Monthly Archives: February 2012

Ken Rogoff on “Coronary Capitalism” in the food industry

The bad food industry and big pharma are killing us, literally.  People are desperate for affordable drugs, but the vast majority would not need drugs at all if they ate healthy foods in appropriate quantities.  Harvard economics professor Ken Rogoff … Continue reading

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OECD warns of looming recession in developed countries

Economic growth in developed economies almost ground to a halt in the last three months of 2011, with the U.S. driving what growth there was, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Gross domestic product (GDP) in … Continue reading

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Last one out of the Euro, turn the lights off

Jonathan Tepper of Variant Perception and co-author of Endgame (with John Mauldin) offers us an excellent, detailed and wonderfully readable paper on how and why currency break-ups have been common, important solutions throughout economic history. His conclusion: far from the … Continue reading

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