Posts Tagged ‘ crisis ’

Greece a Canary in the Deficit Mine

Feb 16th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
So, who gets to play Lehmans in this comedic repeat...? Isn’t Greece marvellous? Paying income tax, or any kind of tax it would seem, has been entirely optional. Which should have powered its economy like 1960s’ Hong Kong. But public spending, however, accounts for 40% of GDP. So who financed that spending if ...read more

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A 20-Year Bear Market?

Jul 13th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics, Personal Liberties
In November of 1997, my partner and co-editor of The Casey Report, Doug Casey, wrote an article titled “Foundations of Crisis,” which leaned heavily on the research of Neil Howe and the late William Strauss. Howe and Strauss have written many books on how generations determine the course of history and ...read more

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Inside The Obama Huddle: Housing, Banking, Life and Crisis

Jan 28th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Macro Economics, Politics
The Inauguration is over. It’s PRESIDENT Obama now. So let’s get back to work. What can we discern about the incoming Obama administration? I had a long talk with an old friend who is a self-described “rabid Democrat.” Let me rephrase that. He’s a rabid Democrat in the way that Pittsburgh ...read more

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Foundations of Crisis, Part III: War (So What’s Next?)

Jan 21st, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
The real watersheds in history, crises that make or break a civilization, occur roughly every 100 years. The most recent ones in American history that will resonate without looking up the facts in a reference book are the Revolution, circa 1782; the Civil War, circa 1863; and WW II, circa ...read more

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Foundations of Crisis, Part II: Generations

Jan 20th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
Generational conflict has been recognized since ancient times. The twist here is the discovery of several things that have previously eluded observers. One is that the well- known conflict between fathers and sons is only half the story; there aren't just two generational types that alternate (e.g., liberal and conservative), ...read more

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Foundations of Crisis

Jan 19th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Technology
Everybody wants predictions. The following article does a little better than that, in that I wrote it back in November of 1997, outlining several theories of history, and pointing to a logical way of anticipating what will likely happen to the world at large over the next generation. As you will ...read more

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