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The Peer To Peer Economy

James Corbett, February 7 2015

 This Peer-to-Peer economy that is rising up to replace the Industrial/Information economy is difficult to see in its totality, but is everywhere around us.

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Surprise The Watch Word for 2015

James Corbett, February 4 2015

...now that this is becoming the fashionable new mini-stimulus for countries suffering in the doldrums of this deflationary cycle, it isn't quite so surprising as it once was. It's now almost predictable.

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The Death of King Abdullah and the Future of Oil Geopolitics

James Corbett, January 31 2015

...what is at stake with every royal succession is not just the domestic politics of Saudi Arabia, but the course of geopolitics and, ultimately, the global economy.

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Earnings Down Durable Goods Hit Markets Tumble

James Corbett, January 28 2015

...As is now standard practice in the “new normal” of the post-Lehman world, all eyes are now on Washington where the Fed is currently engaged in the first FOMC meeting of the year.

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Draghi Fires His Bazooka

James Corbett, January 24 2015

Whether or not Draghi was really planning to announce his stimulus program this week, the surprise Swiss franc decoupling of last week left him no choice.

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Adding Up the Swiss Franc Fallout

James Corbett, January 21 2015

... however the SNB fallout lands and whoever it lands on, it's not doing anything to help the bleak outlook for a world on the edge of deflation.

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Swiss National Bank Unleashes a Franc Tsunami

James Corbett, January 17 2015

    What we know for sure at this point is that the fallout of this move is going to be massive, long-lasting, and global. Some traders are already predicting the collapse of financial institutions and smaller hedge funds.

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Deflationary Cycle Deepens

James Corbett, January 14 2015

There is a case to be made that the potential downside of this round of deflation is worse than catastrophic. There is an estimated $22 trillion worth of global commodities-based derivatives.

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Another Headache for Moscow

James Corbett, January 10 2015

For all the hoopla, you might have thought this was going to be something historic. But in retrospect, all the swollen, self-important talk about the Eurasian Union seems horribly out of step with the reality of what has been birthed here.

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Japan Markets Hammered as Deflationary Cycle Continues

James Corbett, January 7 2015

...deflation remains the bugbear of the Japanese economy, even after the unprecedented easing in recent years by the Bank of Japan.

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An Optimist Guide To The World in 2015

James Corbett, January 3 2015

  Why is it that in contemplating the future our thoughts usually turn to disaster and calamity? Why are we seemingly incapable of imagining things going well for a change?

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How to Avoid the Globalist Trap

James Corbett, December 19 2014

All of these revolutionary actions represent people interacting directly with each other in ways that cannot be interfered with, regulated or proscribed by the globalist institutions that are seeking to bring about their New World Order.

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Russian Surprise Rate Hike Causes Market Mayhem

James Corbett, December 17 2014

Sanity will likely return once the markets have had time to process the move, but the wild market volatility displayed this week shows just how unbalanced these markets have become and just how delicate the situation is.

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China and the US Frenemies with Benefits

James Corbett, December 13 2014

This is, of course, the New Cold War narrative, and although a lot of the attention has been shifted onto Russia this year, China has for years been painted as the new Red menace for the 21st century.

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Venezuela Feels the Sting of Oil Plunge

James Corbett, December 10 2014

If politics makes strange bedfellows, economic crisis makes even stranger ones. Venezuela is already tens of billions of dollars in debt to China and uses half of its oil shipments to that country to pay down existing debt...

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