Matt B. suggested this video clip of Argentinean economist Adrian Salbuchi: Global Financial Collapse [1]
Greg C. sent this item from McPaper: Communities print their own currency to keep cash flowing [2]
D.G. suggested this from Eric Margolis at The Toronto Sun: Wall Street Ticks Off the World [3]
From G.G.: A Night with the Bears: Meredith Whitney, Nouriel Roubini, Ian Gordon and Eric Sprott put on quite a show this evening in Toronto [4].
Items from The Economatrix:
Derivatives, the New Ticking Time Bomb [5]
Politicized Accounting: No End to the Scams [6]
Soros: “Zombie” Banks Could Suck Lifeblood Out of Economy [7]
The Question that Flummoxed The Great Orator [8]
Wholesale Inventories Drop to Lowest in 17 Years [9] Note that it is not that sales are up so much, but that inventories are down: “Wholesalers cut their inventories in February by the steepest amount in more than 17 years, while sales rose for the first time since the summer, encouraging signs that companies may be getting their inventories under control.”
Derivatives Trading Crackdown Begins [10]
Japan’s Goods and Services Fall By Half [11]
Soros Warns Shares Will Fall Further [12]
Gold Sold for Scrap Outstrips New Purchases [13]
Irish Hike Tax and Cut Spending [15]
World Bank Sees China Recovery from Recession this Year [16] (Hmmmm… Do they also see World Peace and personal jet cars in the near future?)
UK Store Food Prices Soar [18]
Americans Feel 15.6% Unemployment as Underemployment Surges [19]
Consumers Fall Behind on Loans at Record Rate
Credit Card Companies Shut Down 8 Million Credit Card Accounts in February [20]