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The World’s Ominous Reckoning, By Tom Greco

Money Roll

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In a recent Washington Post article titled Europe’s Ominous Reckoning, economist Robert Samuelson argued that “Ireland’s economic crisis is … not about Ireland.” What he seems to not recognize is that “Europe’s ominous

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Limits To Debt, By Richard Heinberg

Debt Burden

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This article is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of Richard’s new book (working title ‘The End of Growth’), which is set for publication in July 2011. Given the urgency and fragility of the

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The Illusion of Money, By David Korten

Monopoly Money

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In business school, we were taught to assess investment options to maximize financial return. I don’t recall that the professor ever mentioned that this meant maximizing returns to people who have money—to make

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Rising Oil Prices And Municipal Bond Defaults, By Gail Tverberg

Oil-Prices

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I have written quite often saying that rising oil prices can be expected to lead to debt defaults. For a while, some of this was hidden through lower oil prices and stimulus programs, …

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The End of Growth, “The Sound of Air Escaping” By Richard Heinberg

Economic Decline

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This article is an excerpt from Heinberg’s forthcoming book The End of Growth.

If the previous chapter had been written as a novel, one wouldn’t have to read long before concluding that it is a …

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The End of Growth, By Richard Heinberg

Economic Decline

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This post is an excerpt from Heinberg’s forthcoming book The End of Growth

Introduction: The New Normal

The central assertion of this book is both simple and startling: Economic growth as we have known it

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The End of Growth, “Economics For The Hurried” By Richard Heinberg

Economic Decline

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Economic DeclineAn excerpt from Heinberg’s forthcoming book

The first economists were ancient Greek and Indian philosophers, among them Aristotle (382-322 BC)—who discussed the “art” of wealth acquisition and questioned whether property should best be owned …

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Death By Debt, By Chris Martenson

Debt Mountain

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One of the conclusions that I try to coax, lead, and/or nudge people towards is acceptance of the fact that the economy can’t be fixed. By this I mean that the old regime

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Stimulus Duds, Bailout Blanks, By Richard Heinberg

Blow Fed Stimulus Check

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This article is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of Richard’s new book ‘The End of Growth’, which is set for publication by New Society Publishers (http://www NULL.newsociety NULL.com/) in July 2011.

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Are We Witnessing The Start of A Global Revolution? By Andrew Gavin Marshall

Civil Unrest
For the first time in human history almost all of humanity is politically activated, politically conscious and politically interactive… The resulting global political activism is generating a surge in the quest for personal dignity, cultural respect and economic opportunity