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Posts Tagged ‘ economics ’

How The Banks Owned America – Brilliant 30 Minutes Animated Video

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January 9, 2012
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One of the best educational video I have ever seen in my life. The video embedded below shows you how exactly Federal Reserve with banks are looting public legally. ValueWalk Premium Subscription Includes: 3 Write-ups per month (EXCLUSIVE content that …
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Unemployment Scars Likely to Last for Years

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January 8, 2012
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The U.S. job market is showing signs of a sustained recovery. But the country’s prolonged struggle with unemployment will leave scars that are likely to remain for years, if not generations. The latest labor-market snapshot, out Friday, gave cause for
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Bill Gross Hanging out with Alex Jones?

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January 4, 2012
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Bill Gross, the manager of the world’s largest bond fund, is sounding like a Wall Street ghost-hunter in his latest investment letter. Calling the current market environment “paranormal,” Gross said this year will be characterized by “credit and zero-bound interest
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Towards the Paranormal By Bill Gross

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January 4, 2012
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By Bill Gross The New Normal, previously believed to be bell-shaped and thin-tailed in its depiction of growth probability and financial market outcomes, appears to be morphing into a world of fat-tailed, almost bimodal outcomes. A new duality – credit…
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Daniel Kahneman Hitchcock Lectures: February 2007

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January 1, 2012

Daniel Kahneman is an internationally renowned psychologist whose work spans cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, and the science of well-being. In recognition of his groundbreaking work on human judgment and decision-making, Kahneman received the 2002 Nobel Prize. Explorations of the Mind …
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When Finance Hijacked Our Economy

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December 29, 2011
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Let me tell you about a time, long ago, when finance served a purpose. When people wanted to build a new house, they would go to their local community bank and request a loan. When a town wanted to build
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Balance Sheet Recession Basics – Not Your Father’s Economic Cycle

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December 29, 2011
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The Situation… Europe, UK and the US are all currently mired in a Balance Sheet Recession (BSR). A term for the current “rare disease” the global economy is suffering from coined by Richard Koo in his seminal book “The Holy
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Temp Staffing Breaks Historic Pattern

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December 28, 2011
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By Todd Sullivan of Value Plays   Last week we had Rail traffic breaking from trend …and increasing as we approach the end of the year. Today it is temp employment that continues to rise as the year ends bucking
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Forecasting A Financial Earthquake

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December 28, 2011
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Guru-nomics… It’s that time of year when every self-respecting student of markets blows the dust off their crystal ball, and sets about attempting to forecast the direction of markets for the next year. Some pore over charts, others examine the
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More Consolidation and Alliances in the Shipping Industry

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December 27, 2011
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By Thomas Shipping, container: More alliances! The Danish daily newspaper Berlingske (yes it is in Danish) about consolidation in the container shipping industry. http://www.business.dk/transport/endnu-en-container-alliance-paa-vej-mod-maersk Breef summary: a)      A new alliance: CKYH – The Green Alliance consists of COSCO, K-Line, Yang
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