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Country exposure to Greek debt

by Prieur du Plessis, “Greek drama is now no longer confined to the literature class,” says economist Asha Bangalore of […]

Dinosaurs, Dodos and AAA Governments

By Addison Wiggin, The Daily Reckoning The history of sovereign finance is a history of broken promises. Governments are very good […]

Will the Latest Plan “Fix” the Eurozone?

by Frank Shostak, http://mises.org, Last Thursday, October 27, European leaders secured an agreement from eurozone banks to take a 50 […]

Is China Headed for a Hard Landing?

By John Bishop, InvestingDaily China’s third-quarter economic growth slowed to its weakest pace in two years, suggesting that the government’s […]

Chinese investment in the US creates jobs, experts say

By Zhang Yuwei (China Daily), NEW YORK – At a time when the United States is going through a slow […]

Occupy Wall Street Hits K Street

By Ari Berman, thenation.com If you want to understand how the top 1 percent have accumulated such power in American […]

From the Mediterranean to the Hindu Kush: Rethinking the Region

By George Friedman The territory between the Mediterranean and the Hindu Kush has been the main arena for the U.S. […]

NIA Exposes Occupy Wall Street Truth

From NIA website, The Occupy Wall Street movement is gaining tons of momentum and is likely to continue picking up […]

Monetary Madness — Is the US Monetary System on the Verge of Collapse

By David Galland, The Daily Reckoning The US monetary system — and by extension, that of much of the developed world […]

China’s Fall, Not Its Rise, Is the Real Global Threat

From Bloomberg, China’s rise to global prominence has long preoccupied the leaders of the developed world. They should be more […]