To understand what’s taking place in China today, we need to rewind the clock about a decade. At that time the Chinese government chose a policy of growth at any cost.
March 2nd, 2010 | Vitaliy N. Katsenelson | 10 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "u.s. consumer"
Mortgage Crisis: Shark With an Appetite
It shows you that we are past the viscous subprime crisis, when that shark chewed through the balance sheets of a number of banks and financial institutions, in some cases devouring them whole.
November 6th, 2009 | Chris Mayer | 10 comments | Continued
Feds Can’t Cause a Genuine Recovery Simply by Throwing Money into Economy
Meanwhile, the feds are muddying the waters. They’re trying to fool the consumer…to trick him…to make him think that up is down and down is up. They want him to believe that the fat years are coming back…
September 17th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
Bernie Madoff and the SEC
But all the papers seem delighted. “Locked up for Life!” says one of today’s headlines. The judge “threw the book at him,” says another. His victims wanted him to get no mercy. The judge gave him none, imposing the maximum sentence.
July 1st, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | Continued
American Taxpayers Up to Their Ears in Debt
Then, just as I was congratulating myself on how “cool” I am and how maybe I am finally growing up, I was again instantly childishly hysterical when I read at Bloomberg.com that “The U.S. government is prepared to lend more than $7.4 trillion on behalf of American taxpayers, or half the value of everything produced in the nation last year, to rescue the financial system since the credit markets seized up 15 months ago.”
December 2nd, 2008 | Mogambo Guru | 6 comments | Continued