Monthly Archives: December 2010

IN CHINA’S ORBIT – NIALL FERGUSON

Posted on December 31, 2010 by

IN CHINA’S ORBIT – NIALL FERGUSON “We are the masters now.” I wonder if President Barack Obama saw those words in the thought bubble over the head of his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, at the G20 summit in Seoul last … Continue reading →

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ULTIMATE COST OF 0% MONEY

Posted on December 30, 2010 by

ULTIMATE COST OF 0% MONEY Jim Willie CB December 29, 2010 Use the above link to subscribe to the paid research reports, which include coverage of critically important factors at work during the ongoing panicky attempt to sustain an unsustainable … Continue reading →

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Is Gold – Or Fiat Currency – In a Bubble?

Posted on December 30, 2010 by

→Washington’s Blog It is easy to argue that gold is in a bubble. But as I pointed out last month: Deutsche Bank’s head commodities researcher [Michael Lewis] wrote in September: Gold prices would need to surpass USD 1,455/oz to be … Continue reading →

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Must See: Howard Davidowitz Destroys The Recovery Illusion, Debunks The Consumer Renaissance

Posted on December 30, 2010 by

Today’s must see TV comes from the following interview of Pimm Fox on the consumer and the economy with retail expert Howard Davidowitz, who in 10 minutes provides more quality content and logical thought than we have seen from CNBC … Continue reading →

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The Lull Before The Storm: What’s Coming in 2011 « The Burning Platform

Posted on December 30, 2010 by

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Guest Post: If We Close Our Eyes, The Monster Will Go Away

Posted on December 30, 2010 by

Submitted by Charles Hugh Smith from Of Two Minds If We Close Our Eyes, The Monster Will Go Away Refusing to face the need for radical change and adaptation only makes the eventual adjustment more traumatic and less likely to … Continue reading →

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Underneath the Happy Talk, Is This As Bad as the Great Depression?

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

→Washington’s Blog The following experts have – at some point during the last 2 years – said that the economic crisis could be worse than the Great Depression: Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan (and see this … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Dude, Where’s My Job

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

Submitted by Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform Dude, Where’s My Job The storyline being sold to the American public by the White House and the corporate mainstream media is that the economy is growing, jobs are being created, corporations … Continue reading →

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Shayne McGuire: Everything gold is new again

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

By Shayne McGuire Newsweek, New York Wednesday, December 29, 2010 http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/29/everything-gold-is-new-again.html Gold used to be regarded as an investment for losers — for the crazies forever expecting the financial apocalypse. To the great economist John Maynard Keynes, it was a … Continue reading →

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Windmills, Paper Tigers, Straw Men and Fallacious Fallacies

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

Windmills, Paper Tigers, Straw Men and Fallacious Fallacies Windmills, Paper Tigers, Straw Men and Fallacious Fallacies The essence of a straw man argument is the superficial misrepresentation of statements taken out of context. And here, frankly, there is a lot … Continue reading →

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