Posts with the category “economics”

James Corbett's two documentaries are discussed, beginning with How Big Oil Conquered the World; the rise of the oiligarchy; the Yom Kippur War and subsequent 1973 oil shock; petro dollars and the mon...  Read More

We discuss in detail with Dr. Michael Hudson, the concept of debt deflation; housing, student loan and automobile debt; the oil market; the stock market; negative interest rates; currencies; and the s...  Read More

Interview with journalist, squatter and housing activist, Frank Morales, on the housing crisis and the origins and creation of "homelessness". Morales' direct action for housing in the South Bronx and...  Read More

From Adam Lebor at Zero HedgeThe following is an excerpt from TOWER OF BASEL: The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World by Adam LeBor.  Reprinted with permission from PublicAffairs.Th...  Read More

From Ellen Brown at The Web of Debt BlogAccording to a new study from Princeton University, American democracy no longer exists. Using data from over 1,800 policy initiatives from 1981 to 2002, resear...  Read More

From Global Research News via Wholesale Direct MetalsAs first reported by Forbes, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) dropped a bomb in its October Fiscal Monitor Report.  The report paints a dire p...  Read More