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Tag Archives: Bailouts
The New Normal: Death Spirals and Speculative Frenzies
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds There is an element of inevitability in play, but it isn’t about central bank bailouts, it’s about Death Spirals and the collapse of unsustainable systems. The vapid discussions about “soft” or “hard” … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Racism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Autocracy, Bailouts, central banks, currency devaluation, Death Spirals, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Inflation, New Normal, Oligarchy, Titanic
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Return to the Source: Democracy is Dead
By Margaret Kimberley Source: Black Agenda Report By what stretch of the imagination can the US be a democracy when ordinary citizens have virtually no influence over what their government does? “The disregard of popular will is obvious for all … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Bailouts, Democracy, Dystopia, elites, financial crisis, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, US Elections, US exceptionalism
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America’s Economy Cannot Survive Another Lockdown, And The Cult Of The Reset Knows It
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.us The U.S. economy has been on the verge of collapse for at least a decade, ever since the crash of 2008 and the subsequent explosion in fiat stimulus from the Federal Reserve. While the mainstream … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, conditioning, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Technocracy
Tagged Bailouts, coronavirus, Covid-19, Economics, elites, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Globalists, Justin Trudeau, Klaus Shwab, lockdown, Oligarchy, Poverty, Technocracy, The Great Reset, unemployment, World Economic Forum, zombie economy
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The Fed Has Loaned $1.2 Billion from its TALF Bailout Program to a Tiny Company with Four Employees
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens Source: Wall Street on Parade Every Wall Street bailout program that the Fed has created since September 17 of last year has, according to the Fed, been ostensibly created to somehow help the average … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Alta Fundamental Advisers, Bailouts, Belstar Management Company, CARES act, Corporate Welfare, Covid-19, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, elites, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Government Corruption, Oligarchy, Primary Dealer Credit Facility, TALF, Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility
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COVID19, The Great Reset & The New Normal
By Derrick Broze Source: Activist Post Clearly, 2020 has been unlike any previous year in the last century or so. The world is currently battling against an infodemic of propaganda spewing from the corporate media and official health authorities. Yes, … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, news, NGOs, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged 4th Industrial Revolution, 5G, Bailouts, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, coronavirus, Covid-19, Dystopia, Economics, Global Elites, IMF, Klaus Schwab, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Prince Charles, surveillance state, Technocracy, The Great Reset, World Economic Forum
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Why Does It Feel Like We’re in “Life During Wartime”?
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The laughably hopeless hope is that by propping up the corpses, the populace will discern some faint flicker of life in the decaying carcasses and return to their free-spending ways. Call it cultural … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Recession, Social Control, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Bailouts, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Life During Wartime, Oligarchy, Pandemic, propaganda, Technocracy, Vaccines
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Private gain must no longer be allowed to elbow out the public good
By Dirk Philipsen Source: aeon Adam Smith had an elegant idea when addressing the notorious difficulty that humans face in trying to be smart, efficient and moral. In The Wealth of Nations (1776), he maintained that the baker bakes bread … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Privatization, Recession, Social Control, society, Sociology
Tagged Bailouts, coronavirus, Corporations, corporatocracy, Covid-19, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, financial crisis, Free Market, Freedom, Late Stage Capitalism, Oligarchy, Pandemic, Philosophy, Public Health
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Why Assets Will Crash
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds This is how it happens that boats that were once worth tens of thousands of dollars are set adrift by owners who can no longer afford to pay slip fees. The increasing … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Bailouts, coronavirus, Covid-19, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, elites, Federal Reserve, finanacial crisis, Housing Crisis, Oligarchy, Pandemic, wall street, Wealth Concentration
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