Economy
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Once Upon a Time (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Jan. 2, 2010 -- As we approach the new year we must reflect, times are hard. The wars go on unabated, our people struggle unassisted, Wall Street continues on ...
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2011: Prospects for Humanity? (Francis A. Boyle)
Dec. 28, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- During the 1950s I grew up in a family who rooted for the success of African Americans in their just struggle for civil rights and full legal equality. ...
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2011 (Paul Craig Roberts)
”Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.” - -Lewis H. Lapham Dec. 28, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- The year 2011 will bring Americans a larger and more ...
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2011: A Brave New Dystopia (Chris Hedges)
Dec. 27, 2010 (Truth Dig) -- The two greatest visions of a future dystopia were George Orwell’s “1984” and Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” The debate, between those who watched our descent ...
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The economic outrage of 2010: Cowardly leaders failed to help working people -- and coddled the rich (Joseph Stiglitz)
Dec. 22, 2010 (NY Daily News) -- As we look back on 2010, the most significant economic event of the year was what didn't happen: Unemployment failed to come down, stubbornly hovering around 9.5 ...
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The Collapse Of Human Civilization As We Know It -- Scenarios And Potential Solutions (Dale Tavris)
Dale Tavris, M.D.Dale Tavris -- World News Trust Dec. 1, 2010 -- Human civilization as we know it will come to an end in the foreseeable future. We don’t know exactly when or how. It may be soon. It ...
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Home Prices in U.S. Decrease More Than Forecast (Bob Willis)
Dec. 28, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- Home prices dropped more than forecast in October, a sign housing will remain a weak link as the U.S. recovery accelerates into the new year. The S&P/Case-Shiller index ...
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Hacktivism for Cyber Democracy (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Dec. 15, 2010 -- Because of the attacks on WikiLeaks and its founder there has been considerable media attention to the hacktivism practiced by supporters of ...
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Global systemic crisis: Second half of 2011 -- European context and US catalyst -- Explosion of the Western public debt bubble (LEAP/E2020)
Public announcement GEAB N°50 Dec. 16, 2010 (LEAP/E2020) -- The second half of 2011 will mark the point in time when all the world’s financial operators will finally understand that the West will ...
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Post Mortem for the world's 'Reserve Currency' (Mike Whitney)
Dec. 13, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Paul Volcker is worried about the future of the dollar and for good reason. The Fed has initiated a program (Quantitative Easing) that presages an end ...
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The United States of War Criminals (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust "People from poorer places and poorer countries have to call upon their compassion not to be angry with ordinary people in America." --Arundhati Roy Dec. 14, 2010 -- ...
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