fascinating must read – The Death of Paper Money – By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – As they prepare for holiday reading in Tuscany, City bankers are buying up rare copies of an obscure book on the mechanics of Weimar inflation published in 1974. – Telegraph.co.uk [...]

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In April 2010, Treasury and HUD issued a set of questions for public comment on the future of the housing finance system, which has received more than 300 responses from a broad cross-section of consumer groups, industry groups, market participants, members of the public, think tanks, and other stakeholders. These responses [...]

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Let me start off by saying that I do not believe the rumor that the International Olympic Committee has taken back skier Lindsey Vonn’s gold medal, and instead awarded it to President Barack Obama, announcing that no one has ever gone downhill faster than he has.

While we’re talking about going downhill, here’s one list on [...]

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      The Aftermath of the Global Housing Bubble Chokes the World Banking System. Only a Coordinated Loan Massacre Could Defeat a Japanese-Style Dead-and-Dying-of-Debt Kamikaze. Hell Approaches Us All, But Only For An Extended Period. by Michael David White Sometimes the complexity of the world is a ruse, and [...]

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