The Financial Earthquake: Finding a New Economics in the Rubble

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

Published in Economy, Favorites, Financial, Financial Crisis, Contemporaries, Deluge, Earthquakes, Epilogue, Eventual Collapse, Financial Earthquake, Geologists, Global Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Interdisciplinary Field, Maelstrom, Metaphor, Metaphors, Modern Economics, Natural Disaster, Recession, Resurgence, Rubble, System Feedback, Traditional Economics

Some economists are finally getting a clue that the same mechanism that drives earthquakes also drives societies to collapse – system feedback.
The blame for the current global financial crisis is due to modern economics which seeks to suppress collapses. This only makes the eventual collapse much bigger. The answer is many smaller collapses at a [...]

E.C.B. Sees Risk of New Financial Crisis – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in April 15th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in Europe, Financial Crisis, Oil, War, general, Debt Crisis, Economic Crisis, Economic Turmoil, European Central Bank, Financial Crisis, Government Debt, Nytimes, Resurgence, Risk, Sovereign Debt, Trade Imbalances, Volatile Mix

The European Central Bank warned Thursday that a resurgence of enormous trade imbalances, and growing government debt, were creating a volatile mix that could ignite fresh economic turmoil.
“We may already have entered into the next phase of the crisis: a sovereign debt crisis following on the financial and economic crisis,” Jürgen Stark, a member of [...]

Problems on the Horizon – We Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

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

Published in Economy, U.S., Afghanistan, Crises, Dwarf, Horizon, Pessimism, Recession, Resurgence, Slogan, Unemployment

When it comes to the problems facing this country, an old slogan comes to mind: “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.”
High unemployment, the recession and a terrorist resurgence in Afghanistan are bad enough. But there are a number of problems on the horizon that could dwarf President Obama’s first-year trials.
Why the pessimism? In short, we are [...]

Energy-rich Russia Hit Hard by Global Financial Crisis | Online NewsHour | July 1, 2009 | PBS

Posted by Matt in July 1st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Europe, Financial, Financial Crisis, Russia, Abundant Energy Resources, Blogged, Cia World, Commodities, Decade, Economic Growth, Energy, FinancialCrisis, Flock Browser, Global Financial Crisis, GlobalFinancialCrisis, July 1, Natural Gas, Newshour, Oil Prices, Pbs, Rest Of The World, Resurgence, Russia, superpower, Tenure, Vladimir Putin, World Economy, World Factbook

After a decade of economic growth due in large part to energy revenue, Russia is reeling from the global financial crisis and the drop in oil prices and production.
During Vladimir Putin’s tenure as president, Russia enjoyed an annual growth rate of 7 percent, according to the CIA World Factbook, using its abundant energy resources to [...]

The four-pronged attack on our future prosperity – Times Online

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

Published in Financial, American Economy, Barack Obama, Blogged, Coal, Coal Power, Death By A Thousand Cuts, Economy, Efficiency, Energy Policy, Financial, Flock Browser, Gas Wells, Healthcare Policy, Madness, Nuclear Power, Oil And Gas, Pronged Attack, prosperity, Resurgence, Rich Areas, Sun, Top Priorities, Wind Blows

Death by a thousand cuts. Or in the case of the efficiency of the American economy, by at least four — energy policy, healthcare policy, trade-union resurgence, and fiscal madness.
Let’s start with energy. The world is awash in it. The wind blows and the sun shines, at least sometimes and somewhere. Oil and gas wells [...]

Past suggests that worst of [Swine] flu may be yet to come

Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Disease, Fears, Flu, Germs, Howard Markel, Influenza, Mantra, Medical Historian, Mexico, Michigan Travel, Pandemic, Resurgence, Scare, scenarios, Swine Flu, University Michigan, University Of Michigan

While the public may be over the initial scare from Mexico in April, it is these longer-term scenarios that keep pandemic experts up at night. A seeming resurgence of swine flu in New York in mid-May and its spread worldwide haven’t helped.
“This one may or may not come back in September or October. It may [...]

China deploys weapons systems in all directions

Posted by Matt in November 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, Border Security, China China, Directions, Existence, Extreme Nationalism, NATO, Nato Countries, Nato Forces, Resurgence, Russia, Territorial Demands, Weapons Systems

China is concerned about the resurgence of extreme nationalism within Russia, which could lead to territorial demands on China.
China is also constantly worried about NATO’s eastward expansion. The existence of NATO forces in neighboring countries would undermine its border security.
Read More…

YouTube Related Videos for Tags: china, military

Chinese Military Parade
the best march of 20th century
Tags: [...]

Stratfor Fourth Quarter Forecast 2008

Posted by Matt in October 30th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Asia, Brazil, China, Europe, Financial Crisis, Forecasts, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Missiles, Nuclear, Oil, Russia, War, general, Absorption, Asian Goods, Debacle, East Asia, Export Demand, Forecast, Fourth Quarter, Global Financial Crisis, Lame Duck, Legs, Liquidity Shortage, Lockdown, Meltdown, Midst, Presidential Election, Recession, Remediation, Rest Of The World, Resurgence, Roots, Second Quarter

Three issues will dominate the final quarter of 2008: the global financial crisis, U.S. self-absorption and the Russian resurgence.
The financial crisis has its roots in an American liquidity meltdown. But as the days flow by, it will become obvious that the crisis is evolving as it spreads to the rest of the world, and its [...]

The Realist Resurgence

Posted by Matt in October 11th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Asia, Military, Russia, Aircraft Carriers, Alexander, Ballistic Missile, Cold-War, Collapse Of The Soviet Union, Conventional Force, Conventional Forces, Defensenews, Eurasia Group, Fleet, Kliment, moscow, Northern Fleet, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapons, Paper Tiger, Power Strategy, Realist, Respects, Resurgence, Ria Novosti Russia, Russian Military, Russian News Agency, Russian President, Russians, Sean Mccormack, Strategic Nuclear Forces, Tiger, United Press International, Washington Post

Russia is weaker than it looks, which is why NATO’s soft-power strategy can still prevail.
…
That was the point Sean McCormack was making about Russia’s rickety fleet. Moscow is not the threat that it wants to appear. With more than 5,000 nuclear warheads and its status as the world’s largest energy exporter, it cannot really be [...]

Militant Possibilities on the New-Old Front

Posted by Matt in September 17th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Asia, Europe, Financial Crisis, Forecasts, Middle East, New Cold War, Russia, Confrontation, Espionage, Fred Burton, FSB, Hallmark, Intelligence Agencies, Islamist Rebels, KGB, Military Action, North Koreans, North Vietnamese, Propaganda Campaigns, Proxies, Rebels In Afghanistan, Resurgence, Russia And The United States, Russian Power, Russian Strategic Bombers, Soviet Support, Sphere Of Influence

By Fred Burton and Scott Stewart
Over the past several months we have written quite a bit about the Russian resurgence. This discussion predates Russia’s military action in Georgia. Indeed, we have discussed the revival of Russian power since at least 2005, the implications of the FSB’s return since April and the potential return of the [...]