Inequality gap between super rich and poor continues to widen
Things aren’t getting much better for the gap between America’s rich and poor: a new study reveals that inequality within the United States is only...
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Yet another banker jumps to his death: Patterns emerging?
By Joseph P. Farrell Many of you continue to send me articles, and for this I thank you,...
Washington Is Creating Jobs in China, Not America
By BENJAMIN CLEMENT The thing American politicians like about a free market is that it allows them to...
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Deep divisions over TPP as US pressures to close controversial deal – WikiLeaks
The US is ramping up pressure to secure a Trans-Pacific Trade Deal with conditions that could undermine the...
US government “profits” from student loans in 2013 surpassed $41 billion
The US government made enough profit off of student loans in the last year to provide full Pell...
FED official responsible for quantitative easing: ‘It was the greatest backdoor Wall Street bailout’
A former Federal Reserve employee responsible for managing the agency’s quantitative easing program has written an op-ed apologizing for what he called “the greatest backdoor...
Plan B: Central banks getting ready for financial Armageddon
If the US debt-ceiling debate goes past the eleventh hour, and the default of the world’s largest economy...
Key creditor China begins acting to hedge against US default
Hong Kong has sent the first sign from Asia that the region is creating extra financial buffers against...
China urges US to avoid bankruptcy
As the Government shutdown in the US enters its second week, the country is just 10-days away from...
Debt doomsayer: Treasury forecasts ‘back to 2008 recession or worse’ if US defaults
The US government default caused by the ongoing budget standoff in the Congress could have a "catastrophic” effect on the country’s economy, which would be...
TPP: The Most Sinister Corporate Power Grab Yet
By Diane Petryk-Bloom Imagine. While some of us are working to curtail fracking, assure GMO labeling, promote various...
10 ways govt shutdown would hurt America
With the threat of a federal government shutdown hanging over the US economy, here is a handy list of the possible effects American citizens and...
Osborne Plans Fuel Duty Freeze Until 2015
Fuel duty will be frozen until 2015 if the money is available, George Osborne has pledged as he...
The American Economy is Not a Free-Market Economy
Crony Capitalism in America, 2008-2012. By Hunter Lewis Those of us who favor the free market must confront...
Time to internalize those externalities and get prices right
By Hazel Henderson An “externality” is code in economics jargon meaning any cost of producing a product that can be omitted (i.e., externalized) from the...
Pentagon too broke to buy a new fax machine
The United States went ahead with major spending cuts earlier this year, slicing around $85 billion off the...
Why doesn’t NSA spy on Wall Street?
By Michael Degerald Since early June when the first stories were released, we have seen a wave of...
China and Russia warn of oil price increase if U.S military strikes Syria
China joined Russia in its opposition against military strikes on Syria ahead of the G20 summit on Thursday....
Nasdaq halted all trading for 3 hours yesterday
By Hibah Yousuf U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday even after a technical glitch at the Nasdaq OMX caused a trading halt in all Nasdaq-listed stocks...
Presidential Meeting Signals Catastrophic Event
Mac Slavo SHTFPlan.com If there’s one thing we know about how the US government operates, it’s that the...
Texas can’t afford paved roads, replaces them with gravel
Officials in Texas this week began converting 83 miles of asphalt road to unpaved lanes of gravel. Years...
18 Signs That Global Financial Markets Are Entering A Horrifying Death Spiral
Michael Snyder Activist Post You can see it coming, can't you? The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries is skyrocketing, the S&P 500 has been down...