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Did We Learn Anything from the 2008 GFC? On Deflation ... (Tor Guimaraes, USA, 07/03/20 4:10 am) John Eipper asked three separate questions in his comments on my post of July 2nd: 1. [Have] political and financial decision-makers learned any lessons from 2008? Most politician ...
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Did We Ever Really "Recover" from 2008? ... (Tor Guimaraes, USA, 07/02/20 4:24 am) Many months ago, WAIS had a discussion about the Fed creation (how a bunch of fat cats got together 100+ years ago at some ritzy beach resort in Georgia and wrote what they thought were their suggesti ...
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Britain's Second Empire? A Documentary on UK's Role in Global Finance ... (Tor Guimaraes, USA, 04/22/19 2:52 am) For many years I have been posting my strong evidence-based opinions about how the global private interests have bought governments away from representing their people's interests.  Yesterday ...
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Coal in My Stocking; from Ric Mauricio ... (John Eipper, USA, 12/26/18 4:09 am) Ric Mauricio writes: Merry Christmas from Silicon Valley. Yesterday I found coal in my Christmas stocking. Yes, the last couple of months have been quite a downer in the markets. And ev ...
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Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy at 10 ... (Tor Guimaraes, USA, 09/27/18 3:54 am) Ten years ago this month, the investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. That was the first alarm that something was terribly wrong with the US/global financial system. Le ...
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Economic Policy Institute Report on US Poverty ... (Tor Guimaraes, USA, 05/27/18 4:30 am) A few days ago we were discussing the pros and cons of Capitalism and whether or not our economy is working fine. In my judgment the answer to such questions should ultimately be based on the only me ...
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