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capitalism

What I Learned About the Economy From Watching Food, Inc. (dir. Robert Kenner, 2009)

June 30, 2009 · 14 comments

in agriculture , business , capitalism , commodities , economy , films , health , infrastructure , nutrition , survival

NB: As you can imagine from watching a film like Food, Inc., it can be hard to separate the emotion and just report “calmly” on the plain facts presented by the film.  Originally I wrote this the same day I saw it, but I’ve since gone back and edited it to try to tone down [...]

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Secret Fed and Treasury Knowledge of Market Meltdown

November 25, 2008 · 1 comment

in banks , capitalism , international economy , news and updates , spending

What if “They” (the Fed, central banks, hedge fund managers, I-bankers, etc.) knew all along how bad it was going to be and the last 6-8 months have been a careful, steady public letdown, slowly leaking the info out to the market so as to hopefully attenuate the crash rather than to let it all [...]

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