So, who’s going to do the consuming? Where’s the growth going to come from to keep Chinese factories polluting the atmosphere and Indian call centers confusing the customers?
December 2nd, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "recession"
Recession is Over, Welcome Back to the Depression
As we pointed out yesterday, the US economy has already suffered a lost decade. No employment growth in the last ten years. No gains in the stock market.
November 26th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 4 comments | Continued
Recession Did More Damage Than You Think and it Isn’t Over
The ‘recession’ in the US has wiped out…
..ten years of stock market progress. Actually, stock prices are no higher than they were in 1998…
November 25th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
You Buy Gold When the Government is Making a Mess of the Monetary Situation
Are the feds making a mess of the monetary situation? Oh dear, dear reader…please ask us something harder. Trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see…
November 24th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
US Has Highest Unemployment Rate of All Major Economies
You give them more money, say, in unemployment assistance. Or, you give them a tax credit when they buy a new house. Or, you give companies a big tax break.
November 17th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
Japan and its Economy Did Not Have Secret to Everlasting Success
Let’s see, in the 1980s Japan’s corporate leaders thought they were going to take over the world. Investors thought so too. They expanded. They wheeled. They dealed. Prices shot up and they all thought they were geniuses.
November 13th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 13 comments | Continued
Have the Feds Given the Economy a Miracle Drug?
Twenty years ago today…the Berlin Wall came down. This marked the end of the greatest controlled experiment in economics ever conducted. What did economists learn? Nothing…
November 10th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Your Average Australian Super Fund
Is it down 0.8% for the year (since January) or in the last twelve months? Or is the average super fund down 0.8% from its all-time high? The average super fund fell 21% from its heights to its lows during the GFC. But the Aussie market has rallied 55% this year.
So does this mean super has done well? Average? Above average?
November 9th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 14 comments | Continued
Peak Oil – The Risks
Yes, the worldwide total output of what we generically call “oil” has risen – slightly – in recent years. But that’s because there are increasing volumes of natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the mix…
October 28th, 2009 | Byron King | 0 comments | Continued
Everything Was Looking Up With the Baby Boomers
Ok, Bill, let’s review those wonderful days from whence we sprang, so fraught with the advantages of having nothing. So potent with opportunity. It was the middle of the ’70s…
October 28th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 26 comments | Continued
