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Russia is a Mess

Posted by Matt in November 25th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Economy, Financial, Russia, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Russia and the Global Economic Crisis
Any international economic crisis afflicts different countries in different ways, but an unfortunate few experience every painful dimension of it. In the current crisis, Russia is confronting virtually all the negatives at once–sharply declining export earnings from energy and metals, over-leveraged corporate balance sheets and a chorus of [...]

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Is America Really On the Decline?

Posted by Matt in November 21st, 2008 | no comment 
Published in U.S., , , , , , , , , , ,

Financial crisis. Two wars. Rising rivals. And talk about whether the American era is coming to an end.
The financial crisis of 2008 has not just toppled once proud corporate giants and eviscerated American assets, livelihoods, and credit. It has touched off an anxious debate over whether the debacle heralds a long-predicted decline in U.S. global [...]

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Russia: It’s scarier than you think

Posted by Matt in October 15th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Russia, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Investors are fleeing fragile financial markets, oil prices are falling, and the global credit crisis threatens the economy

But scratch the surface a bit, and things are less splendid than they appear. As the financial crisis spreads, Russians are suddenly discovering that their economy is shakier than many had cared to believe. Credit is increasingly tight, [...]

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Closing Iran’s Oil Spigot

Posted by Matt in October 8th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Iran, Oil, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Iran’s looming financial crisis
In 2006, Iran was the fifth largest oil exporter in the world. How is it possible that by the middle of the next decade its exports could fall to zero?
In a paper published in January 2007, Roger Stern, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University, predicted that Iranian oil exports would drop to [...]

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State of the World’s Future

Posted by Matt in August 18th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Demographics, Energy, Water, general, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

 
 

by Larry EdelsonI’ll discuss the state of the markets shortly. First, I’d like to discuss the state of the world’s future.
According to a long-term study just released by the U.S. Naval Services Department, a series of tipping points could dramatically alter the global prospects for economic growth and humanity — for the worse.
Right now, for [...]

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Is this the last stand for globalisation?

Posted by Matt in July 20th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Trade, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Poor nations derailed the last WTO deal. Now economic turmoil means the rich countries could kill it off for the foreseeable future
With America reeling from the worst financial crisis for half a century, poor consumers struggling to afford food, and China’s appetite for raw materials forcing up the cost of oil, now may not seem [...]

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