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Originally posted here: Fed Staff Accidentally Posts Bearish Economic Forecast and Prediction Inflation Would Not Hit 2% by 2020; Upset…
Links China’s NGO Law: Countering Western Soft Power and Subversion July 25, 2015 ( Eric Draitser – NEO ) – China has recently taken an important step in more tightly regulating foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) inside the country. Despite condemnation from so called human rights groups in the West, China’s move should be understood as a critical decision to assert sovereignty over its own political space
After being net long all the way from $1900 to $1100, Bloomberg reports Hedge Funds Are Holding First-Ever Gold Net-Short Position . Hedge funds are holding the first ever bet on a decline in gold prices since the U.S
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Here is a lengthy snip from Bargo’s recent, well-written article Public Pensions Prove Zero Sum Economics . One of the major appeals in Democrat presidential campaigns is to explain to voters that they need Democrats in office to take money away from the rich. And since the rich own big corporations, they will pay workers as little as possible.
Gearing Up for More War in Ukraine? In spite of near continuous ceasefire breakages on both sides in Ukraine, media has turned its attention elsewhere, especially to Greece and China