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Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com, The monetary, financial and political weaknesses of the EU are about to be exposed by the forthcoming global credit crisis. This article assumes the combination of end of credit cycle dynamics and the rise in trade protectionism in 1929 is a valid precedent for gauging the scale of a … Read more

via visualcapitalist: For the world’s most innovative companies, the stated goal of attracting top talent is not simply an HR mantra – it’s a matter of survival. Whether we’re talking about a giant like Google that is constantly searching to add world-class engineers or we’re talking about a startup that needs a visionary to shape products … Read more

by WARREN MOSLER   Gone negative year over year adjusted for inflation: This series looks to me like it’s flattened and adjusted for inflation remains well below 2008 highs, and hasn’t fully recovered from the collapse of oil capex at the end of 2014: New home sales appear to have rolled over at very low … Read more

by confoundedinterest The Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie were placed into conservatorship with their regulator back in 2008 after housing prices declined and mortgage defaults spiked. But since the catastrophic year of 2008,  Fannie Mae (as an example) generated substantial net revenue after 2008. [This brings into question the wisdom of placing Fannie … Read more

via MarketWatch: Bubble?   Plenty of pundits have compared the trading action in today’s market to the bursting of the dot-com bubble, but the latest Wall Street type to make that connection isn’t your typical broken-clock bear. Here’s what longtime bull and Institutional Investor hall of famer Richard Bernstein had to say on CNBC this week … Read more

by TFittonJW Our team of attorneys finished deposing Clinton email witness Justin Cooper, the former Clinton Foundation official who set up the Clinton email system for Mrs. Clinton. Judicial Watch has at least 10 more witnesses to question: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/federal-court-orders-discovery-on-clinton-email-benghazi-scandal-top-obama-clinton-officials-susan-rice-and-ben-rhodes-to-respond-to-judicial-watch-questions-under-oath/ (Washington, DC) — Judicial Watch announced today that United States District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled that discovery can begin … Read more

by confoundedinterest Today is a double whammy for bad news for the US economy. First, The Census Bureau monthly construction spending report reveals that highway and street spending rose 11.7% in January. The biggest decline was communication spending. BUT, US residential construction spending slumped for the 6th straight month. It is beginning to resemble “The Matterhorn” plunge of … Read more

by Dennis Miller Former Fed Chairs, Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke took great credit for steering the world recovery from the great recession. When something good happens, it’s a result of their masterful strategic planning. Why are they totally surprised when negative news gets reported? The Business Insider headline blared, “A record 7 million Americans have stopped … Read more

Via The Babylon Bee LOS ANGELES, CA—El Segundo man Barry Walker wept bitterly in court today after a judge sentenced him to 20 years in state prison for possession of a crazy straw. Walker was arrested in January after police pulled him over, searched his car, and found a supply of crazy straws in his … Read more

by Jesse Colombo Commercial and industrial (C&I) loan activity is watched closely by economists to gauge the strength of the economy and estimate where we are in the business cycle. C&I loans are used to finance capital expenditures or increase the borrower’s working capital. The C&I loan cycle often takes up to a couple of … Read more

by Dessert42 Axel Voss is pretty much the spearhead of Article 13. Relevant quote: They have created a business model with the property of other people – on copyright protected works. If the intention of the platform is to give people access to copyright protected works then we have to think about whether this kind of … Read more

Scott Morefield from The Daily Caller reports, Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio slammed socialism in response to Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders not denouncing Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, and offered the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate an economics lesson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aKPzS4B_ho Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/11/ma…      

Josh Sigurdson reports on the recent push to ban cellphones during instructional time in Ontario public schools. Education Minister Lisa Thompson said that as of September, cellphone usage in the classrooms will be banned and that there will be a formal statement coming shortly on the matter. “By banning cellphone use that distracts from learning, … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErzWtxWLfq0 Sources: 1. https://www.justice.gov/file/1071991/… 2. https://wagcenter.com/corporate-wags/… 3. https://www.scribd.com/document/37635… 4. https://www.congress.gov/crec/2018/04… 5. https://gellerreport.com/2018/04/muel… https://tinyurl.com/ycx9cxsq    

Josh Sigurdson reports on the latest craziness coming from the mouth of one of the most uneducated congresswomen, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez! Recently AOC noted that automation isn’t necessarily a bad thing which isn’t actually incorrect as automation does lead to more jobs long-term. But it was her reasoning that made no sense. She claimed that it … Read more