Tag Archives: Federal Reserve

ECONOMY : The Cascading Effect of Peak Oil

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Mannie Garcia / Bloomberg News.‘Don’t take a weatherman’: Credit Default SwapsBy Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / August 24, 2008 I’m no expert on these financial instruments, but as we used to say, it don’t take a … Continue reading →

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ECONOMY : Trickle Down from the Bailouts

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

‘The federal government is drowning in a sea of red ink’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / August 19, 2008 Bernanke and his crew at the fed bailed out Bear Stearns at taxpayer expense because they feared not doing … Continue reading →

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The Next Bubble Is on the Way : Credit Card Debt

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Why are we all complicit in our own economic servitude? by Danny Schechter / August 11, 2008 Let me try a few words out on you: “Charge It,” “Swipe It” and “Priceless.” You know exactly what I am talking about. … Continue reading →

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William Greider : Economic Free Fall

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Avenging Angels. Illustration courtesy of The Nation.‘In their haste to do anything the financial guys seem to want, Congress and the lame-duck President are, I fear, sowing far more profound troubles for the country’By William Grieder This article appears in … Continue reading →

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Roger Baker :
‘The Fed’s Next Move is Down’

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

See “The Fed’s next move is down” by John Browne below. ‘The odds thus favor inflation to keep the party going’ By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | August 8, 2008 This guy lays out the facts of the Hobbsian … Continue reading →

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