Sunday, July 22, 2012

Chris Hedges "Brace Yourself! The American Empire Is Over & The Descent Is Going To Be

Bill Moyers and Chris Hedges: Capitalism’s ‘Sacrifice Zones’
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US poverty on track to rise to highest since 1960s
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One in six Americans received food stamps or other public assistance last year, but the number of people with a Ph.D. or Masters degree who receive that aid has tripled in the past two years
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is a book written by John Perkins and published in 2004.
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Ten Trillion and Counting
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Iranian-Canadians say a Canadian bank has been closing their accounts with little explanation
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Already Plagued by Inflation, Iran Is Bracing for Worse
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Greece’s lenders will have the right to seize the gold reserves in the Bank of Greece under the terms of the new deal.
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Geithner: US Seized Almost $32 Billion in Libyan Assets
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Over the weekend, the BBC's Business Section reminded everyone that Romney is part of a "global super-rich elite had at least $21 trillion hidden in secret tax havens by the end of 2010" and that the size of their dubious stash "is equivalent to the size of the US and Japanese economies combined!"
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Mitt Romney, Offshore Tax Accounts Entangled Since Bain Capital's Founding

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