Björn Elmbrant: "När politiken alltså knappast kan lindra krisen alls, kom ändå amerikanska riksbanken, Federal Reserve, igår kväll till undsättning med ett gigantisk stimulanspaket för den amerikanska ekonomin. Riksbanken ska under ett år köpa upp statsp
March, 2009 | AMY GOODMAN interviews Bernie Sanders on credit default swaps, glass-steagall, etc. "Gensler worked to exempt credit default swaps from regulation, which led to the collapse of A.I.G. and has resulted in our massive bailout. " "what Barack
Hans M Kristensen: "In addition to modernizing the warheads and the production complex, the Obama administration has also pledged to spend “well over 100 billion dollars” on modernizing some of the missiles, submarines and bombers designed to deliver the warheads."
Horace Campbell, Counterpunch: "It is the nature of the corrupted financial system to save the U.S. dollar that has driven societies such as South Africa into BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and is hastening the evolution of an alternative financial architecture. The organizational thrust of the economic formation called BRICS, along with the creation of the BRICS Development Bank, pose a serious challenge to the US dollar and the International Monetary Fund. Obama is following the example of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, by visiting South Africa to assess firsthand the political and social climate at a moment when all and sundry are looking for ways to get into Africa’s changing economic dynamic."