The U.S. Monetary System and Descent into Fascism An Interview with Dr. Edwin Vieira
David Galland, Managing Director, June 23, 2011 3:53pm GMT
The following interview with Dr. Vieira was conducted in early June of 2011 for the subscribers of The Casey Report – but after careful consideration, we decided that the content is so important; it needs to be shared with a wider audience. Feel free to pass it along.
Edwin Vieira, Jr., holds four degrees from Harvard: A.B. (Harvard College), (…)
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The U.S. Monetary System and Descent into Fascism An Interview with Dr. Edwin Vieira
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USA’s entry into the austerity phase: The sequence of US social and political crises for next ten years
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USA’s entry into the austerity phase: The sequence of US social and political crises for the next ten years Excerpt GEAB N°47 (September 16, 2010) -
As previously mentioned, entry of the United States into the austerity phase is caused by two sets of factors: some internal, specific to the United States, others linked to rapidly changing international conditions. Regarding internal factors, it is clear that the deficit issue becomes one of the central themes of US political debate after (…) -
U.S. Investors Overexposed to U.S. Dollar Risk?
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U.S. Investors Overexposed to U.S. Dollar Risk?
Merkfunds, 21/06/2011
This white paper analyzes the extent to which U.S. investors, on aggregate, are inherently exposed to the currency risk of the U.S. dollar via their financial asset holdings. We first outline recent trends in the value of the U.S. dollar, showing that the currency has experienced significant deterioration in value, and highlight developments that may continue to underpin ongoing weakness in the currency. Next, we (…) -
Trades reveal China shift from dollar
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Trades reveal China shift from dollar
By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing and Tracy Alloway in London
Published: June 20 2011 20:07
China began diversifying away from the US dollar in earnest in the first four months of this year, most likely by buying far more European government debt than US dollar assets, according to estimates from Standard Chartered Bank.
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China Calls Our Bluff: The U.S. is Insolvent and Faces Bankruptcy as a Pure Debtor Nation
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China Calls Our Bluff: The U.S. is Insolvent and Faces Bankruptcy as a Pure Debtor Nation
by Washington’s Blog
America’s biggest creditor - China - has called our bluff. As the Financial Times notes, the head of China’s biggest credit rating agency has said America is insolvent and that U.S. credit ratings are a joke: The head of China’s largest credit rating agency has slammed his western counterparts for causing the global financial crisis and said that as the world’s largest (…) -
World Debt is Unpayable, The Only Solution is Monetary Collapse
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World Debt is Unpayable, The Only Solution is Monetary Collapse
by Bob Chapman Global Research, June 20, 2011 International Forecaster - 2011-06-18
As far as we can discern the US Treasury thus far has spent and borrowed about $100 billion from the federal pension accounts. Unless there is a vote on the cash debt extension prior to August 2nd, government will probably have borrowed some $250 billion to $300 billion. The Treasury is paying virtually no interest on this debt. Three-month (…) -
The Greatest Depression Has Only Begun
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The Greatest Depression Has Only Begun
Global Research, July 2, 2011 2011-06-02
The greatest depression in human history is still in its starting stages. What the media and many officials often refer to as the "hangover" from the global financial crisis is in fact the end of the beginning. Originating in 2008, the global economic crisis took the world by storm: banks collapsed, the "too big to fail" became bigger by consolidating the rest, governments bailed out their financial (…) -
The United States Is Already Dead, and Just Doesn’t Know It
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The United States Is Already Dead, and Just Doesn’t Know It The Late Great United States: The Decline and Fall of the United States of America
By Joseph George Caldwell
Revised 17 December 2008
Max: You know, one thing I can’t figure out is whether these girls are real smart or just real, real lucky. Hal: You know, Max, brains will only get you so far, and luck always runs out. Thelma and Louise (A Ridley Scott film, 1991, MGM United Artists)
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China ratings house says US defaulting
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China ratings house says US defaulting: report
A Chinese ratings house has accused the United States of defaulting on its massive debt, state media said Friday, a day after Beijing urged Washington to put its fiscal house in order.
"In our opinion, the United States has already been defaulting," Guan Jianzhong, president of Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. Ltd., the only Chinese agency that gives sovereign ratings, was quoted by the Global Times saying.
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Last warning before the Autumn 2011 shock, when $15 trillion of financial assets go up in smoke
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Global systemic crisis – Last warning before the Autumn 2011 shock, when $15 trillion of financial assets go up in smoke Public announcement GEAB N°56-Special Summer 2011 (June 16, 2011) -
On December 15, 2010, in the GEAB N°50, LEAP/E2020 anticipated the explosion of Western government debt (1) in the second half of 2011. We were then describing a process that would start with the European government debt crisis and then set fire to the heart of the global financial system, namely US (…)