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What collapsing empire looks like

nebris wrote in the_recession Aug 07, 2010 21:16

By Glenn Greenwald

As we enter our ninth year of the War in Afghanistan with an escalated force, and continue to occupy Iraq indefinitely, and feed an endlessly growing Surveillance State, reports are emerging of the Deficit Commission hard at work planning how to cut Social Security, Medicare, and now even to freeze military pay. But a ( Read more... )

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40 Bizarre Statistics That Reveal The Horrifying Truth About The Collapse Of The U.S. Economy

nebris wrote in the_recession Aug 02, 2010 17:05

From Asian Energy Blog

Most Americans still appear to be operating under the delusion that the "recession" will soon pass and that things will get back to "normal" very soon. Unfortunately, that is not anywhere close to the truth. What we are now witnessing are the early stages of the complete and total breakdown of the U.S. economic ( Read more... )

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The Death of Paper Money

nebris wrote in the_recession Jul 26, 2010 14:37

( As they prepare for holiday reading in Tuscany, City bankers are buying up rare copies of an obscure book on the mechanics of Weimar inflation published in 1974. )

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Food Access Is A Basic Right!

nebris wrote in the_recession Jun 05, 2010 04:27

The City that Ended Hunger
“To search for solutions to hunger means to act within the principle that the status of a citizen surpasses that of a mere consumer.” CITY OF BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL

by Frances Moore Lappé
posted Feb 13, 2009

In writing Diet for a Small Planet, I learned one simple truth: Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a ( Read more... )

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When you're hungry, gold or silver won't help you

be4u wrote in the_recession Feb 01, 2010 18:53

Government cover-up of food shortage fearedReports show demand growing, production declines estimated at 30 ( Read more... )

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US Households Struggle to Afford Food: Survey

nebris wrote in the_recession Jan 26, 2010 17:03

Published on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 by Reuters ( Read more... )

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bradhicks Writes The Best Pessimism Porn

nebris wrote in the_recession Apr 16, 2009 05:59

"The Dollar is doomed. The news media have been full of reports that "the dollar is up" against foreign currencies, as if you're supposed to be reassured by this. If you are feeling reassured by this, let me clarify something for you. Know anything about how the national debt works? The federal government buys money by issuing fixed-length bonds ( Read more... )

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World Bank: Depression-Like Decline Around The World

cieldumort wrote in the_recession Mar 21, 2009 15:22

Bloomberg:
Zoellick Calls 2009 a ‘Dangerous Year’ as Crisis Curtails TradeWorld Bank President Robert Zoellick said 2009 will be a “dangerous year” as the global economy wrestles with its first recession in more than 60 years ( Read more... )

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Krugman: Clearly, this is the Mother of All Recessions

cieldumort wrote in the_recession Mar 21, 2009 02:37

Paul Krugman discusses poverty, food shortage & the depression

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1,000,000,000 hungry?

nebris wrote in the_recession Dec 28, 2008 05:52

Chris in Paris on America Blog
12/28/2008 05:29:00 AM ET

The unfortunate milestone is in sight for 2009. The culprits are always the same including lies by the rich countries and poor policies as well as mismanagement or corruption at the receiving end. If we could not have made headway during the (false) prosperous recent times, surely the ( Read more... )

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