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Tag Archives: recession
Why the Banking System Is Breaking Up
By Michael Hudson Source: The Unz Review The collapses of Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank are like icebergs calving off from the Antarctic glacier. The financial analogy to the global warming causing this collapse of supporting shelving is the rising … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, History, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Central bank, derivatives, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Oligarchy, Quantitative Easing, recession, S&Ls, Silkicon Valley Bank, Silvergate, SVB, Technocracy, Treasury securities
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Major Economic Contraction Coming In 2023 – Followed By Even More Inflation
By Brandon Smith Source: Investment Watch The signs are already present and obvious, but the overall economic picture probably won’t be acknowledged in the mainstream until the situation becomes much worse (as if it’s not bad enough). It’s a problem … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Inequality, media, news, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged corporate news, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Housing Crisis, Inflation, Mainstream Media, recession
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How Money Printing Made Supply Chain Disruptions Even Worse
By Nicholas Baum Source: Activist Post Over the last few years, an unwelcome phrase has grown to plague American consumers and producers alike: supply chain issues. The recurring term is frequently offered by mainstream economists as the go-to explanation for record … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged American Rescue Plan Act, Economic Collapse, Economics, Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances, financial crisis, GDP, Gina Raimondo, inlation, Joe Biden, money printing, Oligarchy, Paul Volcker, recession, Ryan McMaken
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Europe, more than Putin, must shoulder the blame for the energy crisis
The same arrogant, self-righteous posturing from the West that fuelled the Ukraine war is now plunging Europe into recession By Jonathan Cook Source: Middle East Eye Outraged western leaders are threatening a price cap on imports of Russian natural gas after Moscow cut supplies … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, civil disobedience, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Energy, Financial Crisis, Geoengineering, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Afghanistan, Economics, empire, Energy Crisis, Europe, financial crisis, geopolitics, imperialism, Iran, iraq, NATO, recession, Russia, Sanctions, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war
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Escalation: Recent Events Suggest Mounting Economic Danger
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.us A common refrain from people who are critical of alternative economists is that we have been predicting crisis for so long that “eventually we will be right.” These are generally people who don’t understand the … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Energy, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, news, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged China, culture, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economic Decline, Economics, Energy Crisis, Europe, financial crisis, recession, Russia, society, Taiwan, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy
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Thanks To The Rapidly Imploding U.S. Economy, Joe Biden’s Poll Numbers Have Plunged To Unprecedented Levels
By Michael Snyder Source: Economic Collapse Blog These are not good times for Joe Biden. When the U.S. economy is performing well whoever is in the White House is going to get most of the credit. Likewise, when the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Energy, Geopolitics, news, Oligarchy, Recession, society
Tagged China, culture, Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, financial crisis, geopolitics, Joe Biden, LinkedIn, recession, society
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What “Normal” Are We Returning To? The Depression Nobody Dares Acknowledge
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Perhaps we need an honest national dialog about declining expectations, rising inequality, social depression and the failure of the status quo. Even as the chirpy happy-talk of a return to normal floods the airwaves, … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Economics, education, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, media, Oligarchy, Psychology, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged American exceptionalism, Anger, Corporate Welfare, culture, despair, downward mobility, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, Education, financial crisis, Inequality, Middle Class, Oligarchy, psychology, recession, social defeat, society, Sociology, systemic injustice, unemployment, Wealth Disparity
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Corporate Looting as ‘Rescue Plan,’ Robber Barons as ‘Saviors’
By Joshua Cho Source: FAIR.org For a perfect illustration of how corporate media function as ruling class propaganda, watch how they spin a titanic upward redistribution of wealth as a “rescue plan” for the US economy, and paint a robber … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Bailouts, CARES act, Committee for a Responsible Budget, coronavirus, corporate media, Covid-19, Democrats, Donna Shalala, Dystopia, economic inequality, Economics, economy, financial crisis, Mainstream Media, Media Literacy, MSM media, Nancy Pelosi, Oligarchy, Pandemic, propaganda, recession, Republicans, Special Purpose Vehicles, Steve Mnuchin
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