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If repression becomes official policy, the deliberate intention may be to provoke chaos in order to favor an authoritarian shift. Those who wants to protect democratic institutions should investigate whether that is the case.

The mismanagement of the mega blocks on the suburban railway network since last Sunday is causing untold pressure on Mumbai's entire transport system. If it is not handled in time, it may lead to another outburst of public …

While a broad swath of economic activities retracted during the recession, a recent report by the country's leading institute on philanthropy showed that one activity — charitable giving — has continued going strong.

Fears grow that economy is on verge of unprecedented triple-dip recession after dominant services sector suffers first slide in two years.

It shows that five years after the official onset of recession and three and a half years after the recession's official end, the US has failed to generate a recovery in jobs and incomes for the vast majority of the American people.

Due to weak economic activity, consumer prices in the eurozone in December grew at the same rate as in November, dispelling fears of spiking inflation. But the direction prices will take in 2013 remains highly uncertain.

Many expected that the severity of the Great Recession, a recognition that prior expansion was largely based on unsustainable “bubbles,” and an anemic post-crisis recovery, would lead to serious discussion about the need …

(Reuters Health) – A new analysis of data on U.S. teens born during the early 1980s ties slightly higher rates of adolescent smoking, drinking, arrests and thefts to macroeconomic conditions during the first year of life.

The seeds of the recession and the near collapse of the American economy were planted by Ronald Reagan more than 30 years ago. If there's one legacy the Reagan administration left behind — the legacy that too often gets …

Singapore's economy grew more vigorously than foreseen in the last three months of 2012, avoiding an expected recession. … Singapore GDP Up 1.8{660353129f8d892044c993645a1c75194301fec6786a7f617c15adde0b0011e9} in Fourth Quarter, Dodges Expected Recession. Text Size. Published: …

“The evidence is starting to mount a recession is already underway, and we're a few months into it,” contends Lakshman Achuthan, co-founder of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI). Despite economic growth of 2.7 …

I'm going out on a limb here and call New Year's day 2013 the official end of the Great Recession. I wouldn't expect to wake up to unanimous agreement; these things take a while to "sink in." The spark plug that ignites the …

I thought that I'd start the year off with a bit of comedy from 2011. The above link if you remember was a reporter explaining why Gold was down some $100 for the day back in Nov. of that year. She explained that Gold was …

As a continuum to Hyperinflation 101 I will try to wrap it up with this piece. If you agree with what I wrote yesterday regarding the cause of hyperinflation at its most basic being a break, or lack of confidence in a fiat currency …

LaRouche addresses the American population. Topics: Greece Facing Starvation & Hyperinflation Due to Fraud, What is REAL Money? And the Coming Economic Collapse. January 5th, 2013 | Category: News …

Hyperinflation could happen overnight is how Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration, describes a future when the rest of the world no longer sees the dollar as a viable …

In my last 2 pieces I tried to explain how hyperinflation is a monetary event as opposed to an economic one and that only a few conditions need be persist for its onset First the currency must be fiat and un-backed, the …

But what is all this noise about the hyperinflation that is single handedly ruining the financial backbone of a country that was the global superpower till half a decade back? Is it over expenditure in the public sector or too many …

The sound money set remains concerned that the Federal Reserve's emergency actions to corral collapse could ignite hyperinflation. In particular, they point to the explosion of excess reserves inside the banking system, …

You see, hyperinflation is almost always a political problem. Decisions are made over a number of years (or decades) that benefit the immediate ruling class but put off tough choices to a future administration. As tough choices …

It is possible to have inflation and hyperinflation with no erosion in the real value of monetary items: simply inflation-adjust all monetary items daily: do not implement the stable measuring unit assumption: i.e., do not implement …

Steve Hanke of Johns Hopkins and the Cato Institute talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about hyperinflation and the U.S. fiscal situation. Hanke argues that despite the seemingly aggressive policies of the Federal …

Green De-Industrialisation / Economic Warfare. A new pamphlet published today by Westminster think-tank Civitas, argues that the UK mineral products sector, which employs 70,000 people and is crucial to the UK economy, …

Loot, Plunder and Deindustrialisation: The saga of Ashok Paper Mill, Darbhanga, Bihar. December 31, 2012. A Fact Finding Report by. JANHASTAKHEP: CAMPAIGN AGAINST FASCIST DESIGNS New Delhi November 2012. 28bhrmilldarb.

200 Years of Steel: A photo story about the de-industrialisation of Ostrava, Czech Republic.

A whole lot of pundits are spending column inches trying to explain the cruel reality of the last forty years — stagnant wages for full-time male workers, and falling wages for men as a whole: And there has been a huge …

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress today broke in to the Shehu Musa 'Yar'adua Center where the African Industrialisation Day was being celebrated to.

De-Industrialisation And Male Jobs. And there has been a huge outgrowth of men who aren't in the labour force. In 1954, 96 percent of American men between the ages of 25 and 54 worked. Today, that number is down to 80 …

14 August 2012. Norman Pagett writes: Much is written about the gradual decline of our industrialised society, into something perhaps more pastoral and self supportive. I rather think much of it hinges on people being nice to …

I've lived in Glasgow for seven years now, but sometimes it feels I'm only starting to really understand it. It is an energetic, edgy, cheeky, funny and friendly city. In places beautiful, in places depressingly derelict. It has more …