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InvestmentWatch. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins--the shocking real-life story of how America built an empire on third world debt. Futures USD Chart Daily. The Next Economic Disaster | Richard Vague. 104 pages | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 | 24 illus. Cloth 2014 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4704-6 | $15.95t | £10.50 | Add to cartEbook 2014 | ISBN 978-0-8122-9110-0 | $9.95t | £6.50 | About | Add to cartView table of contents and excerpt "Economists failed to predict the 2007 meltdown and they're on course to miss the next one too. As a consumer lending practitioner who saw it coming, Richard Vague's voice should not be ignored. His emphasis on the dangers of rising private household debt is a key both to the last crisis and the next. "—Ed Luce, Financial Times Chief U.S. Commentator and Columnist "If you want to understand why financial crises occur, read The Next Economic Disaster.

"We all know that too much debt is bad. Current debates about economic crises typically focus on the role that public debt and debt-fueled public spending play in economic growth. Philanthropist and former banker Richard Vague is a managing partner of Gabriel Investments and Chairman of The Governor's Woods Foundation. Zero Hedge | On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. Global Deflation News | A global media aggregator of social, political, economic and market insight. Your Ringside Seat for the Global Financial Crisis – DollarCollapse.com. King World News. Global Research. The Automatic Earth. Naked capitalism: Finance, economics, politics, power. David Stockman's Contra Corner. David Stockman On Black Swans & The U.S. War With Russia | King World News. With gold surging $20, the Dow above 18,000, and many people around the world growing increasingly concerned about escalating tensions between the United States and countries in the East, today David Stockman spoke with King World News about black swans and the U.S. war against Russia.

Eric King: “Dr. Paul Craig Roberts recently warned King World News about black swans that Russia could unleash against the West. Then, today we had former White House official, Dr. Philippa Malmgren, telling KWN that the United States is already at war with Russia and China. David Stockman: “Absolutely and it’s totally unnecessary. Continue reading the David Stockman interview below… Advertisement To hear which company has one of the highest grade gold deposits in the entire world, as well as a number of other extraordinary projects click on the logo: Western Promise To Gorbachev Broken So this confrontation never should have happened. All of this is nonsensical. Black Swans © 2014 by King World News®.

Wolf Street | Howling about business, finance, and money. KUNSTLER. Bitcoin: Monetarists Anonymous. Satoshi Nakamoto. Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonymous person or group of people who designed and created the original Bitcoin software, currently known as Bitcoin-Qt. His involvement in the original Bitcoin software does not appear to extend past mid-2010. Identity There are no records of Nakamoto's identity or identities prior to the creation of Bitcoin. On his P2P foundation profile, Nakamoto claimed to be an individual male at the age of 37 and living in Japan, which was met with great skepticism due to his use of English and his Bitcoin software not being documented nor labeled in Japanese. British formatting in his written work implies Nakamoto is of British origin. However, he also sometimes used American spelling, which may indicate that he was intentionally trying (but failed) to mask his writing style, or that he is more than one person.

Investigations into the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto have been attempted by The New Yorker and Fast Company. Work Motives Influence.