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The Mainstreaming of the Shadow Government

James Corbett, January 6 2016

Truly the conspiracy toothpaste is out of the tube and there’s no point in trying to put it back. While in many ways this represents the crowning achievement of the tireless efforts of generations of conspiracy researchers who have toiled in relative obscurity, it is not an unmitigated good.

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How Big Oil Engineered the Petrodollar

James Corbett, January 2 2016

With the creation of this new system, the petrodollar, the oiligarchs reached unprecedented levels of control over the economy. Not only that, they backed the world monetary system with their commodity, oil, and brought potential competition under their control all in one step.

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Up is Down in the New Normal Stock Markets

James Corbett, December 23 2015

Overall, if you have the feeling that these types of helter skelter neo-voodoo economics can't be sustained for very long, then join the club.

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What the Fed Rate Hike Really Means

James Corbett, December 19 2015

The real significance of the raid is that it breaks the supposed "independence" of the Fed, by which it can claim that “The Federal Reserve is an independent agency...

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EU Proposes Joint Border and Coast Guard in Wake of Refugee Crisis

James Corbett, December 16 2015

this latest proposal, expected to be tabled next Tuesday, is the end result of a series of agreements-in-principle between the European Commission, the European Council, and European Parliament over the creation of a joint European Border and Coast Guard System.

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Congress Says Lying Is Legal

Bob Rinear, December 12 2015

Now let’s be real here. The main stream media has been the liberal lap dog for decades. They bend over backwards... So the question becomes… how far would evil people with an agenda go to further that agenda?

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Markets bracing for Fed rate hike impact

James Corbett, December 9 2015

Such concern played at least some part in the Fed's decision to avoid raising rates at the last meeting, but a rate hike at next week's meeting now seems a foregone conclusion and the FX markets have already priced them in.

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Turkey Erdogan and ISIS

James Corbett, December 5 2015

There's a lot going on right now, and whatever the outcome we're likely to see some huge changes in Turkey and in the war in Syria as a result of recent events.

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IMF Includes China in Reserve Basket

James Corbett, December 2 2015

It means that the yuan is now effectively a world reserve currency. Not the world reserve currency; that’s still the dollar, a position that isn’t likely to change for a few years yet. But regardless, the effect will be immediate and profound.

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Bears Winning in the Gold Markets

James Corbett, November 25 2015

Barring some very unexpected events, it looks virtually certain that there is going to be some economic pain in the forecast for anyone looking to sell their gold in the near future...

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How Governments Terrorize the Public

James Corbett, November 21 2015

The strategy is remarkably simple. Provoke an attack, stage an attack, allow an attack to happen or simply capitalize on a spontaneous attack. Use the public's own outrage to push through draconian new legislation, all the while pretending to be the savior.

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Who is Funding ISIS

James Corbett, November 18 2015

France is a nation in mourning. But perhaps the French people can reserve at least some of their outrage for the government which has used their own tax money to fund, supply and support the terrorists they are now at war with.

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Terrible TPP Clauses Explained in Plain English

James Corbett, November 14 2015

Without mass education on this subject, it is unlikely that such massive protests can derail this TPP deal. Given the amount of time, money and energy the multinationals have sunk into the negotiation of this agreement, it's not going down without a fight.

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The Art Bubble About To Burst

James Corbett, November 11 2015

While this kind of eye-popping, record-setting art sale isn't particularly important in isolation, the overall trend in the art market is a reflection of much bigger forces at work in the economy.

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China Two Child Policy and the Population Crunch

James Corbett, November 7 2015

China is not alone in its prospect of facing a demographic winter scenario of an aging (and eventually shrinking) population. In fact, the latest world population data shows that a majority of the nations on the planet now have a total fertility rate below the replacement rate of 2.1 children per couple...

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