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Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends

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Politics

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Fed Plays PR Games / Politics / Central Banks

By: John_Browne

The world was taken by surprise recently by the Federal Reserve Board's announcement that it would publish some of its economic forecasting that forms the basis for its short-term interest rate strategy. The Fed claims that the move will vastly increase so-called transparency, which has become a buzz word for honesty and virtue. However, the new policies do nothing to remove the cloak of secrecy that conceals still many of its most significant activities. This myth of new transparency will do little to lure investors back into the markets but as an unintended consequence will reveal just how profoundly the markets are currently guided from the top.

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Politics

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Burning Eurozone, All is Quiet on the Eastern Front? / Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis

By: Andy_Sutton

Best Financial Markets Analysis Article2011 had been touted as the year that everything would change. Massive paradigm shifts would rock our world and many a prophecy was made regarding financial crises, currency crises, wars, rumors of wars, and there was even one fellow who said the world itself would end, although he later retracted his predictions, but not before his followers had spent their life savings putting up billboards. Such hysteria is certainly the hallmark of times such as these, but we have to keep in mind that just because some of the predicted events didn’t happen yet, we’re a long, long way from being out of the woods. There is an old saying that if you do what you’ve always done; you’re going to get what you’ve always gotten. If we continue to sow the seeds of false fixes and faulty economics, we’re going to continue to reap financial and economic crisis. It really is that simple.

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Politics

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Food Provisions Shortage Sparked Arab Spring / Politics / Food Crisis

By: Richard_Mills

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleIn 1798 32 year-old British economist Malthus anonymously published "An Essay on the Principle of Population" and in it he argued that human population's increase geometrically (1, 2, 4, 16 etc.) while their food supply can only increase arithmetically (1, 2, 3, 4 etc.).

"The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man". Thomas Robert Malthus

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Politics

Friday, January 13, 2012

If You're Out of Work Blame Your Cell Phone / Politics / Social Issues

By: Money_Morning

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleMartin Hutchinson writes: Times are tough out there.

We would like to blame China, incompetent politicians, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, the banking system, or some unseen forces for this phenomenon.

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Politics

Friday, January 13, 2012

The US Lusts To Rule the Globe, The Next War on Washington’s Agenda / Politics / US Politics

By: Paul_Craig_Roberts

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleOnly the blind do not see that the US government is preparing to attack Iran. According to Professor Michel Chossudovsky, “Active war preparations directed against Iran (with the involvement of Israel and NATO) were initiated in May 2003.”

Washington has deployed missiles directed at Iran in its oil emirate puppet states, Oman and the UAE, and little doubt in the other US puppet states in the Middle East. Washington has beefed up Saudi Arabia’s jet fighter force. Most recently, Washington has deployed 9,000 US troops to Israel to participate in “war games” designed to test the US/Israeli air defense system. As Iran represents no threat unless attacked, Washington’s war preparations signal Washington’s intention to attack Iran.

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Politics

Thursday, January 12, 2012

United States, the Worlds Biggest Zombie, All Empires End Badly / Politics / US Debt

By: Bill_Bonner

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleNot much action at the end of last week… Gold closed the week over $1,600. Oil remained over $100.

The show goes on!

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Politics

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Washington’s Plan to Isolate Iran is Drifting Towards a Profitable Stalemate / Politics / Middle East

By: Patrick_Henningsen

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleOn the surface, the latest spat between the West and Iran looks like a step closer to war, with tensions reaching a fever pitch on both sides of this potential conflict. Upon closer examination however, present conditions are not particularly ideal for a preemptive strike against Iran by the US and Israel. There is still much money to be made from the current crisis – on both sides, before the winds of war could be unleashed on the region.

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Politics

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Another Iranian Nuclear Scientist Killed as Covert War Against Iran Escalates / Politics / Middle East

By: Finian_Cunningham

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleThe US covert war against Iran raised the stakes even higher today with the assassination of yet another nuclear scientist, with some analysts saying that the Islamic Republic is being pushed into a corner to either back down in its confrontation with the US or retaliate – the latter most certainly triggering an all-out war.

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Politics

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Federal Reserve System Set to Bankrupt United States Again / Politics / Government Spending

By: Jeff_Berwick

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleOne of the downsides of having government education camps (the school system) "educate" most of us slaves  is that most of us have no clue what occured prior to our own lifetimes.  And what we think we know is incorrect or never happened.

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Politics

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Shop the Local Merchant Economy / Politics / Social Issues

By: BATR

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleBuying at large box stores is a way of life for many consumers. Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Target are routine locations to spend your hard-earned dollars on items of necessity. However, what happens to the profits when the sale is completed and the bills are paid? Does the money stay in the local community, where the transactions are generated, or are they filtered off to the treasury of public companies that dominate the economy? The pitiful answer, well known to the chagrin of the small business enterprises, is a prime reason why the middle class is vanishing.  

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Politics

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

2012 – The Year Of Living Dangerously / Politics / US Politics

By: James_Quinn

Diamond Rated - Best Financial Markets Analysis Article“In retrospect, the spark might seem as ominous as a financial crash, as ordinary as a national election, or as trivial as a Tea Party. The catalyst will unfold according to a basic Crisis dynamic that underlies all of these scenarios: An initial spark will trigger a chain reaction of unyielding responses and further emergencies. The core elements of these scenarios (debt, civic decay, global disorder) will matter more than the details, which the catalyst will juxtapose and connect in some unknowable way. If foreign societies are also entering a Fourth Turning, this could accelerate the chain reaction. At home and abroad, these events will reflect the tearing of the civic fabric at points of extreme vulnerability –  problem areas where America will have neglected, denied, or delayed needed action.” – Strauss & Howe - The Fourth Turning - 1997

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Politics

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Washington’s Plan to Isolate Iran is Drifting Towards a Stalemate / Politics / Middle East

By: Patrick_Henningsen

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleFrom the surface, the latest spat between the West and Iran looks like a step closer to war, with tensions reaching a fever pitch on both sides of this potential conflict. But upon closer examination however, present conditions are not particularly ideal for a preemptive strike against Iran. There is still much money to be made from the current crisis – on both sides, before the winds of war could be unleashed on the region.

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Politics

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The A-Z Of Occupation, Occupy Wall Street / Politics / US Politics

By: Danny_Schechter

Every social movement I have been involved with, or covering,  develops invents its own language of liberation, its own alphabet, and its own buzzwords, rhetoric and discourse. Here are some of the key words I heard/retained in covering the Occupy Wall Street movement. I am sure there are many words, phrases, and slogans I overlooked, never heard or forgot. Send your favorites to: dissector@mediachannel.org.

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Politics

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Consumer Credit Advanced in the United States / Politics / US Politics

By: Asha_Bangalore

Consumer credit grew at an annual rate of 10.0% in November, inclusive of strong growth in revolving (+8.5%) and non-revolving credit (+10.7%). This is another metric that is indicative of improving economic conditions in the U.S. economy.

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Politics

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Russia Regime Change, Why Washington Wants ‘Finito’ with Putin / Politics / US Politics

By: F_William_Engdahl

Diamond Rated - Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleWashington clearly wants ‘finito’ with Russia’s Putin as in basta! or as they said in Egypt last spring, Kefaya--enough!. Hillary Clinton and friends have apparently decided Russia’s prospective next president, Vladimir Putin, is a major obstacle to their plans. Few however understand why. Russia today, in tandem with China and to a significant degree Iran, form the spine, however shaky, of the only effective global axis of resistance to a world dominated by one sole superpower.

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Politics

Monday, January 09, 2012

The Ultimate Consumer Protection / Politics / US Politics

By: Dr_Ron_Paul

This week, partisan games in Washington reached a fevered pitch as Congress acted to prevent recess appointments, yet the administration made them anyway. Congress has been gaveling into session for less than a minute every three days for the express purpose of technically staying in session. The 40 second "pro forma" sessions may strike supporters of the President as obstructionist, but Congress was using its clear constitutional authority and playing by the rules. Frustrated, the President simply disregarded the Constitution, and appointed Richard Cordray as head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Board, and Sharon Block, Richard Griffin, and Terence Flynn to the National Labor Relations Board anyway.

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Politics

Monday, January 09, 2012

Getting Fired Don't Panic / Politics / Social Issues

By: Gary_North

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleIt has happened before. I did not plan on it happening again.

On Wednesday, January 4, the server system that hosts my website, http://GaryNorth.com, crashed.

I did not get fired by my paying subscribers. I got fired by digits that failed.

Fortunately, I was re-hired on Friday. The site came back online.

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Politics

Sunday, January 08, 2012

Who's Worse: The Nazis or the US Government? / Politics / US Politics

By: Jeff_Berwick

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleThe word "nazi" and all of its requisite icons have been so sensationalized that naming your child "Adolf Hitler" results in having your baby taken away by the government... and drawing a swastika is still illegal in many countries, including Germany, Hungary, Poland and Brazil.

Yet, in so many ways, the US Government has surpassed the nazis in evil... the only difference is that they are much, much smarter at how they do it.

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Politics

Friday, January 06, 2012

Failed Education Policy Has Crippled U.S. Economy / Politics / Education

By: Barry_Elias

Relative economic immobility in the United States is a function of our failed education policy during the past four decades.

According to the Economic Mobility Project conducted by The Pew Charitable Trust, work force participation by women increased 30 percentage points, from 40 percent to 70 percent, during this time. For 30 years (1974-2004), inflation adjusted income for women in their 30s surged 300 percent.

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Politics

Friday, January 06, 2012

The Gilded Age of Bankers and Income Disparity / Politics / Social Issues

By: Richard_Mills

Diamond Rated - Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleAs a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information

Between 1865 and 1898 the US economy grew at the fastest rate in its history with real wages, wealth, GDP, and capital formation all increasing rapidly:

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