The Queen, reported the Daily Mail, was wearing a speckled cream suit and matching hat. Her Majesty was at the London School of Economics, listening to a professor, Luis Garicano, talk about the credit crunch. “It’s awful,” she said suddenly. “Why did nobody see it coming?” For three years I have pondered the Queen’s question, [...]
Tag: Depression
December 16, 2011
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A historical precedent that might prove a bonus for Occupy Wall Street | Nicolaus Mills
This Tuesday’s pre-dawn destruction of the Zuccotti Park encampment of Occupy Wall Street by New York City police in riot gear has been seen by some as a serious defeat for the movement. A day after 142 Occupy Wall Street protestors were arrested and Zuccotti Park was cleared, the New York Daily News, which has [...]
September 28, 2011
Health Buzz: Does Coffee Cut Depression Risk in Women?
Coffee May Thwart Depression, New Study Says Women are twice as likely as men to develop depression over their lifetime. The good news: a few daily cups of Joe may lower women’s depression risk, a new study suggests. Researchers from Harvard’s School of Public Health analyzed surveys on the caffeine consumption of more than 50,000 [...]
June 4, 2011
James Arness, Marshal Matt Dillon on ‘Gunsmoke,’ Dies at 88
James Arness, who played marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years as “Gunsmoke” became television’s longest-running primetime drama, has died of natural causes at the age of 88. Arness acted in “Gunsmoke” from its 1955 debut until the show’s final episode in 1975. He reprised his role in five made- for-TV movies. Dennis Weaver, who won [...]
June 3, 2011
Ohio Woman, 100, Has Bank Account Dating to 1913
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — An Ohio woman who just turned 100 years old has taken customer loyalty to the extreme: She’s still using a bank savings account that’s been around almost as long as she has, since the year before World War I. June Gregg recently mentioned to a friend that her account is the same [...]
June 1, 2011
Depression Did I Just Read Depression? CNBC Just Printed Depression…
Wall Street is having a hard time figuring out what to do now that the U.S. economy appears to be sputtering and yields are so low, Peter Yastrow, market strategist for Yastrow Origer, told CNBC. “What we’ve got right now is almost near panic going on with money managers and people who are responsible for [...]
March 30, 2011
January 13, 2011
House Prices – Up Or Down In 2011?
How soon will it be before people finally start using the term “depression” to describe what has happened to the U.S. housing market? It has been four and a half years since housing prices began to decline, and they are still falling. In fact, U.S. housing prices have now fallen further during this economic downturn [...]
December 7, 2010
30 Ben Bernanke quotes…
The following are 30 Ben Bernanke quotes that are so stupid that you won’t know whether to laugh or cry…. Read More at: http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/say-what-30-ben-bernanke-quotes-that-are-so-stupid-that-you-wont-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry #1 (October 20, 2005) “House prices have risen by nearly 25 percent over the past two years. Although speculative activity has increased in some areas, at a national level these price [...]
September 2, 2010
The Truth of America…
Relief Rallies Are Never Made To Last Written by Bob Chapman 2009 September America is in a depression not a severe recession. If it were not, why would the Fed and our Treasury Department commit us for $23.7 trillion, and why would our entire financial industry have to be bailed out? Along with this fiat [...]
August 30, 2010
Depression Joke…
Joe Bob: Bad News!!! “The Depression in the US is so bad, that the auto theft crime rate actually has decreased. Jim Bob: What? Really? Isn’t that some good news? Joe Bob: No – not really you see, it is a lot harder to steal cars when there is a family of 4 living inside [...]
August 19, 2010
We Are In A Depression Stupid…
Image via Wikipedia Hi Everyone, 100,000,000 Americans exist in an Economic Depression Wall Street and The U.S. Government pretend this does not exist. The charade put on by Wall Street (The Stock Market) and the FED, U.S. Government) demonstrates a never never land mentality. My economic doctrine, “Chain Breaks at Weakest Link” is a simple [...]