Financial Heist of the Century:
Confiscating Libya's Sovereign Wealth Funds
By Manlio Dinucci
U.S. and European ruling circles focused on these funds, so that before carrying out a military attack on Libya to get their hands on its energy wealth, they took over the Libyan sovereign wealth funds.
By Mike Whitney
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t's the biggest flim-flam in the nation's history. But, thanks to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the scam has been exposed and the public can now get a good look at the type of swindle that passes as monetary policy.
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The Anti-Bernank gives visual commentary on the Fed Chairman's recent press conference.
Special report: The day America took leave of its senses: One moment, we were watching a property magnate, with one eye on the presidency, the other on his reality TV show ratings, and puffed up like a bullfrog, rejoicing on an airport tarmac in New Hampshire that America's President of two years had finally made public his birth certificate.
2016: when China overtakes the US: After more than a century as the world's largest economy, the US will need to adjust to its declining global hegemony
Wal-Mart: Our shoppers are 'running out of money': Wal-Mart's core shoppers are running out of money much faster than a year ago due to rising gasoline prices, and the retail giant is worried, CEO Mike Duke said Wednesday.
One Million Exhausted Jobless Benefits in Past Year: Roughly 1 million people in the U.S. were unable to find work after exhausting their unemployment benefits over the past year, Labor Department data released Thursday suggest..
Minimum wage anyone? : McDonald’s Hires 62,000 During National Event: McDonald’s and its franchisees hired 62,000 people in the U.S. after receiving more than one million applications. A McDonald’s spokeswoman declined to disclose how many of the jobs were full- versus part-time. The number of applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. rose last week, a sign that progress in the labor market may be fading.
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