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The Makings of a Global Debt Crisis Are in Place
The Makings of a Global Debt Crisis Are in Place In 2017, the financial world was filled with talk of synchronized sustainable growth in major economies for the first time since before the 2008 global financial crisis. This was being proclaimed by global financial elites including Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF. Now that vision […]
Trump: “I Won’t Be Here” When The Coming Debt Crisis Goes Nuclear
Trump: “I Won’t Be Here” When The Coming Debt Crisis Goes Nuclear President Trump reportedly shrugged off concerns over the ballooning national debt, telling senior advisers in an early 2017 meeting “Yeah, but I won’t be here” when presented with “charts and graphics layout out the numbers and showing a “hockey stick” spike in the […]
The Art of Defaulting
The Art of Defaulting … the debt-financed overspending of the 1960s had continued into the early 1970s. The Fed had funded this spending with easy-credit policies, but by paying back its debts with depreciated paper money instead of gold-backed dollars, the U.S. effectively defaulted. Ray Dalio Principles for navigating big debt crises Ray Dalio of […]
The Fed Explains the Rate Hikes: To Prevent Financial Crisis 2
The Fed Explains the Rate Hikes: To Prevent Financial Crisis 2 Instead of “bubble” or “collapse,” it uses “valuation pressures” and “broad adjustment in prices.” Business debt, not consumer debt, is the bogeyman this time. Preventing another financial crisis – or “promoting financial stability,” as the Federal Reserve Board of Governors calls it – isn’t […]
DiMartino Booth: The Fraying Of The Fed’s Fragile Narrative
DiMartino Booth: The Fraying Of The Fed’s Fragile Narrative Former Dallas Fed official Danielle DiMartino Booth joins the show just as Chairman Jay Powell faces his first major challenge: will he keep raising rates as promised now that autos, housing, employment, and even tech stocks look soft? And if not, will he effectively signal that the US […]
Debt, Death, and the US Empire
Debt, Death, and the US Empire Yosemite Sam Gets Worried About Federal Debt In a talk which garnered little attention, one of the Deep State’s prime operatives, National Security Advisor John Bolton, cautioned of the enormous and escalating US debt. Deep State operative John Bolton, a.k.a. Yosemite Sam [PT] Photo credit: Mark Wilson / […]
The Coming Bankruptcy of the American Empire
The Coming Bankruptcy of the American Empire Better to bring the troops home on our terms than wait for a debt crisis to do it for us. Credit: Anneka/Shutterstock The chickens are coming home to roost. It’s only a question of when. Herbert Stein was chair of the Council of Economic Advisors under Presidents Richard Nixon […]
The Politics of Debt-Serfs and Tax Donkeys: Our Only Choice Is the Least Bad Option
The Politics of Debt-Serfs and Tax Donkeys: Our Only Choice Is the Least Bad Option The reality is there is no avenue left for advocacy, grievances or redress in a system dominated by global corporations and self-serving political insiders. What’s striking about the protests in Paris against higher fuel taxes is the universality of the […]
Breaking the Chains of Debt: Lessons from Babylonia for Today’s Student Crisis
Breaking the Chains of Debt: Lessons from Babylonia for Today’s Student Crisis Societies have tended to polarize between creditors and debtors since ancient times, but this tendency can and must be reversed. Today, the wealthy depict inequality in glowing colors as a byproduct of economies pulling ahead, “creating wealth” by innovations that add to prosperity. […]
Oil Sends A “Crude Warning”
Oil Sends A “Crude Warning” As with many Americans, I am on the road with the family making the traditional holiday rounds. Of course, my family is more “The Griswolds” than “The Waltons. but even with all of the antics, comedy, and occasional drama, it is always an enjoyable time of the year. However, I did […]
The Big Bet Against Italian Banks
The Big Bet Against Italian Banks The eurozone’s third-largest economy, Italy, is marooned in a deep political and economic crisis, with seeming endless problems: an economy that has barely grown in decades, sky-high unemployment rates, ballooning national debt, an inability to form a stable coalition government and, lately, a looming showdown with the EU over […]
Stock-Market Margin Debt Plunges Most Since Lehman Moment
Stock-Market Margin Debt Plunges Most Since Lehman Moment It gets serious. Margin calls? No one knows what the total leverage in the stock market is. But we know it’s huge and has surged in past years, based on the limited data we have, and from reports by various brokers about their “securities-based loans” (SBLs), and […]
Stock Market Crash: The Dow Has Fallen Nearly 2,500 Points And FAANG Stocks Have Lost A TRILLION Dollars In Value
Stock Market Crash: The Dow Has Fallen Nearly 2,500 Points And FAANG Stocks Have Lost A TRILLION Dollars In Value Thanksgiving week was not supposed to be like this. Normally things are slow in the days leading up to Thanksgiving as investors prepare to gorge themselves with turkey and stuffing as they gather with family […]
