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Inquiring minds in the US note the upcoming German election and may be wondering about the platforms of the major political parties. Reader Bernd from Germany explains.
At an economic conference at the Philadelphia Fed, academics gathered to discuss fixing the banking system, including ending fractional reserve lending. The video is quite entertaining to say the least. Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University really lays into the banking system a few minutes into the recording
I am pleased to announce that the Wine Country Conference speaker presentations, along with the Yahoo! Finance media interviews and associated articles on Advisor Perspectives are now available online at Wine Country Conference Speaker Slides . Additionally, we are releasing an edited video of each of the speaker presentations. John Hussman’s presentation ” An Unstable Equilibrium ” is now available.
Read the original: Italy Presidential Election Still Deadlocked; Political Posturing in Perspective
(Photos) Seen across street after blasts talking with FBI bomb squad.
CNBC picked up the story in Reinhart-Rogoff Error Sparks Austerity Debate .
Germany approved the Cyprus bailout on Thursday as expected. However, Merkel required votes from the SPD and Green Party, to do so. One might not understand the implications when reading the Wall Street Journal report Germany Approves Cyprus Bailout .
In Swiss law, private citizens can put forth any initiative that can gather 100,000 signatures. A campaign by the Swiss People’s Party to ” Save our Swiss Gold ” gathered 106,052 signatures so a vote will be coming up.