Economics

19 Reasons to Start Preparing for a Global Economic Collapse
20 June 2012

by Michael Snyder Yes, it is officially time to start freaking out about the global economy. The European financial system is falling apart and it is going to go down hard. If Europe was [...]

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Fossil Fuel, Nuclear Fission, Central Banking, War
18 June 2012

Sense those hooves pounding around the world? Little surprise that these four bedfellows have in their reins the fate of humanity, even life on Earth. Profit and conquest are all that matter; there is [...]

Olympism Profiteering, Exploitation and Corruption
16 June 2012

by Stephen Lendman, Contributor Olympism is more about profiteering, exploitation, and cynicism than sport. Helen Jefferson Lenskyj knows it well. More on her writings below. For over a century, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) [...]

Iceland forgives mortgage debt to save its economy
11 June 2012

by J. D. Heyes (NaturalNews) It’s probably not a concept that most U.S. banks and lawmakers want to think about, but the fact is, Iceland’s economy has grown by leaps and bounds since the [...]

The 5 Most Surprisingly Corrupt Industries in the World (and what you can do about it)
10 June 2012

by Noah Bonn, Contributor In my last article, I identified what I see as the 5 most blatantly corrupt industries on the planet, and offered solutions to the disharmony they create. In the words [...]

The U.S. Economy By The Numbers: 70 Amazing Facts That Barack Obama Does Not Want You To See
08 June 2012

by Michael Snyder, Contributor Why is the economy going to collapse? Have you ever been asked that question? If so, what did you say? Sometimes it is difficult to communicate dozens of complicated economic and financial [...]

10 Things That We Can Learn About Shortages And Preparation From The Economic Collapse In Greece
05 June 2012

by Michael Snyder, Contributor When the economy of a nation collapses, almost everything changes. Unfortunately, most people have never been through anything like that, so it can be difficult to know how to prepare. For those [...]

Seeds of doubt: Brazilian farmers sue Monsanto
04 June 2012

Five million Brazilian farmers are locked in a lawsuit with US-based biotech giant Monsanto, suing for as much as 6.2 billion euros. They say that the genetic-engineering company has been collecting royalties on crops [...]

‘They’re robbing us’: 12-year-old exposes Canada’s banking flaws, goes viral
03 June 2012

Twelve-year-old economist Victoria Grant and her mother Marcia talking to RT Economists around the world are struggling to break free of the clutches of the financial crisis but a Canadian girl explains exactly what [...]

The 5 Most Blatantly Corrupt Industries in the World . . . And What YOU Can Do About It
24 May 2012

by Noah Bonn, Contributor Corruption is everywhere, but nowhere is it so blatant and so deep-seated as in the 5 following industries: Banking, Energy, Agriculture/Biotech, Media, and Healthcare. Conspicuously missing from this list, of [...]

UN Wants to Stabilize Global Economy With One World Currency
21 May 2012

by Susanne Posel The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is proposing that the current system of world currencies and capital rules that govern the world’s economy need to be altered in order to [...]

Monsanto Buys Whole Foods: Fact or Rumor?
21 May 2012

by Mike Barrett Since early 2011, there has been a lot of information circulating regarding Monsanto’s purported purchasing of the natural health food store known as Whole Foods; topics like ‘Monsanto buys whole foods‘ and [...]

Google’s New Search Tool to Use CIA and World Bank as Sources for ‘Facts’
20 May 2012

by Eric Blair Google is making a big change to how it displays results in its dominant search engine.  It is rolling out a new feature called the Knowledge Graph which breaks from the traditional practice of [...]

Facebook faces US $15 billion lawsuit
19 May 2012

Tracking users after they log out and violating US wiretapping laws – these are the allegations behind a 15-billion-dollar nationwide class-action lawsuit filed against Facebook in California. The suit, combining 21 cases of alleged [...]

How The U.S. Dollar Will Be Replaced
18 May 2012

by Brandon Smith, Contributor After being immersed in the world of alternative economic analysis for several years, it sometimes becomes easy to forget that most people do not track forex markets, or debt to GDP ratio, [...]