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Joseph Stiglitz – “American Inequality Didn’t Just Happen…It Was Created.”
Joseph Stiglitz – “American Inequality Didn’t Just Happen…It Was Created.” Yesterday, I came across an excerpt from a book written by economist Joseph Stiglitz, which touched upon many crucial points regarding the U.S. economy. I think it’s an important read since it helps explain the roots of the current rebellion taking place within the political […]
Is This the Beginning of the Next Recession?
Is This the Beginning of the Next Recession? “Significant risk” of “falling into contraction” with “worse to come.” The US economy is largely service based. So when the “manufacturing renaissance” and “on-shoring” that everyone had been waiting for turned into no-shows, and when instead manufacturing started slowing in early 2015, it was no big deal, […]
David Stockman CNBC Interview: “I don’t Know What The Bulls Are Smoking”
David Stockman CNBC Interview: “I don’t Know What The Bulls Are Smoking” Anyone who believes that the global economy isn’t crashing must be delirious, according to David Stockman. The former director of the Office of Management and Budget argues that a rapidly deteriorating economic environment is going to send stocks and oil prices spiraling even […]
The Recession Isn’t a Few Months Away… It’s Already Started
The Recession Isn’t a Few Months Away… It’s Already Started So the S&P 500 is out of correction for now and the coast is clear. NOT! This is exactly what we’ve been predicting would happen – after reaching new lows, stocks would have to bounce before they inevitably resume their longer-term trend, which is down. But […]
The US Economy Has Not Recovered And Will Not Recover
The US Economy Has Not Recovered And Will Not Recover The US economy died when middle class jobs were offshored and when the financial system was deregulated. Jobs offshoring benefitted corporate executives and shareholders, because lower labor and compliance costs resulted in higher profits. These profits flowed through to shareholders in the form of capital […]
Falling Oil Prices Not the Reason for U.S.’s Economic Woes
Falling Oil Prices Not the Reason for U.S.’s Economic Woes Why Should a Decline in Oil Prices be Bad? The dramatic fall in the global price of oil is being cited by the financial press, government officials, and academia as the catalyst for the recent abysmal U.S. economic data which shows that the economy is, […]
Why Dip Buyers Will Get Clobbered: The US Economy Isn’t Doing “Just Fine”
Why Dip Buyers Will Get Clobbered: The US Economy Isn’t Doing “Just Fine” As of June 2008 no Wall Street banking house was predicting a recession, yet by then the Great Recession—–the worst economic downturn since the 1930s—– was already six months old, as per the NBER’s subsequent official reckoning. Actually, it was already several years old if you concede that […]
US Economy – Slip-Sliding Away
US Economy – Slip-Sliding Away Economic Conditions Continue to Worsen It must be China. Or the weather, which is usually either too cold or to warm – somehow the weather is just neverright for economic growth. Surely it cannot be another Fed policy-induced boom that is on the verge of going bust? Sorry, we completely forgot […]
Discovery
Discovery It looks like 2016 will be the year that humanfolk learn that the stuff they value was not worth as much as they thought it was. It will be a harrowing process because a great many humans are abandoning ownership of things that are rapidly losing value — e.g. stocks on the Shanghai exchange […]
37 Facts About How Cruel This Economy Has Been To Millions Of Desperate American Families
37 Facts About How Cruel This Economy Has Been To Millions Of Desperate American Families Have you ever laid in bed awake at night with a knot in your stomach because you didn’t know how your family was possibly going to make it through the next month financially? Have you ever felt the desperation of […]
What Fresh Horror Awaits The Economy After Fed Rate Hike?
What Fresh Horror Awaits The Economy After Fed Rate Hike? There is one predominant reality that must be understood before a person can grasp the nature of the Federal Reserve and the decisions it makes, and that reality is this: The Fed’s purpose is not to defend or extend American markets or the dollar; the […]
JP Morgan And Citigroup Agree That The U.S. Economy Is Steamrolling Toward A Recession
JP Morgan And Citigroup Agree That The U.S. Economy Is Steamrolling Toward A Recession As we approach the end of 2015, researchers at both JP Morgan and Citigroup agree that the probability that the U.S. economy will soon plunge into recession is rising. Just last week, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives asked […]
Look Out Below: the Real Economy Just Hit Stall Speed
Look Out Below: the Real Economy Just Hit Stall Speed Look out below, for even with bloated federal spending, the real economy has hit stall speed. What do we mean when we say the U.S. economy is at stall speed? Stall speedrefers to the air speed and angle of the wing (called the angle of attack) needed to […]
“Bank Failures and Systemic Breakdowns”: Regulator Warns on Autos, Subprime, Commercial Real-Estate…
“Bank Failures and Systemic Breakdowns”: Regulator Warns on Autos, Subprime, Commercial Real-Estate… If you look at auto sales, which are flirting with all-time highs, and at commercial real-estate prices, which are way beyond all-time highs, and if you look at the loans, including subprime, that make it all happen, you’d think the US economy is […]
US Economy Flies into “Coffin Corner,” But We Don’t Mind!
US Economy Flies into “Coffin Corner,” But We Don’t Mind! Every year, Wall Street economists see a spike in a few indicators and announce an imminent boom. This slowly fades away, leaving another year of slow growth — preventing full recovery from the crash. Readers of the FM website have seen this accurately reported since […]
