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SUPPLY CHAIN DOWN( education / research / conspiracies / economy )
Anonymous says: There are already big shortages in auto and other industries. More shortages will follow, including grocery stores. Stock up now or you’ll later wish you did. See ... read more
WHY WE HAVE USURY( life / money / economy / history )
Wow. Talk about the good ol’ days. OK, it wasn’t all good, obviously, but, wow. Because of Usury prohibition, there was no Banking. There was an economy based on the understanding that men share the co... read more
DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS( life / money / economy )
Hacked pipeline still causing problems, but now the I-40 bridge over the Mississippi is closed, as well as the Mississippi itself. See ... read more
WHY HAVE LUMBER PRICES SKYROCKETED?( education / research / conspiracies / economy )
Here's a video showing huge quantities of lumber just stacked up and waiting. The current "lumber shortage" is apparently just another scam to artificially raise the price of wood (and further damage the economy).
The first th... read more
ANDREW TORBA: TIME TO BUILD OUR OWN ECONOMY( life / money / economy )
The oligarchs believe they have destroyed American Populism by rigging an election, removing the movement’s leader from public view, and by forcing everyone to stay locked inside for a year while the country b... read more
WHO WANTED LOCKDOWNS?( life / money / economy )
This virus is not Ebola and it has come nowhere near approaching the death rates associated with H1N1 of 1918. By some measures, it’s not been as deadly as 1957-58, a virus that came and went without much publ... read more
THINK TANK COMMUNITY DOING ITS BEST TO CONTROL THE WORLD( education / research / conspiracies / economy )
The corporate-policy network is highly centralized, at both the level of individuals and that of organizations. Its inner circle is a tightly interwoven ensemble of politically active business leaders; its organiz... read more
THREE WAYS TO PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK( life / money / economy )
Great article here: Three-Ways-to-Put-America In theory The Great Recession is history, b... read more
SCREW ECONOMIES OF SCALE( life / money / economy )
As I’ve said before, this country needs a new (or maybe just an enforced) Sherman Antitrust Act that will limit the size, influence and control of any on... read more
THE VIRTUAL RECOVERY( life / money / economy )
... the low 2011 real median household income is the summation, in most cases, of two household earners, whereas in 1967-68 one earner could produce the same real income. ... when both husband and wife have to... read more
QUANTITATIVE EASING EXPLAINED( life / money / economy )
The truth about quantitative easing. I just watched this again and laughed my a$$ off. Now with a ridiculous 5.2 million views on YouTube. ... read more
WALMART, 50 YEARS OF GUTTING AMERICA'S MIDDLE CLASS( life / money / economy )
This (below) is why we hate Walmart. Too many people don't understand this. They just want "low prices" no matter the overall, long-run cost. ... read more
THE 1930S CHICAGO PLAN VS THE AMERICAN MONETARY ACT( life / money / economy )
If the purpose of money and credit were to discourage the exchange of goods and services, to destroy periodically the wealth produced, to frustrate and trip those who save, our present monetary system does that mo... read more
MADE IN AMERICA NO LONGER( life / money / economy )
"American as apple pie" items that are no longer made here:19-iconic-products-that-america-doesnt-make-anymore... read more
QUOTE OF THE DAY (6/21/2010)( culture / quotes / economy )
Watching Titanic the part where the ship is sinking is like watching the U.S. economy, where the rich conspire to sink as many of the poor as they possibly can. - Bill Holmes (yes, I ... read more