Medical Industrial Complex

by Grover I just watched this 60 minutes segment https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-problem-with-prescription-drug-prices/ that started with a problem in Rockford, Illinois. Rockford self insures medical expenses for their 1,000 employees and dependents. Because of drug prices (astronomical) increase on one drug in particular (Acthar,) it caused …

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GDP is a classic measure of a healthy economy and many others, claim we are in a “healthy recovery,” while, in actuality, we are in the worst economy of our lifetimes.

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/993278806654967809 "Global Slowdown: – Developed Economies Seeing Weaker Growth, Led by EU and Japan– So Far, Emerging Markets Holding Better, But Risk of a Sudden Stop and Currency Fears Start to Impact Leading Indicators," h/t @dlacalle_IA pic.twitter.com/kE9Fu8GvZw — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) …

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International High Yield Sounds Warning As Fed’s QE Unwind Accelerates Sharply

EXPLAIN MONETARY POLICY TO A CHILD https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/993609657024475136 Fed balance sheet pic.twitter.com/lJopxYhyny — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 7, 2018 International High Yield sounds warning… pic.twitter.com/WhujksVRpA — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 6, 2018 pic.twitter.com/x2mTLIazwa — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 7, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/993592674199490562 https://twitter.com/GregMannarino/status/993523547313094656 https://twitter.com/GregMannarino/status/993523547313094656 Fed’s …

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Risk Off—why It Will Just Keep Coming

via Credit Bubble Bulletin  One hundred and six months. The current expansion, having emerged in the aftermath of the collapse of the mortgage finance Bubble, is now the second-longest on record (lagging only the 120-month 1990’s Bubble period). The unemployment rate …

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What Time’s the Next Swan?

by Jesse “I’m particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works.” Paolo Bacigalupi “The essence of God is existence, and He defines Himself as: ‘I am Who am.’ The essence …

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