The Six Presidents Causing U.S. Bankruptcy

[OddTrader]

* A Century of Central Banking: Was the Fed a Good Idea? | Cato Institute
https://www.cato.org/policy-report/januaryfebruary-2014/century-central-banking-was-fed-good-idea

The Great Depression left a black mark on the nation's central bank, and the Great Recession has vastly .... The root cause, of course, was bad politics.

* Five Reasons for Central Banks: Are They Any Good? | Mises Wire
https://mises.org/blog/five-reasons-central-banks-are-they-any-good
Feb 21, 2017 - Smith identified five main arguments for central banks from an economic point of view. Although .... Nothing is so bad that it couldn't get worse.

* The Downside of Central Bank Independence | PIMCO
https://www.pimco.com/en-us/insight...ves/the-downside-of-central-bank-independence

Instead, independent central banks have had to deploy second-best interventions such as quantitative easing (QE) or negative interest rate policy (NIRP), which ...

* It's Not Libor Stupid, Central Banks Are The Problem - Forbes
www.forbes.com/sites/shahgilani/.../its-not-libor-stupid-central-banks-are-the-problem...
Jul 6, 2012 - So, here's why the bad news for the central bank (encouraging, no, make that, demanding fraud) is really good news for free markets.

* Doomed to fail? - The Economist
https://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/03/central-banking
Mar 1, 2013 - MANY agree that central banks need to rethink their objectives and tools in ... while bad in an absolute sense, has actually been relatively good ...

* 11 Reasons Why The Federal Reserve Is Bad - The Economic Collapse
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/11-reasons-why-the-federal-reserve-is-bad
Aug 4, 2010 - For decades, an unelected, privately-owned central bank has controlled .... The federal reserve isnt all that bad, it does have some good points.

* Why central banks with shareholders might not be such a bad idea ...
https://theconversation.com/why-cen...-might-not-be-such-a-bad-idea-after-all-43574

Jul 28, 2015 - The continued ownership of shares in central banks by private investors may be a superfluous relic but it enhances governance and adds to the ...

* ELI5: Central banks, and why some people think they are bad - Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlik...central_banks_and_why_some_people_think_they/

May 20, 2015 - 5 posts - ‎5 authors
Some people think they are bad because they don't understand how it ... A well run central bank is the best method we have come up with (so ...

* Why central bank independence is a bad idea - MoneyWeek
http://moneyweek.com/merryns-blog/why-central-bank-independence-is-a-bad-idea-23300/

Aug 15, 2012 - Home > Merryn's Blog > Why central bank independence is a bad idea ... All this might (just might) be OK if the banks were any good at using ...

 

[Humpy]

The US is stuck in its plutocratic system ( based on money ) and get the dumbass leaders big money want them to have. The general public just can't understand this fact. The billion $ campaign funds raised to promote their candidates are just the tip of the iceberg. They think they live in a democracy.
Wise up guys.

 

[OddTrader]

US Seen as Major Global Threat Along with ISIS, Climate Change: Pew Poll


By David Francis Follow
August 1, 2017

A new Pew Research Center poll of nearly 42,000 people across 38 countries found the threat of climate change is nearly as great as terrorism from ISIS.

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2017/...bal-Threat-Along-ISIS-Climate-Change-Pew-Poll

When it comes to fears about nations, the United States came out on top; 35 percent of respondents believe America is the biggest threat to global security. The U.S. outpaced both Russia and China: each came in at 31 percent.

Pew put the blame for the increase in concerns about the U.S. squarely on the shoulders of the U.S. president.

“In general, there has been little change in the global threat assessment since the last time these questions were asked,” the report said. “But worries about the U.S. and its power and influence have increased in many countries in Europe and around the world since the election of Donald Trump.”

http://www.pewglobal.org/2017/08/01...d-climate-change-as-leading-security-threats/

MAGA: http://www.pewglobal.org/topics/u-s-global-image-and-anti-americanism/

 

[DeltaRisk]

You read so much, I like it.

I could go on and on about the reasons for and against. But the fact of the matter is, we are a collective unorganized populace with not even the slightest idea of what really happens/happened.

I'm not interested in changing the system, I'm only interested in profiting from it.

Am I morally obligated to support other people? No. Never in history has that happened. But, if that day came I'd be happy to see capitalism merge with socialism and form a utopia.
One can only wish.