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Europe is at risk of War - what should we do? 30 Statistics That Prove The Elite Are Getting Richer, The Poor Are Getting Poorer And The Middle Class Is Being Destroyed. Not everyone has been doing badly during the economic turmoil of the last few years. In fact, there are some Americans that are doing really, really well. While the vast majority of us struggle, there is one small segment of society that is seemingly doing better than ever. This was reflected in a recent article on CNBC in which it was noted that companies that cater to average Americans are doing rather poorly right now while companies that market luxury goods and services are generally performing exceptionally well. So why aren't all American consumers jumping on the spending bandwagon? Well, it seems that there are a large number of Americans who either can't spend a lot of money right now or who are very hesitant to. A stunningly high number of Americans are still unemployed, and for many other Americans, there is a very real fear that hard economic times will return soon.

Well, in 2010 life is very, very different depending on whether you are a "have" or a "have not". 12 Simple Things You Can Start Doing Right Now To Prepare For The Coming Financial Apocalypse. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the U.S. economy is heading for complete and total disaster. State and local governments across the nation are uncontrollably bleeding red ink. The federal government has accumulated the largest debt in world history.

Every year we buy hundreds of billions of dollars more from the rest of the world than they buy from us. That means that we are getting hundreds of billions of dollars poorer as a nation every single year. Well, the truth is that we all need to start becoming less dependent on “the system”. So are you ready? Now is the time to prepare. The following are 12 simple things that you can start doing right now to prepare for the coming financial apocalypse…. #1 Become Less Dependent On Your Job Many people define a job as the state of being “just over broke” . #2 Get Out Of Debt #3 Reduce Expenses For decades, most Americans have been living far beyond their means. . #4 Purchase Land #5 Learn To Grow Food #6 Find A Reliable Source Of Water. The next, worse financial crisis Brett Arends' ROI. By Brett Arends, MarketWatch BOSTON (MarketWatch) — The last financial crisis isn’t over, but we might as well start getting ready for the next one. Sorry to be gloomy, but there it is.

Why? Here are 10 reasons. Wall Street's grim future Wall Street is hit by another round of layoffs. 1. 2. 3. 4. High-frequency trading: good for you New research shows that high-frequency trading firms add liquidity to markets and smooth out volatility. 5. /conga/story/2011/07/trading-strategies.html155063 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

You know what George Santayana said about people who forget the past. /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime US : S&P Base CME. Peter Sloterdijk & Slavoj Zizek : comment sortir de la crise de la civilisation occidentale ? Débat › Comment sortir de la crise de la civilisation occidentale ? Le face-à-face Peter Sloterdijk Slavoj Zizek Des idées-force pour éviter les impasses de la globalisation LEMONDE Pour la première fois depuis 1945, l'idée d'avenir est en crise en Europe. Et l'Occident peine à croire au progrès, à l'image de ces nouvelles générations qui n'imaginent plus qu'elles vivront mieux que celles de leurs aînés. Désaffection politique, crise économique ou crispation identitaire : comment caractériser le moment que nous traversons ?

Et peut-on, selon vous, parler d'une crise de civilisation Peter Sloterdijk : Que voulons-nous dire, lorsque nous employons le terme de "civilisation occidentale", dans laquelle nous vivons depuis le XVIIe siècle ? La primauté de l'avenir date de l'époque où l'Occident a inventé ce nouvel art de faire des promesses, à partir de la Renaissance, au moment où le crédit est entré dans la vie des Européens. Autrement dit, le "créditisme" est entré dans une crise finale. Top 5 Places NOT To Be When The Dollar Collapses. The dollar collapse will be the single largest event in human history.

This will be the first event that will touch every single living person in the world. All human activity is controlled by money. Our wealth, our work, our food, our government, even our relationships are affected by money. No money in human history has had as much reach in both breadth and depth as the dollar. It is the de facto world currency. All other currency collapses will pale in comparison to this big one. Thanks to the globalization and the giant vampire squids of the Anglo-American Empire, the dollar is the world’s reserve currency. This cycle will be cut when the mathematically and inevitable collapse of the dollar occurs. We are at a point where we either default on the debt, willingly or unwillingly, or create more money/debt to keep the cycle moving. So this leads me to the Top 5 Places Not To Be When the Dollar Collapses. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.