Republished with permission on Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Read the article in its original form on Advisor Perspectives By Michael Edesess A foundational principle of modern economics is that the creation of credit leads to economic growth. That precept underlies need for quantitative easing, and it is central to the question of what role [...]
What Americans can Learn from Eurocrisis
May 12, 2012 By
The Real News Network May 10, 2012 Michael Hudson: From the Democratic Party to European “Socialists”, they manage crisis in the interests of finance More at The Real News
Angels Invest Where Banks Dither
January 24, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsReport BERLIN (IDN) – For innovative young folks, angels are by no means mythical beings or messengers of God as depicted in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles and the Quran. They are flesh-and-blood source of equity capital at the seed and early stage of [...]
IMF Seeks Asia’s Help to Tackle Eurocrisis
January 22, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By J. C. Suresh IDN-InDepth NewsReport TORONTO (IDN) – When an international commission headed by Nobel laureate Willy Brandt drew attention to global economic interdependence in its report in 1980, the world was divided between rich North and the poor South. More than three decades later, the International [...]
19 Million Jobs For U.S. Workers: The Impact Of Channeling $1.4 Trillion In Excess Liquid Asset Holdings Into Productive Investments
December 22, 2011 By
A new report is available at the Political Economy Research Institue, PERI. 19 Million Jobs For U.S. Workers: The Impact Of Channeling $1.4 Trillion In Excess Liquid Asset Holdings Into Productive Investments Pollin, Robert | Heintz, James | Garrett-Peltier, Heidi | Wicks-Lim, Jeannette | 12/5/2011 Download the full report from the PERI Website 1.2 MB [...]
Banks Holding 1.4 Trillion, Could Create 19 Million Jobs
December 22, 2011 By
The Real News Network December 21, 2011 Bob Pollin: Study looks at impact of 1.4 trillion in excess liquid asset holdings if put in productive investments More at The Real News
$7.7 Trillion to Wall Street – Anything to Keep the Banksters Happy!
December 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Originally Published on Truthout Saturday 3 December 2011 Read the article in its original form on Truthout By: Thom Hartmann, Truthout | News Analysis Do you know who Elizabeth Duke is? How about Donald Kohn or Kevin Warsh? No? Well – you should. Because while Congress was debating back in [...]
