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Originally posted by dogstar23
Originally posted by cornucopia
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts thinks there is "an impending collapse of the exchange value," and the U.S. dollar could unexpectedly plunge in buying power. Dr. Roberts contends, "All of a sudden, people walk into Walmart, as usual, and they think they've walked into Neiman Marcus." Dr. Roberts says there are no quick fixes to the bulging debt because "there's no way to close this deficit when corporations are moving the tax base off-shore." Join Greg Hunter as he goes One-on-One with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
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i'm shocked too that this economy is going...
keep pumping out the money, lol...
money is an illusion...
paper with ink on it..
lol
numbers on a computer screen...
This doctor must not have hisDoctorate in economics! We're at 100% debt to GDP with an economy growing faster than the debt, percentage wise. On top of that, we're improving vs most other currencies. This guy is either ignorant, insane, or just a liar.
Originally posted by SuperTripps
Doing sll they csn to get u into gold st the top
There are a number of ways of “dating” history. The most popular is by centuries. “Eighteenth century” or “20th century” usually evokes some sort of vision or recognition for most of us. Another is by dynasties, as with ancient Egypt, or China and Japan (Qing, Meiji, etc.) when emperors were in fashion.
A more modern way to encapsulate history is by socio-economic eras. Thus we have “feudal society,” “mercantilism”, “industrial,” and “post-industrial,” most of which overlap but can still be defined.
Socio-economic systems are created by need or circumstance. The feudal system that developed in the West saved Europe from barbarians; however, the cure became almost as bad as the disease, giving rise to incessant warfare between the feudalities within a stifling social landscape. The rough and ready capitalism that rose from the merchant class marked a great social and technological advance. Industrialism solved many problems of scarcity, and post-industrialism — the welfare state— eased the ancient curse of socio-economic inequality.
But as they say, every dog has his day, and our present socio-economic compromise has run its course. Or more accurately, we have run it into the ground. It's not just capitalism that's in peril. The whole framework of ideas upon which our society is based is crumbling fast. Put it another way: Call the system “European,” and it's kaput. Our American “kicking the can down the road” practice, so outrageously demonstrated on Dec. 31, shows we're not far behind.
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This week I'm talking about money again.
Somebody has to, because the president, most of the Congress, and the Fed and Treasury jokers playing with it, seem not to understand that the once-almighty dollar is as much America as the Constitution and Mom and apple pie. I don't care if you're rich or poor, in business or unemployed: The value of the dollar dominates your life.
Not all Federal Reserve types agree with current political policy, including Richard Fisher, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Jeffrey Lacker in Richmond and Esther George in Kansas City. They believe that the Fed's monthly buying of $85 billion in Treasury bills in an effort to hold down interest rates is unsane. Nobody really believes this can be supported forever — but nobody dares say so. Politics, power and staying in office reign supreme.
Of course, the pols' concern with controlling interest rates is understandable. It is more than the silly notion that low interest rates guarantee increased employment. If interest rates go up, federal policy is derailed.
First, the easy borrowing that supports 44 percent of our current spending will vanish in increased costs to government. The value of the Fed's holdings of Treasury bonds ($2.6 trillion) will collapse, leaving it broke and bereft of options except to beg.
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Originally posted by MrUncreated
Been hearing this type of garbage for years. Either crash or don't, already.
Originally posted by dogstar23
Originally posted by SuperTripps
Doing sll they csn to get u into gold st the top
I don't know if its about "you" (meaning TPTB against the little guy), but I don't think you're far off. I think *this*whole thing is the US and others playing economic warfare. Every time we do it, things look bad for the US on the surface, and in the end, the US comes out ahead. You can bet this one is about knocking China back, or at least slowing them down, and putting the EU in their place.