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http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-bankers-are-the-dictators-of-the-west-6275084.html

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

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/the-day-the-euro-died-2146288.html 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

http://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/2011/08/09/04016-20110809ARTFIG00312-agences-de-notation-ces-hommes-qui-notent-les-etats.php Il est présenté comme l'homme le plus puissant de la planète finance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_current_account_balance

List of countries by current account balance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cumulative Current Account Balance per capita 1980-2008 based on the IMF This is a list of countries and territories by current account balance (CAB), based on data from 2010 (with some exceptions), as listed in the CIA World Factbook . [ 1 ]
The Arab world is experiencing unprecedented turmoil. Any evaluation of its root causes would include unemployment for youth between the ages of 15 and 24. More than 25 percent of youth in the Middle East are unemployed, the highest such rate in the world, while North Africa reports about 24 percent. https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Public_Sector/Education/Linking_jobs_and_education_in_the_Arab_world_2783

Linking jobs and education in the Arab world - McKinsey Quarterly - Public Sector - Education

Repetition, 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

http://www.lrb.co.uk/2011/08/19/slavoj-zizek/shoplifters-of-the-world-unite