Economy
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Algorithms And Red Wine: Is The 'Digital Hive' A Soft Totalitarian State? | Joe Bageant
Joe Bageant at Innie's Cafe in Belize Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Oct. 24, 2010 -- Ferrara, Italy -- Sitting in a bottliberia, one of those wine bars that brings out food to match your ...
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Global Systemic Crisis: LEAP/E2020’s analysis of 39 countries’ risks 2010-2014
Global systemic crisis - LEAP/E2020’s analysis of 39 countries’ risks 2010-2014: A collective but contrasting dive into the phase of world geopolitical dislocation Oct. 16, 2010 (LEAP/E2020) -- ...
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The War On Terror (Paul Craig Roberts)
Oct. 15, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Does anyone remember the “cakewalk war” that would last six weeks, cost $50 billion-$60 billion, and be paid for out of Iraqi oil revenues? Does anyone ...
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Bernanke Ponders The 'Nuclear Option' (Mike Whitney)
Oct. 15, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Ben Bernanke's speech on Friday in Boston could turn out to be a real barnburner. In fact, there's a good chance the Fed chairman will announce changes ...
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Why the U.S. has Launched a New Financial World War, And How the the Rest of the World Will Fight Back (Michael Hudson)
“Coming events cast their shadows forward.” – Goethe Oct. 12, 2010 (Counterpunch) -- What is to stop U.S. banks and their customers from creating $1 trillion, $10 trillion or even $50 trillion on ...
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Slashing the Dollar - The Future is Ugly (Mike Whitney)
Oct. 13, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- This has the makings of a real donnybrook. The Fed has has hinted that it will launch a second round of quantitative easing (QE) sometime after its Nov. ...
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Currency wars are necessary if all else fails (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard)
The overwhelming fact of the global currency system is that America needs a much weaker dollar to bring its economy back into kilter and avoid slow ruin, yet the rest of the world cannot easily ...
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US Healthcare 'to Blame' for Poor Life Expectancy Rates (BBC)
Oct. 10, 2010 (BBC) -- The U.S. healthcare system is to blame for declines in the country's life expectancy ranking, a study suggests. The Columbia University report rejects claims that factors such ...
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How Democracy Dies: Lessons from a Master (Chris Hedges)
Oct. 11, 2010 (Truthdig) -- The ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes spent his life battling the assault on democracy by tyrants. It is disheartening to be reminded that he lost. But he understood ...
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Wells Fargo: No halt to foreclosures (Mark Calvey)
Oct. 8, 2010 (San Francisco Business Times) -- Wells Fargo said Friday it has no plans to adopt a foreclosure moratorium despite Bank of America’s decision today to halt all foreclosures. “Wells ...
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Over 60 percent of Afghans suffer mental health problems (Agence France-Presse)
Oct. 10, 2010 -- KABUL (Agence France-Presse) -- Scarred by decades of war, social problems and poverty, more than 60 percent of Afghans suffer from stress disorders and mental health problems, a ...
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