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Tag Archives: Economic Bubble
Get Ready For An Economic Wake-Up Call This Holiday Season
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.com If we are to measure the concept of “economic recovery” in real terms, then we would have to look at the fundamentals (not stock markets) and whether or not they’re improving. Unfortunately, not all economic … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Bankruptcy, Consumer Debt, consumer demand, Corporate Globalization, Corporate Welfare, Economic Bubble, Economic Crash, Economics, Exports, financial crisis, Germany, Global Economy, global manufacturing, Japan, manufacturing jobs, Oligarchy, price inflation, retail sales growth, South Korea, Tariffs, Tax Cuts, Trade War, US Economy
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A New Lost Generation: Student Loans, Wage Slavery, and Debt Peonage
Dr. Nicholas Partyka Source: The Hampton Institute In literature, the term “lost generation” refers to a cohort of authors whose work defines the post-First World War era. This group includes literary notables like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, among … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, conditioning, culture, Economics, education, Financial Crisis, History, Labor, Recession, Social Control, society, Work
Tagged austerity, Debt Crisis, Debt Slavery, Debt Strike, Economic Bubble, economic crisis, Eurozone, Greece, Labor, Lost Generation, Over-Educated, Over-Qualified, Radicalization, recession, Student Debt, Student Loans, Work
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Wall Street Panic
By Mike Whitney Source: Counterpunch “Not only is the equity market at the second most overvalued point in U.S. history, it is also more leveraged against probable long-term corporate cash flows than at any previous point in history.” — John … Continue reading
Economic Bubbles Take From the Poor, Give to the Rich
At the Economic Populist Blog, Robert Oak posted an excellent analysis of the Pew Research report, A Rise in Wealth for the Wealthy; Declines for the Lower 93%, based on Census data on wealth taken since the so-called economic recovery … Continue reading
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Tagged David Stockman, Economic Bubble, Economic Collapse, Economic Collapse Blog, Economic Populist Blog, Economic Recovery, Marc Faber, Michael Snyder, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nomura Securities, Price–earnings ratio, Robert J. Shiller, Robert Oak, Ronald Reagan, Wall Street Journal
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