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Somewhere in China, an economist lost his job today… it was the poor guy who had been predicting manageable levels of inflation despite rapid headline GDP growth and even more rapid monetary expansion.
Egypt’s central bank Tuesday said it intervened to support the pound after recent political unrest sent the currency to its lowest level in six years against the dollar. “Yes we did intervene,” Hisham Ramez, the deputy governor of the Egyptian centra
Now that this privacy is gone, Panama’s banking system will have to stand against regional competitors in an apples-to-apples comparison. In my opinion, Panama as a banking jurisdiction no longer has an advantage over Belize or the Caribbean– it’s si
I think increasing one’s self-reliance is the better answer to reducing dependence on the system– this could mean a lot of things: having a second residence in a more stable place overseas; installing solar paneling; storing extra food and water; div
“….You’re going to pay $25 for a loaf of bread pretty soon. Look at what’s happening with our food prices. They’re going through the roof. We could end up being another Egypt. You could have riots in our streets also.”
In the last few months, however, the index has tanked over 60% as commodities have surged and investors are once again starting to pay attention to the index that dropped like a rock in water during the financial crisis.
Rising social and political instability within nations had become a distinct possibility he said with “dangerous” imbalances likely to sow the seeds of the next crisis
Vali Nasr, in his outstanding new book “Forces of Fortune,” shows that Qutb was at least half wrong. Globalization, free trade and market economics aren’t a threat to Islam per se. What they are a threat to is the totalitarian vision of Islam that Qu
Charles Goyette - New York Times bestselling author joins Ernest in studio to talk about the Economy / Matthew Wagner - Zeitgeist Movement - Unanswered Questions
Charles Goyette - New York Times bestselling author joins Ernest in studio to talk about the Economy / Matthew Wagner - Zeitgeist Movement - Unanswered Questions
In a shocking case of government transparency, a major central banker has given us a stern warning, comparing the drop in real wages and living standards to 1920s levels.
As Simon Black, a.k.a. Sovereign Man, extrapolates:
"To summarize, one o
Japan and the United States faced new pressure to confront their swollen budget deficits as the IMF and rating agencies demanded more evidence they can bring their public debts under control. The G7's 2 biggest economies needed to spell out credible
The French team began with a goal – 3000 calories per day for everyone, including 500 from animal sources – then ran a global food model repeatedly, with and without environmental limits on farming. The aim was to see how the calorie goal could be ac
I had a rather interesting meeting last night with a notable Chilean attorney who is the chief legal counsel of one of the country’s largest telecom firms. We talked about the growth of the local economy and the lengths to which the government here i
Most people have never heard of Lee Kuan Yew… but he’s an incredibly important figure in one of the world’s most cutting-edge economies. As Singapore’s first prime minister, he governed for 3 decades, overseeing his country’s transformation into a m
In economics, hyperinflation is inflation that is very high or "out of control". While the real values of the specific economic items generally stay the same in terms of relatively stable foreign currencies, in hyperinflationary conditions the gen
Spain plans to pour billions more euros into its troubled savings banks and force them to be more open about their lending practices, people familiar with the matter said, an acknowledgment that previous efforts to fix the banks have fallen flat as t
Japan has hit a “critical point” where it risks losing investor confidence if politicians fail to reach agreement on how to rein in the ballooning national debt, a cabinet minister has warned.
..., amid fears that inflation was getting out of hand. The move, though, adds to upward pressure on Brazil's currency, the real, whose soaring value against the dollar has already become problematic for the country's exporters.
no place is perfect… and in these tumultuous times which I call the ‘Age of Turmoil,’ no country is going to be completely immune to the looming problems which face the world, namely rising prices and resource shortages.
Laos is a small, landlocked economy in Southeast Asia that’s often overlooked in favor of its neighbors: Thailand, China, and even Cambodia. But there are a few important factors that set Laos apart and lead me to believe that, when it comes to infla
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