Chinese slowdown is biggest threat to prosperity, says WEF – Times Online

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

Published in China, Economy, Capital Markets, China, Faces, Future World, Global Commodity, Lead, Mankind, prosperity, S Trading, Sharp, Slowdown, Social Unrest, Trading Partners, Unemployment, World Economic Forum

A sharp slowdown in China is one of the biggest threats to future prosperity, the World Economic Forum said in its latest assessment of the risks that mankind faces.
A slowdown could lead to serious unemployment and social unrest in China and badly hit the country’s trading partners, as well as global commodity and capital markets,…
Chinese [...]

20 Reasons Why The U.S. Economy Is Dying And Is Simply Not Going To Recover

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

Published in Economy, Black Hole, Economic Growth, Economy, Nasty, People, prosperity, Recession, Total Meltdown, Truth

Even though the U.S. financial systemnearly experienced a total meltdown in late 2008, the truth is that most Americans simply have no idea what is happening to the U.S. economy. Most people seem to think that the nasty little recession that we have just been through is almost over and that we will be [...]

Russian Protests Grow as Economic Hardships Persist – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in February 4th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Decline, Economic Crisis, Economic Downturn, Economic Hardships, Gdp, inflation, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, Leadership, Political Discontent, Populace, Prime Minister, Propaganda, prosperity, Protests, Recession, Russia, Stagflation, Stagnation, Vladimir Putin

The economic downturn in Russia seems to have transmuted into growing political discontent within the populace and the governing structures. Since last summer, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been proclaiming publicly that “the worst of the recession is over and growth is resuming” (Interfax, June 9). The populace believed the vocal state-run propaganda, hoping that [...]

Mark Twain – “History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes”

Posted by Matt in December 26th, 2009 | no comment

Published in History, Calamity, Collapse Of Communism, Colonial War, Communist Revolution, Durability, Economic Expansion, fascism, Free Capital Flows, Global Integration, Global Power, Great Depression, Hinge, Imperialism, Mark Twain, Martin Wolf, prosperity, Public Goods, Pyrrhic Victory, Relative Decline, Undeveloped Areas

The only truly global power was in rapid relative decline. Not long before, it had won a pyrrhic victory in a costly colonial war. New great powers were on the rise. An arms race was under way, as was competition for markets and resources in undeveloped areas of the world. Yet people still believed in [...]

Expert from Sweden: No need to fear of China and Islam – Aktuáln?.cz

Posted by Matt in November 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Islam, Bipolar, Capitalism, Collapse, Communism In China, Communist Leadership, Economic Growth, Excess Capacity, Global Economics, Global Powers, Gunilla, International Peace Research, Legitimacy, Peace Research Institute, prosperity, Saudi-Arabia, Steel Sector, Stockholm International, Superpowers, Transatlantic Relations, Workforce

China has attained prosperity underl the current world system, so why would it want to destroy it? This question doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in Gunilla Herolf.
China has attained propserity at a huge cost – the instability and possible collapse of the current regime. Firstly, actual communism in China is losing it’s legitimacy. With capitalism going [...]

Dangerous Demographics

Posted by Matt in October 9th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Demographics, 21st Century, Booms, Chaotic State, Decades, Democratic Capitalism, Demographic Trends, Demographics, Demography, Developing World, Different Times, Foreign Policy, Landscape, Neil Howe, New Interpretation, New Security, Political Consequences, Population Implosion, Premature Aging, prosperity, Regions Of The World, Security Threats, State Collapse, Unprecedented Dimensions, Video Link

Over the next few decades, the developed world will age and weaken. Meanwhile, demographic trends in the developing world-from resurgent youth booms in the Islamic Belt to premature aging in China and population implosion in Russia-will give rise to daunting new security threats.
While some argue that “global aging” is pushing the world toward greater [...]

Australia Feels Chill as China’s Shadow Grows

Posted by Matt in June 3rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Australia, China, Australia, Australians, Bedrock, Birthright, Breast, Brim, Chill, China, Chunk, Coal, Copper, Iron Ore, Leather Hats, Mineral Riches, Nickel, Opera House, Outlanders, prosperity, Trove, Uranium

If outlanders tend to associate Australia with kangaroos, broad-brim leather hats and an opera house, many Australians are different. They think of iron ore and bauxite, copper and coal, nickel, gold and uranium, a trove of mineral riches that is their nation’s birthright and the bedrock of its prosperity.
Which explains much of the breast-beating that [...]

Russia and the West fume and fudge over the countries in between

Posted by Matt in May 8th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Europe, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Barack Obama, Belarus, Borders, Eastern Europe, Eastern Partnership, Economic Ties, Europe, European Union, Moldova, New Administration, Prague, prosperity, Russia, Soviet Countries, summit, Ukraine

CAN Europe pull off America’s trick? The European Union wants to bolster stability and prosperity in ex-Soviet countries on its borders, while improving ties with Russia on other matters. That is pretty much what Barack Obama’s new administration has managed. It has separated the issues where agreement is reachable, such as arms control, from those [...]

Krisis in Russia’s Industrial Heartland

Posted by Matt in March 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Russia, Bulldozers, Cranes, Diesel Engines, Digital Clock, Edge Of Town, Facade, Heyday, Industrial Heartland, inflation, Lenin, Prospekt, prosperity, Robust City, Russia, Shopping Center, Staffers, Tensions Rise, Thermometer, Utility Bills, Workforce, Yaroslavl

Tensions rise and hope diminishes in a recently robust city that finds itself grinding to a halt
But look more closely, and the prosperity seems to be fading. In the city center, cafés and bars are empty. Bulldozers and cranes stand idle at a half-built shopping center. And utility bills in Yaroslavl jumped by [...]