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Mass Distraction And Fake “V-Shaped” Recovery Provide Cover For The Fed Induced Crash
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.com This article, originally titled ‘The Fed Just Got Cover For The Collapse Of The US Economy’, was written by Brandon Smith and first published at Birch Gold Group The scapegoating has already started. In almost every … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Bank Bailouts, Cashless Society, central banks, Debt Bubble, Digital Currency, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, GDP, Jerome Powell, Lockdowns, Pandemic, small businesses, surveillance state, tyranny, unemployment
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Neoliberal Economics Destroyed the Economy and the Middle Class
By Paul Craig Roberts Source: PaulCraigRoberts.com According to official US government economic data, the US economy has been growing for 10.5 years since June of 2009. The reason that the US government can produce this false conclusion is that costs … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, imperialism, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged capitalism, Consumerism, Debt, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Financialization, financialized economy, GDP, income gap, International Finance Corporation, Michael Hudson, Neoliberalism, US Department of Commerce, Wage Stagnation, Wealth Disparity, World Bank
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The Economic Crash So Far: A Look At The Real Numbers
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.com There are many problems when attempting to track a faltering economy. For one, the people in government generally do not want the public to know when the system is in decline because this looks bad … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, History, Housing Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, propaganda, Psy-ops, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Work
Tagged BLS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Conspiracy theory, Debt, Economic Crash, Economics, elites, Federal Reserve, Financial Bubble, financial crisis, GDP, Housing Crisis, Labor, millennials, Real Wages, recession, Retirement, Stock Market, U.S. manufacturing, unemployment, Work
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What globalism did was to transfer the US economy to China
By Paul Craig Roberts Source: Intrepid Report The main problem with the US economy is that globalism has been deconstructing it. The offshoring of US jobs has reduced US manufacturing and industrial capability and associated innovation, research, development, supply chains, … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged china, Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, financial crisis, GDP, geopolitics, Globalism, Jobs, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plunge Protection Team, recession, Stock Market, Tariffs, Trade War, Work
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The Evidence Pours In: Poverty Is Getting Much Worse In America
By Paul Buchheit Source: Occupy.com A White House report recently proclaimed that the “War on Poverty is largely over and a success.” United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said it was “ridiculous for the United Nations to examine poverty in America.” Well-positioned Americans … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Environment, Financial Crisis, Health, Housing Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged America, culture, economic inequality, Economic Mobility, Economics, environment, financial crisis, GDP, Health, Homelessness, infant mortality rate, Living Wage, Mental Health, pollution, Poverty, Social Safety Net, society, unemployment
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The Great Ponzi Scheme of the Global Economy
By Michael Hudson and Chris Hedges Source: CounterPunch CHRIS HEDGES: We’re going to be discussing a great Ponzi scheme that not only defines not only the U.S. but the global economy, how we got there and where we’re going. And with me … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Recession, Social Control, society, war
Tagged 1%, 99%, Adam Smith, Chris Hedges, Classical Economics, Debt, Financial Parasites, GDP, Goldman Sachs, Gross National Product, Junk Economics, Marx, Michael Hudson, military-industrial complex, Neofeudalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, wall street, war
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Is the US Economy Heading for Recession?
By Jack Rasmus Source: Global Research This past week the U.S. government announced the country’s economy rose in the January-March 2016 at a mere 0.5 percent annual growth rate. Since the U.S., unlike other countries, estimates its GDP based on … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, corporate news, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Labor, media, news, Recession, Social Control, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged bernie sanders, Economic Collapse, Economic Recovery, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, GDP, Global Economy, Millenials, recession, unemployment, US Economy
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The US economy has not recovered and will not recover
By Paul Craig Roberts Source: Intrepid Report The US economy died when middle class jobs were offshored and when the financial system was deregulated. Jobs offshoring benefitted Wall Street, corporate executives, and shareholders, because lower labor and compliance costs resulted … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Recession, Social Control, society
Tagged Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Corporate Globalization, corporate media, Deregulation, Economic Collapse, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, GDP, Great Depression, Housing Market, John Maynard Keynes, Michael Hudson, propaganda, recession, unemployment, US Economy
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