Mar 112019
 
 March 11, 2019  Posted by at 10:06 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  3 Responses »
Debt Rattle March 11 2019

Jean Metzinger Soldier playing chess 1915   • Brexit Talks ‘Deadlocked’, Says Downing Street (G.) • Brexit Fallout On UK Finance Intensifies (R.) • How Central Bankers Blew Up The Global Economy (ABC.au) • What Fed Chair Powell Said On 60 Minutes (ZH) • China’s GDP Growth Could Be Half Of Reported Number – Pettis (SCMP) • Brookings Says China Overstated Size Of Its Economy By 12% (ZH) • Deutsche Bank Begins Talks Over Merger With Rival Commerzbank (G.) •

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Mar 092019
 
Debt Rattle March 9 2019

Juan Gris Portrait of Pablo Picasso 1912   • World’s Biggest Debt Slaves: Americans Wimp Out in 11th Place (WS) • Chelsea Manning Jailed For Refusing To Testify About Wikileaks (ZH) • On Trump’s Ties To Russia, Americans Have Made Up Their Minds – Poll (R.) • Trump’s Private Talks With Putin May Contain Clues To His Russia Romance (G.) • Ilhan Omar Criticizes Obama And Past Presidents’ ‘Really Bad Policies’ (MW) • EU’s Barnier Sets May On Course For

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Mar 072019
 
The Real New Deal

Wassily Kandinsky Succession 1935     While we’re on the issue of the Green New Deal, here’s an article by Dr. D. with an intro by Dr. D., one he sent me in the mail that contained the actual article, and that I think shouldn’t go to waste. I hope he agrees. Waste being the key term here, because he arrives at the same conclusion I’ve often remarked upon: that our societies and economies exist to maximize waste production. Make

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Mar 052019
 
Debt Rattle March 5 2019

Vincent van Gogh Weaver 1884   • China Warns Of ‘Tough Struggle’, Cuts Growth Target To Lowest Since 1990 (G.) • China’s Largest Property Developer To Sell All Homes At A 10% Discount (ZH) • Relying On Central Banks For Growth Is A Bad Idea (Das) • Theresa May ‘Did Not Understand EU When She Triggered Brexit’ (G.) • Dear Europe, Brexit Is A Lesson For All Of Us: It’s Time For Renewal (Macron) • EU Must Learn From Brexit

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Mar 042019
 
Debt Rattle March 4 2019

Robert Frank London 1951-52   • US, China Said To Appear Close To Deal To Roll Back Tariffs (R.) • Beijing To Encourage ‘Shadow’ Lending To Boost Growth – China Economist (CNBC) • Beijing Locked Down For China’s Greatest Political Spectacle (G.) • Huawei: Meng Wanzhou Sues Canadian Government Over Arrest (AP) • May Accused Of £1.6bn Brexit ‘Bribe’ Over New Fund For Deprived Towns (Ind.) • Russia Tells US It Is Ready For Bilateral Talks On Venezuela (R.) •

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Mar 032019
 
Debt Rattle March 3 2019

Pablo Picasso The artist and his model 1926   • US is Cleanest Dirty Shirt Among Manufacturing Giants (WS) • Trump Just Might Have Won the 2020 Election Today (Reason) • Massive Cuts Are Coming To Social Security (MW) • Balance Sheet “Error” Hits UK’s Fastest Growing, Most Popular Bank (DQ) • Brexit Supporters Give May Three Tests For EU Deal (R.) • Will Brexit Be UK’s Constitutional Moment? (IT) • Guaido To Return To Venezuela After Touring Neighbor Countries

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Mar 012019
 
View From The Brextanic

Marcel Duchamp Sad young man on a train – Nude study 1911-12     Longtime Automatic Earth friend Alexander Aston talks about finding himself at Oxford at a point in time when the British themselves appear overcome by a combo of utter confusion and deadly lethargy, and one can only imagine what it must be like for ‘foreigners’ residing in Albion, who face large potential changes to their lives and know there’s not a thing they can do about it,

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Mar 012019
 
Debt Rattle March 1 2019

Salvador Dali Eggs on the plate (without the plate) 1932   • Tax Cuts A Year Later – Did They Deliver? (Roberts) • The Death Of Cash Has Been Greatly Exaggerated – Look At The $100 Bill (MW) • China Trade Talks Made ‘Fantastic’ Progress Last Week -Kudlow (CNBC) • China’s Shadow Debt Burden Much Larger Than Believed (ZH) • Growing China Downdraft Chills Asia Factory Activity (R.) • CPAC On Socialism, Bernie Sanders And 2020: ‘Trump Will Win, 100%’

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