Is Another Financial Crisis Brewing In The US Economy?
By Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Economist Michael Hudson explains the dangers. Reports suggest the US economy may be on the verge of another financial crisis, with major problems in the…
Escalating To Catastrophe
Nate Bear Don Not Panic In his televised address last night Trump said the US was going to continuing attacking Iran for another two or three weeks and would bomb…
War, Oil, and Blowback: Why Critics Say Trump’s Iran Offensive Is Reshaping the Global Economy
ScheerPost Staff What began as another military escalation in the Middle East is now being framed by some economists and geopolitical analysts as something much larger: a potential turning point…
Financial Criminal Carrie Tolstedt Avoids Prison Time for Her Role in Account Fraud
By Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost Former head of the Wells Fargo community banking division, Carrie Tolstedt, “agreed to plead guilty to the criminal charge of obstructing regulators’ investigation”…
Richard Wolff: Sanctions Against Russia, Inflation and Class War
Economist Dr. Richard Wolff joins Lowkey where he exposes ways economic policy can be a code term used by the political establishment for class war. Wolff explains how the cost…
The US Keeps Betting on Cuba Surrendering Out of Hunger and Desperation
By Gustavo A. Maranges / Resumen Latinoamericano Last week, US President Joe Biden extended for one more year the sanctions on Cuba, arguing the Trading with the Enemy Act of…
The Financial Bubble Era Comes Full Circle
An unstable encounter with a $50 billion stablecoin
Ellen Brown: Achieving Self-Funding Local Sovereignty as Global Food Systems Collapse
The solution to the current food crisis is small and local, including growing food locally. But how to fund local food co-ops without pricey loans from big banks?
Will 2021 Be Public Banking’s Watershed Moment?
Faced with the dire Covid-19 crisis, some lawmakers are starting to see publicly-owned banks as the key to ensuring an equitable economic recovery.
Ellen Brown: Crushing the States, Saving the Banks: the Fed’s Generous New Rules
It has long been a goal of conservatives to privatize public pensions, forcing seniors into the riskier stock market. Lured in by market booms, their savings can then be raided…