Economy
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Bank of America Warns Of 'Lethal' Damage To China's Financial System As Deflation Deepens | Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Image: bruegel.org"Deflation, Devaluation, and Default" loom in China this year. The denouement for Shanghai's bourse will not be pretty, says the U.S. bank. Jan. 8, 2015 (Telegraph) -- China is at ...
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That Was Easy: In Just 60 Years, Neoliberal Capitalism Has Nearly Broken Planet Earth | Jon Queally
A pair of new studies show how various forms of human activity, driven by a flawed economic system and vast consumption, is laying waste to Earth's natural systems The conclusion that the world's ...
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Trade Secrets | George Monbiot
George MonbiotWhy will no one answer the obvious, massive question about TTIP? Jan. 13, 2015 (Monbiot.com) -- When a government proposes to abandon one of the fundamental principles of justice, ...
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Casualties From Swiss Shock Spread From New York to New Zealand | David Evans and Kevin Buckland
http://www.merrilledge.com/Jan. 16, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- Losses mounted from the Swiss currency shock as the largest U.S. retail foreign-exchange brokerage said client debts threatened its compliance ...
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Here's What the Swiss Central Bank Just Did and Why It's Such a Shocker | Joe Weisenthal
http://www.forexbrokerz.com/Jan. 15, 2015 (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- The Swiss National Bank shocked the world Thursday when it announced it would remove the cap it had in place to prevent the ...
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Fight for Our Progressive Vision | U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
Poll after poll shows that the American people support a progressive agenda that addresses income and wealth inequality, that creates the millions of jobs we desperately need, that raises the ...
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TOON: Travel Alert! | Gregory Crawford
Gregory Crawford -- World News Trust Jan. 15, 2015 TOON: "Travel Alert!" Editorial cartoon by Gregory Crawford © World News Trust 2015 (CC BY-ND.4.0) Comment from Gregory Crawford: "Just in case you ...
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March of the Squirrels | John Michael Greer
John Michael GreerJan. 14, 2015 (Archdruid Report) -- Prediction is a difficult business at the best of times, but the difficulties seem to change from one era to another. Just now, at least for me, ...
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EU integration ʹsmashedʹ by Iceland application rethink | James O'Brien
Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Davi Gunnlaugsson. Credit: The Parliament Magazine Jan. 5, 2015 (The Parliament Magazine) -- Iceland is shortly expected to withdraw its application to become a ...
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Only in Iceland: beer flavoured with smoked whale testicles | CBC Radio
Stedji brewery's new flavour: whale testicle. (Stedji/Wikipedia) Jan. 12, 2015 (CBC Radio) -- It's the latest craft beer from Iceland, brewed in small batches using pure spring water. Oh, and ...
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Oil Collapse of 1986 Shows Rebound Could Be Years Away | Mark Shenk
Credit: BloombergJan. 13, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- The last time excess supply caused a plunge in oil, it took almost five years for prices to recover. The CHART OF THE DAY shows how West Texas ...
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