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World economy fragile, faces 'uneasy calm': IMF
By Reuters | Washington | 18 Apr 2012
Global growth is slowly improving as the US recovery gains traction and dangers from Europe recede, but risks remain elevated and the situation is very fragile, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
Another flare-up of the euro-zone sovereign debt crisis or sharp escalation in oil prices on geopolitical uncertainty could disrupt the world economy finding its feet now tensions in the euro zone have subsided, the IMF said.
The Rothschilds Want Iran’s Banks
By Pete Papaherakles | American Free Press | 13 Feb 2012
Could gaining control of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CBI) be one of the main reasons that Iran is being targeted by Western and Israeli powers? As tensions are building up for an unthinkable war with Iran, it is worth exploring Iran’s banking system compared to its U.S., British and Israeli counterparts.
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
By Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad | Kuala Lumpur | 24 Jan 2012
1. Ever since the Europeans and this includes the Americans, lost to the Eastern countries in the manufactured goods markets, they have switched to the financial market. Through the many products they created in this market they seem to be able to grow and maintain their wealth and prosperity as shown by such indices as the GDP and Per Capita income.
Is modern capitalism sustainable?
Source : Kenneth Rogoff | Al Jazeera / Cambridge, UK / 06 Dec 2011
I am often asked if the recent global financial crisis marks the beginning of the end of modern capitalism. It is a curious question, because it seems to presume that there is a viable replacement waiting in the wings. The truth of the matter is that, for now at least, the only serious alternatives to today's dominant Anglo-American paradigm are other forms of capitalism.
Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world
by Andy Coghlan and Debora MacKenzie : New Science | 19 Oct 2011
As protesters against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy.
