Laura H. suggested this Wall Street Journal piece: From Bubble to Depression?, by Steven Gjerstad and Vernon L. Smith
Kevin A. sent us this: Geithner’s Stress Test “A Complete Sham,” Former Federal Bank Regulator Says
Items from The Economatrix:
West Must Deal with $600 Trillion in Derivatives
Bernanke’s Financial Rescue Plan: The Growing Prospect of a US Default. Here are two keyquotes: “It is impossible to know what the long-term effects of Bernanke’s excessive spending will be, but his plan has the potential to trigger hyperinflation or spark a run on the dollar.”, and: “The recent 22 percent uptick in the stock market is a sign that Bernanke’s monetary stimulus is beginning to kick in. Oil rose from $33 per barrel to over $50 in little more than a month. Other raw materials have followed oil. The dollar has plunged every time the stock market has gone up. These are all signs of nascent inflation which is likely to accelerate after the current period of deleveraging ends. Food and energy prices will rise sharply and the dollar will come under greater and greater pressure. This is Bernanke’s nightmare scenario; a surge in inflation that forces him to raise rates and kill the recovery before it ever begins.”
75 US Towns Now Have Barter Currency
Swiss Deflation Next Chapter in World Crisis
Larry Summers, Tim Geithner and Wall Street’s Ownership of Government
Jobless Aid Running Out for Many
The Crash of ’09, The Collapse of ’10
“Recession Rage” Growing in US
Goldbugs Rest Assured, Inflation Will Return
US Watchdog Calls for Bank Execs to be Fired
Tea Prices are Surging. is Your Mug Next?
Empty Tables Threaten Some Restaurant Chains
Bill Moyers with William K. Black on Wall Street
Poll: Americans More Optimistic on Economy Since Obama’s Inauguration. Huh? What newspapers have they been reading?
Soros: US Recovery is Far Off; US Banks “Basically Insolvent” “The U.S. economy is in for a ‘lasting slowdown’ and could face a Japan-style period of relatively low growth coupled with high inflation….”
Dollar Devaluation is Inevitable…Just Like In 1934
So Much Nonsense (The Mogambo Guru)