Saturday, 27 February 2010

Complexity and Collapse


By Niall Ferguson

Imperial collapse may come much more suddenly than many historians imagine. A combination of fiscal deficits and military overstretch suggests that the United States may be the next empire on the precipice.Continue



By Porter Stansberry:

Once this fact becomes common knowledge, it will probably mean jail time for several leading Goldman executives and the end of the firm. Continue



By Mike Whitney

There is a remedy for the housing crisis. And it doesn't involve an agonizing decade of uncertainty while supply adjusts to demand. All Obama needs to do is to stop artificially propping up the market and let the chips fall where they may. Continue