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Financial Reckoning Day Fallout: Surviving Today\'s Global Depression - Book Review
Coast to coast flights are fantastic for getting uninterrupted reading time in, and on my flight back to the West Coast last Monday, I was able to devour Financial Reckoning Day Fallout: Surviving Today's Global Depression, by Bill Bonner and Addison...
Depression Averted Folks - Christina Romer Says So - Oh Boy, Contrarian Indicator?
Move along everyone, no depression to see here - so says Christina Romer, the White House's chief economic adviser. Yes, the same adviser that recommended massive debasement of the US dollar to get us out of this mess.Christina Romer, chair of the C...
Echoes of 1930 - Do Depressions Rhyme?
Mark Twain famously said "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."Several weeks ago I observed that we appeared to be exactly on the pace with 1930. From the stock markets furious rally, to the Fed generating inflation fears, to the self-c...
The Onion: Beer Consumption Improves Economic Outlook
Stated as eloquently as only The Onion can:WASHINGTON—Despite ongoing economic woes and a jobless rate that has been approaching 10 percent, U.S. unemployment projections drastically improved Monday after the consumption of five beers."It's going u...
Free Special Report - Is the Economy Actually Recovering?
Here's a guest piece by Bud Conrad and David Galland from the Casey team, with an opportunity to check out their free report on the current state of the economy. As always, these two do a bang up job of looking under the hood of rosy government figu...
Bob Prechter's Newsletter, Free - The Depression is Young
The newsletter that I most look forward to these days is Bob Prechter's...his views are unique, insightful, and I'm really starting to believe he's one of the only guys with a clue right now!It's important to mention that while Prechter is extremely ...
Is 2009 A Repeat of 1930? Why Depressions May Rhyme
As financial pundits and common investors breath collective sighs of relief that "the worst is over" and "the bull is back", let's explore the possibility that 2009 may be following a script that was originally penned in 1930.After the initial crash ...
A Redneck Recession Rant...Absolutely Hysterical Video Clip
Amidst all of the inflation/deflation debates, here is THE best summary of the current crisis I've seen to date...enjoy!Warning: Definitely NSFW!Shout outs to my friend JL for sending this along, and to the excellent financial blog Zero Hedge for ori...
Why Green Shoots Are Just Compost in The Greater Depression
In this week's installment of Conversations With Casey, Doug's doing a little yardwork...moving down those pesky green shoots!The stock market may be up, but are economic conditions really improving? Also - who the heck is going to buy all the debt ...
What Stage is This Depression At? Some Fantastic Graphs and Charts...
Came across this stellar piece earlier in the week via John Mauldin's excellent Outside the Box publication.Authors Barry Eichengreen and Kevin H. O'Rourke lay our current depression side by side with the Great Depression to see how we measure up...a...
How Herbert Hoover Put the “Great” in Great Depression
Common wisdom about the Great Depression seems to be that Herbert Hoover was a free market, laissez-faire kind of guy, who mistakenly decided to “do nothing” and let the economy work itself out...merely watching as it spiraled down the drain.The ...
How Does Gold Perform in Recessions and Depressions?
I started tracking Robert Prechter of Elliott Wave recently because, to my knowledge, he's one of the only guys who correctly anticipated the Great Crash of '08. Now, he had been waiting for this crash since he wrote Conquer the Crash in 2002, but b...
The Fourth Turning...Into the Greater Depression?
Take a minute to think about your view of human history, and our continued progression as a species.Do you believe human history is linear...always getting better...onward and upwards to a better existence?Is it chaotic...stuff happens, people react,...
Next Wave of Risky Housing Loans Due to Reset...Soon
Seems like just yesterday that subprime loans were blowing up like the last few seconds of a batch of microwave popcorn. Pop-pop-pop...now you see them now you don't...keys in the mailbox, see ya later, Mr. Lender. That loan is now your problem.T...
Get Ready For Another "Lost Decade" in the US
Another "lost decade" is probably about the best Americans can reasonably hope for, based on this compelling case made by Mike "Mish" Shedlock over on his blog.Bottom line is that, over the last 20+ years, Americans spent too much money, and ran up t...
Watch 5 Million Jobs Disappear Right Before Your Eyes
More than 5 million jobs have been lost in the US since March 2008...now you can relive the memories with this neat resource.Chris Wilson of Slate put together a very cool interactive map that illustrates regional job gains and losses for the past 2+...
