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The euro zone, and more broadly Europe, is slowly strangling itself with a toxic mixture of austerity and a structurally flawed financial system. Without a radical rethink on the issues of budget deficit, sovereign bankruptcy and financial reform, the continent is doomed to a prolonged period of turmoil and stagnation. 
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Macroeconomic indicators for the US have been better than expected for the last few months. But, despite the favourable data, US economic growth will remain weak and below trend throughout 2012.
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It has been a busy weekend for Wall Street, which has been doing all it can to spin the S&P downgrade in the best favorable light, although judging by the initial EURUSD and EURJPY reaction, so far not succeeding. Below we present a quick report written by Goldman's Lasse Nielsen on why in Goldman's view the downgrade's "impact is likely to be limited" and also the quick notes from an impromptu call MS organized for institutional clients
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Overzealous regulators, deficit spending, overly cautious bankers, the European debt crisis.
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Investment is a relatively simple activity, which is frequently over complicated by complex beliefs and theories that owe more to fashion and a particular market environment than any fundamental truth. In the end, the simple logical rules win out and must be re-learnt painfully.
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Ha-Joon Chang: Europe and the eurozone are strangling themselves with a toxic mixture of austerity and a structurally flawed financial system...
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Originally uploaded by http://www.youtube.com/user/ For an alternative to our anti-democratic system check out Jim Rogers latest project to create a system t...
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Prof. Franz Hörmann is Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the department for Business Taxation and Tax Planning, of the Department for Accounting at the Uni...
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Standard & Poor's strips France of its AAA credit rating, rekindling fears in the markets over future of single currency...
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“I do not think that “abolishing money” would be possible, money is the expression of a deep separation between people. Such a deeply sedimented structure you cannot abolish but only transcend, transform, disolve"
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LONDON (Reuters) - A Greek exit from the euro zone would be worse than catastrophic and could provoke greater social unrest, Zimbabwe-style inflation and a military coup, said London-based hedge fund firm...
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“If you havena’t noticed, individuals are avoiding the stock market in droves.A There has been an enormous exodus from equity based mutual funds. Why ? Because people buy stocks for only one reason, they want them to go up in price. If you don’t believe the market is going to go up. If you don’t believe you can find a greater fool to buy your stock, or the stock your funds own, why would you buy either ? You wouldn’t and people aren’t."
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Social Networked Learning in complex information environments, a presentation by George Siemens to American University Washington, D.C.
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In the wake of the financial crisis and Occupy Wall Street, the public's confidence in banks has hit record lows. The situation is dangerous but fixable, says Gallup's chief economist.
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5,000 years of debt, plus cosmetic surgery tourism.
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Plus de 5000 "monnaies complémentaires" existent aujourd'hui dans le monde. La crise, la recherche de nouveaux modes de développement, l'internet et le mobile en accélèrent le développement. Et si ces mêmes facteurs contribuaient aussi à réinventer les fonctions même de ces monnaies, et ce qu'elles rendent possible ?
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Paul Bettany hails financial crisis film Margin Call 'as appropriate today as ...Telegraph.co.ukDirector JC Chandor's drama Margin Call is the latest addition, which follows the players at one investment firm over a course of 24 hours as they are...
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Money As Debt is a fast-paced and highly entertaining animated feature by artist & videographer, Paul Grignon. It explains today's magically perverse DEBT-MO...
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The chronic uncertainty over Europe's debt crisis that plagued much of 2011 will continue well into 2012.
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Billionaire investor George Soros said Europe’s sovereign-debt woes are “more serious” than the financial crisis of 2008 and that the world faces the prospect of a “vicious circle” of deflation.
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I recently made my first visit to the tiny island nation of Malta – once the Mediterranean crossroads of crusaders, smugglers, pirates and profiteers, now better known as a way-stop on the marine route of refugees fleeing coastal North Africa...
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Over the past few years we have seen major failings in capitalism, with pay rewarding failure, with governments underwriting failed businesses, and with growing inequality in the UK and beyond that has reached concerning levels.
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LONDON — The World Economic Forum warned Wednesday that the financial crisis that has gripped the global economy for the past few years is fueling resentment that could lay the seeds for a rising tide of protectionism, nationalism and social unrest.
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The World Financial Honey Moon is Over: Debt Crisis Continues to Wage War on Economic Policy, The Global Economic Crisis lingers on due to short term debt policies.
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