Daily Archives: September 4, 2014

The coming bust of the ‘invincible stimulus bubble’

Much bated breath over the latest announcements from the tool-bare European Central Bank this morning. The ‘Great Draghi’ revealed that they will try yet another iteration of cutting practically nil rates to even more nil and buying up even more … Continue reading

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Payday loans gone wild

A sign of our times: everywhere we look today we see different payday loan shops. These shops cater to the droves of increasingly desperate people looking to cover cash flow shortfalls and agreeing to pay immoral, enslaving interest rates as … Continue reading

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The undermining of democracy: effective power no longer elected power

Admit, repent, reform, recover… Martin Wolf talks about his new book ‘The Shifts and the Shocks’, what has been learned from the financial crisis, and how elites can regain credibility in the wake of the crisis. Here is a direct … Continue reading

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