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China Stuck in a Feedback Loop | The Dollar or the Dark Ages? – Tough Call.

The FT published a brilliant article on Monday (May 25) entitled, “Beijing is caught in ‘trap’ over dollar.” The article suggests the world’s fastest growing economy has placed too much of its hard-won cash reserves in the U.S. debt market and, as a result, has locked itself into a bit of a jam. As the [...]

Posted on May 26th, 2009 under Apocolypse, BRIC, Beijing, Budget, China, Communism, Depression, Emerging Markets, Exit Plan, Federal Reserve, Global Policeman, Global Poverty, Globalizm, Gold, Gold Standard, Great Depression, IMF, Insolvent, Lou Ping, Multipolar, National Debt, Obama, Oval Office, Spending, Stock Market, Sub-Prime, São Paulo Forum, Taxation, Trade Deficit, U.S., UN, US Dollar, US Treasury Bonds, Unilateralism, Unipolar, United Nations, WTO, World Trade, de Gaulle, debt, economy. Comments: None

U.S. National Debt Since 1940 | Where is the Outcry? When is the Revolution?

I’m at a loss for words this weekend. Having spent some time playing and exploring the Government’s General Printing Office (GPO) website (which has an amazing array of statistics, databases, raw data files and reports) – I’m seriously wondering … – Where is the public outcry? – Where are the pitch forks? – When shall [...]

Posted on March 29th, 2009 under Americans, Apocolypse, Armageddon, Arms Trade, Bill Clinton, CNN, China, Corruption, Deficit, Democrats, Depression, Eisenhower, Federal Reserve, GOP, Global Policeman, Global Poverty, Globalizm, Great Depression, Hillary Rodham Clinton, IMF, Insolvent, Jingoism, National Debt, New Deal, Obama, President, Spetsnaz, State of the Union, Stock Market, Trade Deficit, U.S., US Dollar, US Treasury Bonds, Unipolar, WTO, Washington, World Trade, ballot box, congress, defence, economy, fiction!?, john mccain. Comments: 1

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