Crisis
Bankers are the dictators of the West
But I will not hold my fire. It seems to me that the reporting of the collapse of capitalism has reached a new low which even the Middle East cannot surpass for sheer unadulterated obedience to the very institutions and Harvard "experts" who have helped to bring about the whole criminal disaster. Let's kick off with the "Arab Spring" – in itself a grotesque verbal distortion of the great Arab/Muslim awakening which is shaking the Middle East – and the trashy parallels with the social protests in Western capitals.The day the euro died - Business Analysis
Not since the Berlin Wall came down have there been scenes like it. Merkelmania. There is no doubt about what has brought this transformation in her fortunes, those of her party, and those of Germany.
Agences de notation : ces hommes qui notent les États
Les analystes de Standard & Poor's, Moody's ou Fitch tiennent entre leurs mains une partie du destin financier de pays surendettés.
List of countries by current account balance
Cumulative Current Account Balance 1980-2008 based on the IMF data) Cumulative Current Account Balance per capita 1980-2008 based on the IMF [ edit ] WTO DataRepetition, according to Hegel, plays a crucial role in history: when something happens just once, it may be dismissed as an accident, something that might have been avoided if the situation had been handled differently; but when the same event repeats itself, it is a sign that a deeper historical process is unfolding. When Napoleon lost at Leipzig in 1813, it looked like bad luck; when he lost again at Waterloo, it was clear that his time was over. The same holds for the continuing financial crisis.
Slavoj Žižek · Shoplifters of the World Unite · LRB 19 August 2011