A battle over the budget is closing our schools, our libraries, firing our teachers and taking away collective bargaining rights. While the banks and largest...
China Embraces the Gold Standard
In one of the most ironic and revealing moves in the unfolding of relations between the United States and China, China has announced that it is seeking a shift to...
America’s Ridiculous Toy Money
"I remember a German farmer expressing as much in a few words as the whole subject requires; ‘Money is money, and paper is paper.’” –...
'We're Greece' in a Few Years: Sen. Gregg
If the US government doesn’t act soon to reduce the deficit and debt, it will become like Greece in a few years, Sen. Judd Gregg, (R-N.H.), told CNBC...
Chris Hedges and Michael Moore on Unfettered Capitalism
"Sadly I agree, we are no longer worthwhile Americans, we are simply a commodity!!!" http://www.democraticunderground.com/101726198 "So how...
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By David Edwards Friday, March 30, 2012 12:02 EDT Rep. Michele Bachmann insisted this week that the reason 40 million Americans “choose” not to buy...
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The only thing that could top today's epic market insanity and hilarity, would be that Corzine is himself about to be Corzined. Just released from Bloomberg:...
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Rep Ron Paul, one of four remaining GOP candidates seeking the nomination for president, returned to Capitol Hill this morning to attend a hearing with one of his...
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A list of banker resignations are compiled at the link. Lots of questions raised, no answers so far and speculation that something big is going to go down. Anyone...
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MANHATTAN (CN) - An American expatriate in Bulgaria claims the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, the Office of International Treasury Control and the Italian...
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6 TRILLION DOLLARS IN FAKE US BONDS DISCOVERED http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/17/world/europe/italy-counterfeit-bonds/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 I can see a few million...
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Could gaining control of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CBI) be one of the main reasons that Iran is being targeted by Western and Israeli powers?...
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As the name implies. What is funny is how only after the advent of the Federal Reserve in 1913 did Financial crises expose increasingly more of world GDP to a crisis...
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Here’s a quick crash course in how the intelligence business works these days. Despite the Hollywood mystique of suave, womanizing, pun-dropping men of mystery...
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There is a saying that epitomizes the dangers of surrendering too much of your independence: "Those who giveth can also taketh away." With that in mind, it...
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We knew the last bailout from the Federal Reserve was pretty big, but not until now did we have statistics on the actually tally. If you thought that the $700 billion...
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17 people, including The Nation's contributor Chris Hedges, were arrested in New York on Thursday after a large group of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators...
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The SEC has already begun a probe into the collapse of MF Global. Federal prosecutors and the FBI are set to join the inquiry into what happened to hundreds of...
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Consistent with the Wall Street standard operating procedure of privatized profits and socialized risks, the Bank of America has allegedly transferred 75 trillion...
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Curious what the talking heads will be discussing all weekend parallel to the joke that is the European Summit #1, not to be confused with summit #666? Here is the...
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This story from Bloomberg just hit the wires this morning. Bank of America is shifting derivatives in its Merrill investment banking unit to its depository arm,...
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This cartoon from 1912 tried to warn America of the Vampire Squid "wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that...
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The harsh economic climate is changing. The time has come when citizens and companies aren’t the only ones being forced to file for bankruptcy… Major...
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