Global Systemic Crisis In Summer 2009: The Cumulative Impact Of Three Rogue Waves (LEAP/E2020)

As anticipated by LEAP/E2020 as early as October 2008, on the eve of summer 2009, the question of the U.S. and UK capacity to finance their unbridled public deficits has become the central question o ...

Housing Bubble Smackdown: Bigger Crash Ahead | Mike Whitney

Huge "shadow inventory" Mike Whitney -- Global Research April 21, 2009 -- Due to the lifting of the foreclosure moratorium at the end of March, the downward slide in housing is gaining speed. The mor ...

The Corporate State Is Here -- Bill Moyers Interviews William Greider

"The corporate state is here. And I'd say, let's not argue over that. The fact is, if the Congress goes down the road I see them going down, they will institutionalize the corporate state in a way th ...

Growing Transatlantic tensions on the eve of the G20 summit (LEAP/E2020)

March 16, 2009 (LEAP/E2020) -- According to LEAP/E2020, there are only two options left for the G20 leaders who gather April 2nd in London: either they rebuild a new international monetary system, cr ...

Paulson's Swindle Revealed | William Greider

Oct. 30, 2008 (The Nation) -- The swindle of American taxpayers is proceeding more or less in broad daylight, as the unwitting voters are preoccupied with the national election. Treasury Secretary Ha ...

Economic Free Fall? (William Greider)

Aug. 3, 2008 (The Nation) -- Washington can act with breathtaking urgency when the right people want something done. In this case, the people are Wall Street's titans, who are scared witless at the p ...

A Credit Card You Want to Toss | Robert Berner

Bank of America abruptly notified cardholders in good standing their rates would skyrocket if they didn't opt out fast. Is BofA greedy or needy? Robert Berner -- Newsweek Feb. 7, 2008 -- Credit-card ...

Somewhere A Banker Smiles -- Muffled Noises From The Ranks Of The Babbling Paranoid (Joe Bageant)

Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Dec. 5, 2006 -- It’s hard as hell to keep conspiracy theories out of one’s mind these days. And I’m not talking about “Who really brought down the Twin Towers?" or the ...

Oil Price Manipulation? (Dale Allen Pfeiffer)

Dale Allen Pfeiffer -- The Mountain Sentinel Sept. 3, 2006 -- In all of our energy updates since the first issue of The Mountain Sentinel was launched, we have stated that there is no good reason for ...

New Orleans Banks, Brokers Thrive on Insurance Checks | Will Edwards & Bradley Keoun

Will Edwards and Bradley Keoun Sept. 1, 2006 (Bloomberg) -- Banks and brokerage firms in New Orleans say they're faring better than before Hurricane Katrina caused a record $80 billion of damages alo ...

110-Building Site in N.Y. Is Put Up for Sale | Charles V. Bagli & Janny Scott

CHARLES V. BAGLI and JANNY SCOTT -- New York Times Aug. 20, 2006 -- Metropolitan Life is putting Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village -- a stretch of 110 apartment buildings along the East River ...