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The Blouses That Destroy Economies: The Insane Quest for Cheap Labor
So this is the end game of capitalism—the pool of cheap labor being drained by an insane quest for profit at the expense of people. Retailers like Walmart realize that their customer base has no money to spend because America … Continue reading
Posted in Crap-italism, minimum wage, Rentier, Wage slavery
Tagged Africa, Asia, capitalism, capitalism without capital, China, Ethiopia, inflation, J.C. Penney, Kenya, Levi Strauss, offshoring, PVH, VF, wages, Wall Street Journal, Walmart, William S. Simon
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NO, IT’S NOT YOUR IMAGINATION: YOUR REAL WAGES ARE GOING DOWN
You know that cold dread that drops into the pit of your stomach when you check your balance and see that you’re down to your last few dollars and payday is still a week away? Too much month at the … Continue reading
Posted in Crap-italism, Debt, Debt Slavery, Everything Is Rigged, Federal Reserve, Feudalism, fiat currency, Financial Terrorism, Paper terrorism, Price, Price-fixing, Redistribution, stock market, Wage slavery, Wages
Tagged bailout, BLS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, debt slavery, Everything Is Rigged, fascism, Federal Reserve, fiat currency, fraud, Goodwill, inflation, Jif, joe2, nominal wages, Prison Planet, real wages, S&P 500, StockCharts.com, Zero Hedge
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PART 2: WHAT “RECOVERY”? WHO CAN AFFORD ANYTHING?
Who can afford anything? Not many people, it seems. As noted in yesterday’s post, half of America cannot afford the house they are “buying,” while at the same time rents are skyrocketing, with the number of people who pay half … Continue reading
Posted in "supply and demand", class war, Crap-italism, Debt, Debt Slavery, Everything Is Rigged, Federal Reserve, Feudalism, fiat currency, Financial Terrorism, Financialization, Paper terrorism, Price, Price-fixing, QE unlimited, Redistribution, Reverse socialism, Too big to fail, Wage slavery, Wages, Wealth transfer
Tagged bailout, BLS, debt slavery, Everything Is Rigged, Federal Reserve, fiat currency, foodstuffs, inflation, promissory note, QE, The Economist, wage slavery, Zero Hedge
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INSTEAD OF BANNING CASH, GO TO SELF-ISSUED CURRENCY
Apparently Kenneth Rogoff doesn’t think the banks and their kept governments have enough ways to screw us all over, so he is proposing a ban on cash: “Has the time come to consider phasing out anonymous paper currency, starting with … Continue reading
Posted in Asset Bubble, Conspiracy, Crap-italism, Debt, Debt Slavery, Everything Is Rigged, Federal Reserve, fiat currency, Financial Terrorism, Financialization, Nixon Shock, QE unlimited, self-issued currency, Wages, Wealth transfer
Tagged Bank of England, cash, cashless society, debt, debt slavery, endogenous money, Federal Reserve, Financial Times, Harvard, inflation, Kenneth Rogoff, money is fictional, pre-existing money, promissory note, reserves, self-issued currency
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NOT NEGATIVE, JUST TRUE: “EXPENSES SOAR, WAGES STALL”
A few days ago, the website of The Washington Post ran a story with this headline–“Happy Days No More: Middle-class families squeezed as expenses soar, wages stall.” No shit, Sherlock. The article tells us the following: “Wages for millions of … Continue reading
Posted in Asset Bubble, class war, Debt, Debt Slavery, Everything Is Rigged, Federal Reserve, Feudalism, fiat currency, Financialization, Nixon Shock, self-issued currency, stock market, Wage slavery, Wages, Wealth transfer
Tagged 000 Years, 1971, 1987, Bank of England, Black Monday, Charles Hugh Smith, David Graeber, debt, Debt: The First 5, financialization, Happy Days, inflation, median household income, middle class, Nixon Shock, Of Two Minds, Ronald Reagan, S&L Crisis, self-issued currency, The Air Standard, Washington Post
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WHY DOES EVERYTHING COST SO MUCH? SCHIFF EXPLAINS
The simple answer is, of course, inflation. The powers that be are trying to convince us that inflation is a good thing, a healthy thing, as Peter Schiff notes here: “It is no accident that the concept of ‘inflation’ has … Continue reading
Posted in "supply and demand", Asset Bubble, class war, Debt, Debt Slavery, Everything Is Rigged, Federal Reserve, fiat currency, Iran, minimum wage, Price, Price-fixing, QE unlimited, Redistribution, Uncategorized, Wage slavery, Wages, Wealth transfer, ZIRP
Tagged Federal Reserve, fictional money, inflation, Michael Hudson, minimum wage, Peter Schiff, purchasing power, QE, ZIRP
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YOUR MONEY IS WORTHLESS BY DESIGN
As usual, Max Keiser’s show is always worth watching. This time, it’s for something his guest–Simon Rose of Save Our Savers said almost offhandedly toward the end of the show (23:57 mark): “It’s like being in The Matrix. You know, … Continue reading
Posted in Debt, Debt Slavery, Everything Is Rigged, fiat currency, Financial Terrorism, Keiser Report, Price, Price-fixing, Redistribution, Rent-seeking, Rentier, Reverse socialism, Wage slavery, Wages, Wealth transfer
Tagged deflation, fiat currency, inflation, Max Keiser, rent-seeking, Rentier, Save our Savers, Simon Rose
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IT ALL COMES DOWN TO ASSETS VS. WAGES
As usual, Max Keiser very succinctly (and almost nonchalantly) pierces through the mumbo jumbo and hopium to the very essence of the crisis facing not only the U.S., but also the world (quote below starts at approximately 12:04 in the … Continue reading
Posted in Asset Bubble, Financial Terrorism, Keiser Report, Wages
Tagged asset bubble, bailout, Crooks and Liars, Elizabeth Warren, Federal Reserve, inflation, Max Keiser, minimum wage, QE, Russia Today, Slate, ZIRP
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