Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
International Business - Davos Style / Politics / Financial Markets 2012
By: BATR
The first lesson of international business is that the monopolies that drive the commercial trading system only hold loyalty to the god of capital. Making money means retaining a profit on trading transactions of business companies. The notion of MAKING MONEY means something very different to the financial empires that speculate on currencies, commodities, bonds and equities. When the two worlds come together to celebrate the common interest of their pirate culture, the Davos port of call, is a necessary winter holiday.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Decline of U.S. Economy is the Logical Outcome of Keynesian Economics / Politics / Economic Theory
By: Ron_Hera
The Unholy Alliance of John Maynard Keyne
Perhaps the greatest modern champion of central economic planning was the 20th century English economist John Maynard Keynes. Keynes, who was a political socialist and for a time a central banker, advocated the idea that the government should play a large, active role in the economy. Among the consequences of Keynes’ economic theories, whether intended or unintended, is the fact that Western economies today are characterized by large, central governments, central banks and massive debts.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Official Currency Counterfeiters Run the World / Politics / Central Banks
By: Gary_North
Back in 1969, a Disney cartoonist sat down at his story board and produced a booklet that the Disney organization never saw: The Official Counterfeiter. It was a presentation of fractional reserve banking and the role of the Federal Reserve System.
His name was Vic Lockman. As far as I know, he was the first cartoonist ever to do a booklet based on the Austrian theory of the business cycle. He revised the booklet in 1974. It is now back online.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Gold Money and Central Banking / Politics / Central Banks
By: William_Bancroft
Gold Money and Central Banking
Continuing a recent piece about today’s central banking elite, Will Bancroft examines recent political attention being focused on the Bank of England. Is it possible that politicians are missing the bigger point? Read on to see how well central bankers have managed our money this last hundred years, and what role gold and silver could play.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Greece Prime Minister Calls "Crisis Meeting" Attacks E.U. / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Mike_Shedlock
Things are going so well in Greece (just one step away from a deal for weeks on end), that Greek officials attack EU and IMF as debt talks stall
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Failure to Rig Gold Market During Dollar Devolution, Manifest Destiny Derailed: Treason from Within / Politics / Market Manipulation
By: Rob_Kirby
Something very unusual recently occurred in financial journalism. If you are from or rely on the mainstream western financial press as your primary means of being informed – you surely wouldn’t have noticed – because this ‘oddity’ involved a real act of investigative journalism by one Lars Schall.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Is Deepwater Horizon the New Ecuador? / Politics / Crude Oil
By: OilPrice_Com
Nearly two years after the worst accidental offshore oil spill in the history of the energy industry, some of the biggest companies in the world are busy pointing their legal fingers at one another in court over who has to pay what in claims, damages and fines over the deadly Deepwater Horizon oil spill. A federal judge this week ruled that BP is still obligated to a clause in its contract with Transocean that would protect the rig owner from damages related to the spill. That means BP still has to shell out money to settle claims filed by those along the southern U.S. coast impacted by the spill. BP, meanwhile, is suing Halliburton, something Halliburton said was ridiculous. If the legal mess over Chevron's case involving Ecuador is any indication, former BP boss Tony Hayward will be pushing 80 before this gets settled.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
To Fix U.S. Economy, Stop Government Meddling! / Politics / Government Intervention
By: David_Galland
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Germany's Role in Europe and the European Debt Crisis / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: STRATFOR
The German government proposed last week that a European commissioner be appointed to supplant the Greek government. While phrasing the German proposal this way might seem extreme, it is not unreasonable. Under the German proposal, this commissioner would hold power over the Greek national budget and taxation. Since the European Central Bank already controls the Greek currency, the euro, this would effectively transfer control of the Greek government to the European Union, since whoever controls a country's government expenditures, tax rates and monetary policy effectively controls that country. The German proposal therefore would suspend Greek sovereignty and the democratic process as the price of financial aid to Greece.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
We Don’t Need No Government Market Regulation / Politics / Market Regulation
By: Jan_Skoyles
Taking the title from a recent Guardian article, Jan Skoyles looks at the arguments made by Thomas Frank, in his new book ‘Pity the Billionaire’ , against the Republican nominees’ demands for less regulation. Mr Frank believes that the on-going financial crisis demonstrated the need for more regulation. She looks at the reasons against government regulation and argues that it should be down to the markets.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The European Commission Has Broken The Social Contract / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: Christopher_Quigley
The European Commission, in its Support for the ECB, has broken the
"Social Contract" and therefore has lost the moral right to rule.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"The Social Contract"
Monday, January 30, 2012
Captain Ron Paul vs America’s Leading Chicken-Hawks / Politics / US Politics
By: Stephen_Merrill
Many, many men in the United States are incredibly brave with the lives of US soldiers and generously open-handed in spending the treasure of our nation in dozens of foreign countries. They see death and destruction as a primary way to conduct American foreign policy.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Iran, Gold and Oil - The Next Banksters War / Politics / Middle East
By: BATR
Remember the real reason why Moammar Gadhafi is dead. He dared to propose and started creating an alternative currency to the world reserve U.S. Dollar. The lesson learned in Libya is now ready for teaching in Iran. Forget all the noise about going nuclear, the true message is that the banksters rule and nation states serve their ultimate masters. The hype and disinformation that surrounds the push for war is best understood by examining the viewpoint of Iranian MP Kazem Jalali. The Tehran Times quotes him in saying,
Sunday, January 29, 2012
NHS GP's Pump Out Propaganda for £80 Billion Blank Cheque Flawed Government Health Service Reforms / Politics / NHS
By: Nadeem_Walayat
CCG NHS GP's pushing for the UK Government to go ahead with NHS reforms that would effectively transfer an annual NHS commissioning budget of at least £80 billion into the hands of GP led consortia's across the country, have gone on the offensive in the mainstream press as illustrated by across the media sphere articles of the NHS being in peril if government health reforms fail to go ahead.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
How the Banks Broke the Social Compact, Promoting their Own Special Interests / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Michael_Hudson
Banks Weren’t Meant to Be Like This. What will their future be – and what is the government’s proper financial role?
The inherently symbiotic relationship between banks and governments recently has been reversed. In medieval times, wealthy bankers lent to kings and princes as their major customers. But now it is the banks that are needy, relying on governments for funding – capped by the post-2008 bailouts to save them from going bankrupt from their bad private-sector loans and gambles.
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Iran Sanctions Conducive to Weak Dollar and Spiralling Gold Prices / Politics / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Bob_Chapman
We are trying to figure out the best way to describe the banking and oil sanctions against Iran, which are blatant acts of war. Just look back in history at similar situations and you will see what we are referring too. It is simple incompetence or is the allied plan a false flag feint in order to distract attention away from debt problems?
Sunday, January 29, 2012
How Ron Paul Could Win / Politics / US Politics
By: Paul_Craig_Roberts
In the Soviet Union common criminals were punished less harshly and received better treatment than political prisoners. A person who had committed a violent crime had more rights than someone who expressed criticism of the government and could be portrayed as having acted against the government. We now have the same situation in the US.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Fighting Financial Fraud, Remember Rousseau, Property Rights and Human Rights Are Still At War / Politics / US Politics
By: Danny_Schechter
The conflict between property rights and human rights has entered a new chapter. It is a debate that goes back to the challenge by landowners and merchants behind the American Revolution’s war on British control over the colonial economy.
Only today, as those speaking in the name of the 99% challenge the super wealthy of the 1% (actually the .001 %) there is a new battleground in what’s known as the housing market with as many as 14 million Americans in or facing foreclosure.
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
RBS CEO £1 Million Bonus for Failure Should be Scrapped, Bankster Fraud on Taxpayers Continues / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The RBS board has awarded the CEO a bonus of £1 million in addition to his £1.2 million salary for effectively being an abysmal failure on any recognisable measure.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
How Ron Paul's Election Campaign Could End the Fed / Politics / US Politics
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Led by presidential candidate Ron Paul's "end the Fed" mantra, Republicans have made their attacks on the U.S. Federal Reserve into an election year rallying cry.
It's one that could turn ugly in November if the GOP manages to score big.
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