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Societe Generale is out with the latest edition of their hedge fund watch and in it we see that they’ve found hedge funds to have the "shortest position EVER on bonds."...

Many believe that the Federal Reserve controls interest rates. But what if they do not? Here is a case for readers to decide on....

I just got back from a nine week overland trip, starting in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, and ending in Cape Town, South Africa. Wonderful trip...if a bit rugged, and for me...enlightening. Africa is probably the richest continent in the world, in most aspects. Tremendous mineral wealth. Petroleum in a lot of it. Coal in most of it. Most ...

John Lounsbury demonstrates conclusively that the current recession known as the Great Recession is greater than any other since the Great Depression....

TLC and I have a little discussion going on over at another post, and I found a related article I felt deserved it's own thread. Here's Jim Willies take on the precious metals manipulation ponzi scheme. He believes the american press will never let it see light of day due to the same ole reasons. The entire world economy cou...

WHAT DID THOMAS CARLYLE HAVE IN MIND WHEN HE CALLED ECONOMICS THE DISMAL SCIENCE? WAS HE RIGHT? AND IS IT A SCIENCE?

In this article I propose that we ask ourselves these questions & address them. Also we need to I ask: Could it be that a usury-free banking system will contribute more to justice and peace than does our...

Using the testimony of a clueless Jeffrey Christian, formerly a staffer at the Commodities Research Group in the Goldman Sachs Investment Research Department and now head and founder of the CPM Group, Douglas confirms that the "LBMA trades over 100 times the amount of gold it actually has to back the trades."...

I mentioned that Green Shoots stories in the MSM are rapidly being replaced by near the kind of DOOM RE writes. This one just came across the AP wire WASHINGTON — The recovery in the housing market is at risk of collapsing. Home sales are sliding, prices are stalling, and foreclosures are rising. And mortgage rates are lik...