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Re: Money
« Reply #660 on: September 15, 2019, 10:08:25 am »
The Last Time Banks Did This... They Caused A Financial Crash w/Richard Wolff
What happens if the government wants to stimulate the economy, by telling the banks they can lend out part of their held deposits or all of it?

The last time the banks were able to lend out their reserves... we found ourselves in a global financial crash!

We never learn anything, do we?

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« Reply #661 on: September 15, 2019, 03:08:10 pm »
The Last Time Banks Did This... They Caused A Financial Crash w/Richard Wolff
What happens if the government wants to stimulate the economy, by telling the banks they can lend out part of their held deposits or all of it?

The last time the banks were able to lend out their reserves... we found ourselves in a global financial crash!


We never learn anything, do we?

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It depends on the definition of "we". After every single financial crash the USA has gone through since at least 1913, and probably long before, the concentration of wealth and power has increased for TPTB 1% elite predators. They learned early on how to push the horses and sparrows BULLSHIT that we-the-people are the sparrows quite happy with picking the "trickle down" seeds out of the elite horse droppings. There hasn't been ANY downside for those that are responsible for establishing the conditions that bring about these public impoverishing crashes. So, they continue to do what they do.

Long pitchforks.
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« Reply #662 on: September 16, 2019, 10:59:29 pm »
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Re: Money
« Reply #663 on: September 18, 2019, 07:56:34 pm »
Did The Banks Just Tell Us A Massive Crash is Coming? w/Richard Wolff
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The Fed just dumped $75 Billion into the economy.... and possibly to avert a massive financial crash

Monday morning, large short term loans became unavailable and rates for these gigantic loans shot up

High interest rates caused financial crashes in the past

The Fed panicked and flooded the market with lots of money!

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« Reply #665 on: September 23, 2019, 07:34:58 pm »
Economic Update: U.S. Economy and the 💵🎩 Market
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[S9 E36] U.S. Economy and the Market

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Re: Money
« Reply #666 on: September 24, 2019, 01:44:39 pm »
Robert Reich: Trump's Economy Revealed
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« Reply #667 on: September 26, 2019, 04:21:47 pm »
💣 The developed world is on the brink of a financial, economic, social and political crisis
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Donald Amstad from Aberdeen Standard Investments delivers a sobering assessment on the state of developed market economies.

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Developed economies are at a crisis point, the powers of unconventional monetary policy are exhausted, and markets are just beginning to wake up to this. That’s the sobering assessment on the current state of the global economy delivered by Donald Amstad from Aberdeen Standard Investments 

His view is that when developed markets finally crack, there will be serious implications for every asset class and economy. However, those economies where monetary policy remains relatively ‘normal’ will be those best placed to respond. In his view, the emerging markets have more levers to pull when compared to developed markets, where the money printing taps have been turned on and interest rate settings are near zero.

The irony is that during the Asian crisis it was the IMF and central bankers from developed markets that convinced the emerging market governments not to print money and ‘take their medicine.’ Amstad says that this was a cathartic process for these economies, and they are now looking on in bewilderment as the West has resorts to money printing of an unprecedented scale.

“In the emerging world, economic and monetary policy is broadly orthodox. It is the West that is running unorthodox economic and monetary policy and it is the West, ironically, that is now on the cliff edge.”

Implications for investors

Amstad says that unconventional monetary policy has been pushed to the limit and that negative yielding bonds are playing havoc with pension funds and with the profitability of banks and other financial institutions. He highlights that while the United States is awash with debt, it is the $125 trillion of unfunded government liabilities that is most concerning.

Furthermore, he says that investors are faced with a scenario where the key defensive or ‘risk-free’ asset in their portfolios appears to be in a bubble. Historically, it has been riskier asset classes that have been the source of financial malaise. For example, it was credit markets in 2007, tech stocks in 2000 and equities in 1987. However, during these periods' bonds have acted as a buffer for balanced portfolios, Amstad questions if this will be the case today.

“What we have never had to cope with before is if there is a bubble in the risk-free asset class. What happens when that goes pop. What is the new risk free?”

Social implications

Central banks have been playing a game of ‘whack-a-mole', using monetary policy tools to quash any flare up in volatility. Under this regime it has been the wealthiest 0.1 per cent of the world population that has benefited from asset price inflation. Amstad argues that we are already seeing financial and economic troubles becoming political and social flare ups.

He expects that these social tensions will only continue to escalate if developed world policy makers are unwilling to take their medicine.

“If they do come out with another bout of QE then banks are going to go bust, pension funds are going to go bust, insurance companies are going to go bust. And if it pushes the stock market back up again, then the 99.9% are probably not going to tolerate more handouts. That leads to social and political instability.”

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« Reply #668 on: October 09, 2019, 12:15:55 pm »
Economic Update: A Growing U.S. Left
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[S9 E38] A Growing U.S. Left

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THIS WEEK'S TOPICS (w/timestamps):
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« Reply #669 on: October 15, 2019, 09:59:30 pm »
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« Reply #670 on: October 16, 2019, 08:28:31 am »
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Libertarians are known for saying "Taxation is theft" but whats a good way to counter such a claim?

Good answer. the Holmes quote sprang to mind.

My own response has generally been, "So when your house catches fire, you're going to put nit out yourself? Good luck."

Libertarians deny that there IS such a thing as "the public good." Mostly because the poor might benefit from it.

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« Reply #671 on: October 16, 2019, 12:37:53 pm »
Libertarian Lies About Taxes Debunked
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Libertarians are known for saying "Taxation is theft" but whats a good way to counter such a claim?

Good answer. the Holmes quote sprang to mind.

My own response has generally been, "So when your house catches fire, you're going to put it out yourself? Good luck."

Libertarians deny that there IS such a thing as "the public good." Mostly because the poor might benefit from it.


Holmes certainly had their number. Libertarians are willing victims of Satanic Brainfuck. It never ceases to amaze me how totally irrational their priorities in life are. Maybe they just think it is fun to con everyone around them out of money. Maybe they are allergic to common decency. And, maybe they are just Hellspawn souls of perdition that can only enjoy life when they are undermining the lives and welfare of those around them. Whatever it is, they are a clear and present danger to present and future human society.
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« Reply #672 on: October 16, 2019, 09:37:30 pm »
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[S9 E39] Worker Co-Ops, Socialism's Future

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« Reply #673 on: October 17, 2019, 07:51:53 pm »
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« Reply #674 on: October 17, 2019, 07:55:48 pm »
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