GFC origin: Debt Greed Hedging
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As we all ponder what may come at us in 2012, the ongoing volatility in almost every corner of every marketplace is certainly concerning, as it should be.
Central Planning Update (In Theory And Practice) - You Are Here | ZeroHedge
Au début, la spéculation a généré la crise. Désormais, la spéculation veut tirer profit de la crise. En attaquant aujourd'hui la Grèce, et demain d'autres pays peut-être, elle mord la main qui l'a tirée du naufrage.
Mettre la spéculation hors la loi | slate
Debt: The first five thousand years - David Graeber
Throughout its 5000 year history, debt has always involved institutions – whether Mesopotamian sacred kingship, Mosaic jubilees, Sharia or Canon Law – that place controls on debt's potentially catastrophic social consequences.
Did a productivity slowdown cause the financial crisis? | vox -
Discussions about the current crisis often present events in a sequence, such as that the US sub-prime crisis in August 2007 triggered a major inter-bank credit crisis, which transformed itself into a general credit crisis, the latter having an impact on the real economy and overall business and consumer confidence. However, it is interesting to investigate what was actually happening to the real sector, especially productivity trends, in the major OECD member economies before the crisis.
Sarkozy - Toulon
Reconnaissant que la crise « aura des conséquences dans les mois qui viennent sur la croissance, sur le chômage, sur le pouvoir d’achat, » Nicolas Sarkozy constate que « l’idée que les marchés ont toujours raison était une idée folle, » et juge que « le laissez-faire, c’est fini. » Mais attention : « la crise financière n’est pas la crise du capitalisme. » C’est la crise d’un système qui s’est éloigné de ses « valeurs les plus fondamentales ».
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SBS Dateline - Lagarde
The curious paradox of Hedging & Regulation is a case for Common Decency
