Soros: Collapse of Financial System “Real” and “Far From Over”
By Rocky Vega
Billionaire investor George Soros, who earned his fame in the ’90s when he made $1 billion betting against the pound, has just leveled criticism against the entire financial system. Today, at a conference in Vienna, he vividly described the global economy going down, driven by vast government deficits.Continue
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