So Many Suckers, So Few Bridges (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Sept. 10, 2010 -- I sometimes don’t know who I am anymore. As I was walking to the library and I saw a younger man in a business suit buying gas. I thought to myse ...

Fed Banks: `Widespread Signs of a Deceleration' in Economy (Joshua Zumbrun)

Sept. 8, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy maintained its expansion while showing “widespread signs of a deceleration” in mid-July through the end of August, according to ...

Extraordinary! (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Sept. 7, 2010 -- I walk these quiet empty streets like a post-apocalyptic omega man surrounded by quiet and empty stores and houses. Past the fast food joints stil ...

Labor Day and the Easter Bunny (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Sept. 3, 2010 -- Monday is Labor Day, a national holiday in America that’s come to be as meaningless as the Easter bunny. It is a holiday that mill ...

The Fed's Liquidity Trap: The American and world economies are in a deliberate state of slow collapse (Bob Chapman)

Sept. 1, 2010 (Global Research) -- Almost two years ago the U.S. Treasury was selling large amounts of short-term Treasury bills to fund bailouts and stimulus. That caused a major increase in debt. M ...

Manufacturing Index for U.S. Increased in August (Courtney Schlisserman)

Sept. 1, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- Manufacturing in the U.S. expanded at a faster pace than forecast in August as factories added workers and cranked up production. The Institute for Supply Management’s fa ...

Consumer Confidence in U.S. Rose More Than Forecast (Shobhana Chandra)

Aug. 31, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- Consumer confidence climbed more than forecast in August as Americans turned less pessimistic about the outlook for jobs, easing concern households will retrench. The Con ...

U.S. Government Prepares for 'Crisis' (Jeff Nielson)

Aug. 30, 2010 (The Street) -- Most market reporters, commentators and politicians continue to rely upon nothing but the same short-term "snapshots" which have caused them to be "surprised" by everyth ...

The Backward Slide into Recession (Mike Whitney)

Aug. 30, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Ongoing deleveraging has slowed personal consumption and trimmed 2nd quarter GDP to a revised 1.6 percent. The economy is sliding backwards into recessio ...

Oil Addiction And Identity (Scott Brown)

The Fundamentals of the Crisis and the Response Aug. 30, 2010 (CarolynBaker.net) -- As much as anybody, I want to see the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico be the final wake up call needed to move our s ...

Make Sure the Bunker is Well Stocked (Mike Whitney)

Aug. 29, 2010 -- (Information Clearing House) -- Robert Herz was forced to resign from his job as as chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) because he insisted that the banks ass ...