America May Truly Be In Decline – Newsweek.com

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

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Declinists have always projected America’s imminent demise. For a change, they’re onto something.
Call it America’s Age of Angst. The buzz of negativity seems to be everywhere. DECLINE AND FALL: WHEN THE AMERICAN EMPIRE GOES, IT IS LIKELY TO GO QUICKLY reads the cover headline for British historian Niall Ferguson’s article in the current issue of [...]

‘Israel’s obliteration is certain’

Posted by Matt in February 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Decline And Fall, Destruction Of Israel, God, Iran, Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad Leader, Israel, Obliteration, Palestinians, Ramadan, Supreme Leader Ayatollah, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Teheran Times

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday the destruction of Israel was assured, while pledging to “defend Palestinians due to their heartfelt beliefs.”
”Israel is going downhill toward decline and fall and God willing its obliteration is certain,” Khamenei said during a meeting with Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, according to the Teheran [...]

Decline And Fall Of The American Empire

Posted by Matt in August 24th, 2009 | no comment

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“The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest; and as soon as time or accident had removed the artificial supports, the stupendous fabric yielded to the pressure of its own weight.”
Edward Gibbon – The [...]

The Death of Planet Finance

Posted by Matt in November 13th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Financial, American Century, Credit Markets, Decline And Fall, Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, Economic Uncertainty, Edward Gibbon, Empire Rome, Fall Of The Roman Empire, Financial Crisis, Financial Shock, Global Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Housing Loan, International Monetary Fund, Niall-Ferguson, Obscure Species, Planet Finance, Productivity Growth, Proximate Cause, Self Destruct, Subprime Mortgages, Technological Innovation

Then, beginning in the summer of 2007, Planet Finance began to self-destruct in what the International Monetary Fund soon acknowledged to be “the largest financial shock since the Great Depression.” Did the crisis of 2007–8 happen because American companies had gotten worse at designing new products? Had the pace of technological innovation or productivity growth [...]

Rise of Nationalism Frays Global Ties

Posted by Matt in April 28th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Russia, Author Daniel, Best Seller, Collapse Of Globalism, Columnist Thomas, Commanding Heights, Daniel Yergin, Decline And Fall, Deregulation, Export Performance, Global Economy, Global Ties, Globalization, Governments, Gross Output, International Economy, Manifesto, Margaret Thatcher, Merchandise Trade, National Boundaries, Nationalism, New Nationalism, New York Times, New York Times Columnist, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author, Rise Of Nationalism, Time Capital, world-war-II, Wsj, York Times Columnist, York Times Columnist Thomas Friedman

In a globalization manifesto, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman declared that the Internet and other planet-spanning technologies were erasing national boundaries. The world, he said in a 2005 best seller, was flat.
No longer. The global economy appears to be entering an epoch in which governments are reasserting their role in the lives of individuals [...]