Finance
Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 27, 2020 On Dec. 21, the United States Congress passed the COVID-19 Relief Package, as part of a larger $2.3 trillion bill meant to cover spending for the rest of the fiscal year. As usual, U.S. representatives allocated a massive sum of money for Israel. While unemployment, thus poverty, in the United States is skyrocketing as a result of rep ...
Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Dec. 18, 2020 A self-funding national infrastructure bank modeled on the “American System” of Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt would help solv ...
CC0 Public Domain Dec. 11, 2020 (Phys.org) -- The rise of populist movements is changing political systems around the world. As support for these "anti-elite" movements intensifies, many are scrambli ...
Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Dec. 3, 2020 The Fed’s policy tools -- interest rate manipulation, quantitative easing, and “Special Purpose Vehicles” -- have all failed to revive local economies sufferin ...
Photo by Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 4, 2020 Preface: I’ve written (several times) about the “other 9/11” in 1973 Chile. I’ve also written once about my related MIT talk in 2003. To ...
YouTube screenshot Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 26, 2020 Breaking news: It’s possible to have a skeptical but productive, honest but critical, conversation about vaccines (in general) and Ope ...
Joe Bageant at Innie's Cafe in Belize Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Oct. 24, 2010 -- Ferrara, Italy -- Sitting in a bottliberia, one of those wine bars that brings out food to match your particular ...
Photo: Medium We’re a Poor Civilization That Thinks It’s a Rich One — and We’re Living Way Beyond Our Means July 28, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- Like it or not, economics is destiny for civilizations. ...
Photo: Medium We Need Three Decades of Revolutions. But Are We Capable of It? July 25, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- Any thoughtful person should understand that, at this juncture in human history, civil ...
Photo: Medium If American Life Feels Frightening, It’s Because It’s Imploding -- In Gruesome and Catastrophic Ways July 24, 2020 (Eudaimonia and Co) -- It’s genuinely terrifying to be an American the ...
July 13, 2020 (Center for Global Justice) -- The current financial crisis did not begin with a virus. It began in September 2019 with the collapse of the shadow banking system, requiring a bailout by ...