Mike Whitney
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A US Plan to Topple Hugo Chavez? By Mike Whitney
Regrettably, the United States has repeatedly tried to derail Chavez’s reform agenda by funding anti-Chavez groups via non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that pretend to be working for human rights or democracy promotion. The real purpose of these US-funded saboteurs is to topple the democratically-elected Chavez. Barack Obama supports this type of subversion as enthusiastically as did… Continue reading
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Was Trying to Torpedo the Dollar By Mike Whitney
Whoever wants to nail IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has really pulled out all the stops. Their agents have been rummaging through diaries, hotel registries, phone records, yearbooks, yada, yada, yada. The UK Telegraph even paid a visit to a high-priced DC knocking shop to get a little dirt from Madame Botox; whatever it takes to… Continue reading
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Bernanke’s “Nuclear Option”: “Monetary Shock and Awe”: The Fed Prepared to Launch Most Radical Intervention in History By Mike Whitney
This week, the markets were blindsided by two days of dismal housing news, grim durable goods orders, a slowdown in manufacturing, and modest gains in employment. 4 years later, and housing is still mired in a depression. When does it end? Households and consumers are buried under a mountain of debt; personal bankruptcies, delinquencies, defaults… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 