Straight Talk with James Howard Kunstler: "The World is Going to Get Rounder and Bigger Again"
This week's Straight Talk contributor is James Howard Kunstler, author and social critic. His better-known works include The Long Emergency, in which he argues that declining oil production will result in the decline of modern industrialized society and ( Read more... )

From The Epoch TimesSep 25, 2010 ( Read more... )

From Robert Reich's BlogFriday, July 9, 2010 ( Read more... )

Bloomberg:


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Krugman vs. Roach on China


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The Washington Post:
Trade Barriers Could Threaten Global Economy
World Bank Finds Protectionist TrendAt least 17 of the 20 major nations that vowed at a November summit to avoid protectionist steps that could spark a global trade war have violated that promise, with countries from Russia to the United States to China enacting measures aimed at ( Read more... )

I am not sure how many of the group's members also belong to Peak_oil, but I thought you should be made aware of these facts since they pertain to the current economic mess we're in.

FACTORS:( A list of factors )

Times Online:Violent unrest rocks China as crisis hits
The collapse of the export trade has left millions without work and
set off a wave of social instability, writes Michael Sheridan in Hong Kong.Bankruptcies, unemployment and social unrest are spreading more widely in China than officially reported, according to independent research that paints ( Read more... )

Reuters:Depression ahead, prepare for stock rout: SocGenLONDON (Reuters) - Societe Generale said on Thursday that the United States' economy looks likely to enter a depression and China's could implode ( Read more... )