Kicking Away the Ladder: How the Economic and Intellectual Histories of Capitalism Have Been Re-Written to Justify Neo-Liberal Capitalism By Ha-Joon Chang – (Cambridge University, UK) [FF Editorial: This article…
The Libor Mess Is A Symptom Of Broader Market Failure By Kurt Dew – NorthEastern Iniversity @Tabbforum Major financial institutions have made it clear that they don’t support SOFR, the…
Record Ship-Breaking Suggests World Economy Slowing By Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge As world trade volume rolled over in late 2018 and into the new year, a sharp decline in…
Shipping Headwinds – Container Rates Plunged Below Break Even Rates Trade wars, excess capacity and global slowdown have brought misery to shipowners. The chart speaks more than a thousand words….
Inside the 2008 Financial Crisis & The Lessons Learned By Mike Silva (former NY Fed) Mr. Silva served as the Chief of Staff for Tim Geitner at the NY Fed…
Ocean Shipping Rates Plunge: Just A Blip Or The End Of Globalization? By John Rubino The Baltic Dry Index represents the cost of renting an ocean-going container ship to move…
The $12 Trillion Federal Debt Bombshell By Michael J. Kosares – Goldcore “Who on earth, or in global finance, will buy this looming mountain of Treasuries?” “Investment in gold now…
The Three Concerns Hanging Over The Davos Elite By Nomi Prins – Daily Reckoning This week, the global elite descended private jets to their version of winter ski-camp – the lifestyles of…
Federal Reserve Confesses Sole Responsibility For All Recessions By David Haggith – The Great Recession Blog In a surprisingly candid admission, two former Federal Reserve chairs have stated that the…
Crypto Credibility & Why Gold Makes Sense For Russia By Alasdair Macleod – Goldmoney Last Monday, there was a striking headline in the Daily Telegraph: “Russia looks to bitcoin to soften…