China: A New Economic Model? – The Curious Capitalist – TIME.com

Posted by Matt in March 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Economy, Asian Financial Crisis, Banking Sector, Bureaucrats, China Economic, China Today, Chinese Economy, Decade, Desk Lamp, Economic Model, Economy China, Europe, Explosion, Government Policy, Hefty Portion, India, Japan, Loan Problem, Loans, Local Governments, Mixed Economies

But what we’ve learned from these examples from history is that the state-led aspects of “mixed” economies can create as much harm as good. Bureaucratic meddling was a key factor behind Japan’s Lost Decade(s) and the Asian financial crisis of 1997. The sickest part of the “mixed” economies in Europe and India was state-controlled industry. [...]

America’s debt spiral resembles Greece’s crisis – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in February 16th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Economy, Ancient Ruins, Anne Applebaum, Cheese, Debt Spiral, Decade, Financial Crisis, Greece, Greeks, Hamburgers, Midwest, Texans, United States

I have seen America’s future, and it is Greece.
By this I do not mean that the Midwest will soon be covered with ancient ruins or that Texans will swap hamburgers for feta cheese. I mean that the ongoing Greek financial crisis is the kind of crisis the United States might face in a few years, [...]

A Bubble in Search of a Pin

Posted by Matt in February 6th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in Economy, Financial, All Sorts, Assets, Bernanke, Biotech Stocks, Breakthrough Technology, Decade, Diseases, Employment Numbers, Genetic Revolution, Greece, Greenspan, Last Time, Medical Breakthroughs, One Of Those Guys, Otb, Pat Cox, Subscription Newsletters, Subscription Price, Technological Marvels, Technology Alert

Should Greenspan and Bernanke have seen the bubble in housing and other assets and acted, or should we accept their defense that you can’t know whether there is a bubble until after the fact? We will look at research that suggests they should have known, and, at the least, policy makers should no longer be [...]

US’s strike threat catches China off guard

Posted by Matt in February 3rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Military Tech, Asia Business, Asia News, Asia Online, Asia Times, China Business News, China News, China Taiwan, Decade, Hong Kong News, News China, Online Business, Online News, Pgs, Strike C, Strike Threat, United States

The United States plans to unveil later this decade a new conventional “Prompt Global Strike” (C-PGS) system. It will enable the US to instantly carry out a massive conventional attack anywhere in the world in an hour or less.
Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.

China moves to calm unrest over property seizures – Telegraph

Posted by Matt in January 29th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Booms, Chinese Government, Decade, Driven, Evictions, Hundreds Of Thousands, People, Property Seizures, Proportion, Public Anger, Public Protests, Rage, seizure, Telegraph, Time China, Unrest

The Chinese government has moved to calm huge public anger over the widespread seizure of property, an issue that has driven three people to set themselves on fire in as many months.
A large proportion of China’s estimated 100,000 or so public protests each year are driven by rage over compulsory evictions. Over the past decade, [...]

America awaits big challenge in China – NYPOST.com

Posted by Matt in January 26th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, beijing, China Government, Dangerous Storm, Decade, Flames, Google, Government Censorship, Hillary Clinton, Internet Freedom, Nypost, People, President Richard Nixon, Protest, Republic Of China, Richard Nixon, Secretary Of State, Storm Is Brewing, Taiwan China, Worries

A dangerous storm is brewing over the Pacific, as America and the People’s Republic of China enter what may be their tensest decade since President Richard Nixon’s visit to Beijing in 1972.
The latest flash is the running fight over Internet freedom, with Google this month withdrawing from China in protest against government censorship. Secretary of [...]

Iran Shielding Its Nuclear Efforts in Maze of Tunnels

Posted by Matt in January 6th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Bunkers, Decade, Holy City, Iran Nuclear, Last September, Maze, tunnels, Uranium Enrichment Plant

Last September, when Iran’s uranium enrichment plant buried inside a mountain near the holy city of Qum was revealed, the episode cast light on a wider pattern: Over the past decade, Iran has quietly hidden an increasingly large part of its atomic complex in networks of tunnels and bunkers across the country.
The New Media [...]

Wars Update: A Decade Of Trends And The Unexpected

Posted by Matt in January 5th, 2010 | no comment

Published in War, Current, Decade, Hot Spots, Lot, Short Version

It’s actually been a decade of less and less war. There’s also been a lot of déjà vu, with many wars seeming to be endless. Some wars are like that. So what were all the current hot spots like a decade ago, and what happened to them? Below is a list, with the short version [...]

China Tightens Grip on Rare Earth Elements – The Independent

Posted by Matt in January 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Carbon Technologies, Catalytic Converters, China, Decade, Decades, Fossil Fuels, Global Demand, Gold, Independent, Iphones, Lanthanum, Leading Article, Leading Articles, Missile Guidance Systems, Nuclear Power, Optic Cables, Power Rods, Rare Earth Elements, Scarcity, Swath

Though rare earth elements are not, geologically speaking, all that rare, they are still largely unknown to the general public. That, however, could be about to change. The likes of lanthanum and holmium could soon be names as familiar to us as gold and oil. The explanation is scarcity.
Global demand for these materials is booming, [...]

Reality Check: Dancing the Apocalypso | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in January 1st, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, Apocalyptic World, civilization, Cormac Mccarthy, Decade, Denzel Washington, Doomsday, End Of Days, Excuse, Father And Son, Fight Scenes, Foreign Policy, Himalayas, Humankind, Mad Max, Micro View, Passionate Belief, Reality Check, Religious Believers, Roland Emmerich, World Share

Millions of religious believers around the world share a passionate belief in the coming of doomsday — and that means that the End of Days will remain a factor in politics at least until, well, the end of humankind.
As a year and a decade draw to a close, it seems to be an appropriate moment [...]