INVESTORS IN EURODOLLAR LAND ARE RUNNING FOR THE HILLS

5 May 2023 Since the GFC, QE tripled America's debt while keeping payments of interest flat.Now the skies are full of chickens and black swans. America - by debt, inflation, inequality, social & political division, and war ( physical and economic) - is a complete catastrophe - as predicted here since a long time ago. Surely they can't be thinking of printing again? Yet cuts to social security and Medicare would send the people...

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DEBT, GOVERNMENT AND BANKING, 13TH RECESSION HAS STARTED

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STATE OF THE ECONOMY

3 May 2023 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/05/02/half-of-americas-banks-are-already-insolvent-credit-crunch/ AEP's articles always entertain like puppy dogs, but seem all over the place to me, it's v hard to find the logical thread, although only an economist could really pick them apart, so I'm left scratching my head - the language tickles but, you're left none the wiser.If there is a thread to the article, then...

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HOW TO FINANCE YOUR NEW STARTUP

2 March 2023 1. HOW TO FINANCE YOUR NEW STARTUP2.CHECKLIST - SHOULD I INVEST IN A STARTUP?1. HOW TO FINANCE YOUR NEW STARTUPSo you've got this great idea for a new startup but unfortunately you haven't got any customers because they don't know about the product or service you're selling and anyway you don't have a workshop or offices because you can't afford it ... what do you do?Let's take the example of a company...

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WHO RULES AMERICA?

24 April 2023 America is run by Corporations. Corporations are owned by a handful of extremely wealthy people. America is, then, run by oligarchs.Socrates tells us that democracy descends into oligarchy because, although we were all equal at the start, over time some people get rich while the majority poor have to borrow to survive. When they can't pay back the rich man takes the land. Unlike food, money is addictive and you can never...

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WHY WOKE

24 April 2023 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bar-fights-over-bud-light-the-beer-thats-split-america-ntv53cm9k?shareToken=3a0af61f599669ef9b1edde389c9ab8a Interesting article with a few surprising facts. Many people of an older generation would not be able to relate to this product marketing, not really understand a word of this and would have the greatest difficulty reading the article through to the end.Especially interesting...

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THE STATE OF WEALTH, EMPIRE AND PLANET IN 2023

20 April 2023Today, we consider three related questions:  - how to save our wealth? - how to save our Order? - how to save our planet?Our belief in liberal democracy remains strong but our elite has corrupted its values. 1. HOW TO MANAGE OUR SAVINGS? Means how to save the economy, financial markets and the dollar.Macroeconomic signals of a recession abound. On a four-light dashboard - housing, supplier orders,...

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FROM COST-PLUS TO LIST-MINUS

16 April 2023 Victrex is an interesting company. It's a world leader in specialist polymers.They say: "Victrex is an innovative world leader in high-performance polymer solutions and the number 1  polyetheretherketone (PEEK) experts. Millions of people rely on our sustainable polymers, in  smartphones, aeroplanes and cars to oil & gas operations and medical devices."Polymers, even specialist, is just a commodity market -...

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IS AMERICA SUCCEEDING?

10 April 2023Looking at the facts, three things emerge. One is that America has started a large number of wars, especially noticeable post USSR when America was actually at its safest! You know, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq...plenty more...now UkraineAnd its come off worst in all of them. It takes on little guys, still it loses.A second thing is, look at the polls from home, the domestic audience doesn't want all this loss of blood and treasure. It wants American leadership, of course, but not this constant flexing of the military.And thirdly, outside...

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ARE RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN PEOPLE OF COMMON STOCK? WHY IS RUSSIA EASTERN ORTHODOX?

10 April 2023Are Russian and Ukrainian people of common stock as Putin alleges?Why is Russia Eastern Orthodox?I found the answers in an airport book - here is what it says. THE SLAVS AND MAGYARSThe Slavs were a broad group of peoples (whose history and origin are largely undocumented) who spoke a variety of Slavic languages of Indo-European descent.Also known as the Antes or Venethi (among numerous other names), they migrated westward...

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"WE ARE LIVING IN YOUR FUTURE"

10 April 2023                           Artist's vision for St Persburg    Doing a catch-up on the effects of Western companies quitting Russia.IKEA quit Russia six months ago and the existing Russian management simply took over the business and have renamed it, but this time prices are lower and the profits stay in Russia. Sweden's loss, they are ideology-bound.Similarly,...

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