulling a sheet over TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program created during the panic of 2008 to bail…
Economy
Silver Shines as an Economic Solution
Youtube – MorphCity G. Edward Griffin discusses the US monetary system, fiat money, legal tender and the value of silver and gold. Idaho State Representative…
Shock Therapy for Wall Street: Banking Giants Suspend Foreclosures
Ellen H. Brown Web of Debt “Maybe this is like shock therapy. Maybe this will actually get the lenders to the table and encourage them…
Joseph Stiglitz: the euro may not survive
Joseph Stiglitz, one of the world’s leading economists, has warned that the future of the euro is “looking bleak” and the fragile European economic recovery…
Welcome to the Black Market
Harris Kupperman Lew Rockwell A few years back, on a trip to some Third World nation, I remember asking a successful businessman why more small…
Ron Paul: End the Fed, Legalize Competing Currencies
Fraud Factories: Rep. Alan Grayson Explains the Fraud Foreclosure Fraud Crisis
Youtube – RepAlanGrayson This is Rep. Alan Grayson explaining the crisis of foreclosure fraud and how it links to the entire securitization chain of Wall…
Fears of Chinese land grab as Bejing’s billions buy up resources
Sarah Arnott The Independent China is pouring another $7bn (£4.4bn) into Brazil’s oil industry, reigniting fears of a global “land grab” of natural resources. State-owned…
Will the Dollar Rebound Before Being Dissolved Into Global Currency?
Eric Blair Activist Post Every time the dollar begins to decline, I wonder, “Is this it, is this the end to the fiat dollar?” The…
A Race to the Bottom
Peter Schiff Euro Pacific Capital Long ago, before economic models developed their current levels of sophistication, it used to be that the goal of a…
Waiting for the Next Bankster Financial Meltdown
Youtube – fal2grace Dylan Ratigan Show–Sept. 30: “Inside Job” director Charles Ferguson takes an in-depth look at how “banksters” brought the nation to the brink…
Architects build an ARK as work dries up
De Rijke Marsh Morgan will seek out work in Belgium, Norway and the Netherlands on the barge, complete with design studio Robert Booth Guardian When…
Global unemployment to trigger further social unrest, UN agency forecasts
International Labour Organisation (ILO) notes that social unrest has already been reported in at least 25 countries Madrid protests – Paul White/AP Photo Julia Kollewe…
Bernero lobbies for a state bank in Michigan
Karen Bouffard Detroit News Democrat Virg Bernero says opening a state-operated bank is a key to restarting Michigan’s struggling economy and spurring job growth, but…