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Lacy Hunt of Hoisington Management offers valuable historical and economic insight on the current monetary and demographic forces shaping the world. Hoisington’s quarterly market letter is a must read, and the latest Q1 report is available here.  For those who can follow more technical discussions in this area, his recent segment on MACRO Voices below is worthwhile starting at 13:00 on the playbar.

Dr. Hunt discuss overall outlook on the US and the global economy, synchronized global downturn and risks of a recession, how debt induced weakness is undermining growth rate, destabilization of the global monetary system, and perspectives on Modern Monetary Theory.

No corporation should be able to own and control the earth’s basic food staples.  Trying to do so screams of anit-trust prosecutions ripe for the bringing.  Pepsi already diverts fresh water supplies for its profit the world over, next they will be asserting exclusive rights to fresh water?  Strong pushbacks are necessary. Here is a direct video link.

PepsiCo has offered to stop pursuing four small farmers in India it accuses of illegally growing a variety of potatoes registered for exclusive use in its Lays chips.The company’s Indian subsidiary filed lawsuits against the farmers earlier this month. They were heard by a court in the Indian state of Gujarat on Friday, when a lawyer for PepsiCo offered to drop the case provided the farmers join thousands of others in the company’s authorized cultivation program.

Danielle was a guest with Kerry Lutz on The Financial Survival Network, talking about recent developments in the world economy and markets.  You can listen to an audio clip of the segment here.
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