Dynamite Chart:

great chart & article – how long? – Earth’s natural wealth: an audit – NewScientist.com news service – David Cohen – Science.org
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New Currency Proposal:  The Berkshire Dollar – The Berkshire Bill, a modest central banker 2.0 proposal – Nick Gogerty – … Perhaps it is time for a resurgence of private currencies.  I propose the Berkshire buck= BH1.  The Berkshire buck (berky) is a note representing a 1:100,000 of a share of Berkshire Hathaway. …

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very interesting – Book excerpt on birth of CDOs and mortgage debt deals – Genesis of the debt disaster – By Gillian Tett – FT.com

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Comfortable with Uncertainty – John P. Hussman, Ph.D. – Are stocks in a bull market or is this still a bear market? … Having failed to do anything effective to mitigate the second wave of foreclosures that is set to begin later this year, and seeing very little sponsorship in trading volume (despite good breadth), my impression is that we most likely are in a strong correcting rally in the context of an ongoing bear market. At the same time, cash-equivalents are yielding next to nothing, ... – Hussman Funds