Tag: James Hall
Russian Sanctions Backfire
The belief that calling for and instituting sanctions against Russia is a sound policy, illustrates the economic disconnect of the Obama administration. With the...
Corporatist Lobbying Replaced a Free Market
The practice of a pure free market is so rare that a plausible argument can be made that a free market economy never existed....
Impact of IMF SDRs for Commercial Trade
The global corporatist economy works differently from business transactions at your neighborhood convenience store. Ostensibly, the International Monetary Fund was set up to allow the G20 nations to umpire the ground rules to play nice in macro trade.
Inevitability of Financial Bubbles
Financial instruments are inventions of gnomes from investment houses and exchanges. There is nothing intrinsic about profitability or guarantee that over time such transactions...
Another Secret Trade Agreement – TISA
The significance of the TPP -Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement has your head spinning already, now...
FATCA Reporting and Drug Money Laundering
FATCA targets tax non-compliance by U.S. taxpayers with foreign accounts. Get informed before its too late!
Individual Wealth in Perspective
A quaint comparison of what money can buy in today’s market has Bill Gates being able to afford every home in Boston.
The Wealth Divide Never Wider
The Robber Barons of the 19th and 20th century had nothing over the elites of today’s globalist transnational financial conglomerates.
Power in Military Black Budgets
The top five military contractors by sales are Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumann, General Dynamics and Raytheon. In addition to the Department of Defense...
Internet 2 Corporate Governance
With the FCC policy to allow a two-speed internet, the die is cast that corporate favoritism is the focus of government, as Internet 2...
The Japanese Debt Economy
What does the United States have in common with Japan’s economy? Demographics of an aging population have consequences for both countries. As Japan News reports, National debt hits record high.
Corporate Inversion Relocation
Leave it to the corporatist tax attorneys, re-incorporating a company overseas in order to reduce the tax burden on income earned abroad, by having a foreign company buy its current operations.
Technology and the Future of Jobs
Quite a stir occurred with the academic presentation, How Technology Is Destroying Jobs, by Brynjolfsson, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and his collaborator and coauthor Andrew McAfee.
Repeal of Glass-Steagall and the Too Big To Fail Culture
During the 1990’s the conventional economic wisdom supported the repeal of Glass-Steagall. However, “10 years later, the end of Glass-Steagall has been blamed by some for many of the problems that led to last fall’s (2008) financial crisis.
High-Frequency Insider Trading
No one has ever claimed that the financial markets are a level playing field. Equities, bonds, currencies, options and futures are not arenas that...
Underground Commerce is the Real Economy
As the deadline for filing yearly income taxes is rapidly approaching, businesses especially hard pressed to make a profit in a depressed economy struggle with their tax compliance.
IMF and EU Capture of Ukraine
It should be obvious that the recent putsch and regime change in the Ukraine inspired and backed by the U.S. shadow government, benefits the international banksters.
Transnational Opposition to Russian Sanctions
The vast gulf between corporate economic interests and political gamesmanship is vividly made clear with the calls for sanctions against Russia. Now that the...
Does a 100 Trillion Debt Total Matter?
Debt is everywhere but it just does not seem to matter. Thanks to the folks at Zero Hedge, you get the account Global Debt...
Obamacare as a Jobs Killer
Economic illiteracy is a hallmark of most political policies.
No Bid Government Contracts
Bipartisan acquiescence to this fascist model for pillaging the national treasury is an incontrovertible fact of this continuation of abuses.
The Selling of Energy Independence
Any analysis of domestic fossil fuel production and use must acknowledge that independence for U.S. energy has not been the national goal. Contrary to...
Ben Bernanke's Banksters Legacy
With Ben Shalom Bernanke set to depart on the last day of January 2014, the critique and speculation of his tenure as Chairman of...
China Becomes Largest Trading Nation
The globalists put their plan into motion decades ago. The proper meaning of the headline is not that China is an economic miracle, but...
Twenty Years of NAFTA Sucking Sound
With the rush to the bottom, the commemoration of the NAFTA 20th anniversary is a most hollow celebration.
The Business of the Christmas Season
Commercialism, long criticized, as a distortion of the true celebration of Christmas, has become a crucial profit component for the corporate economy. Very little...
Transfers excluded, JP Morgan Chase is Wired
Both domestic and international wires are no longer available to be sent from a business savings account.
IMF Proposal to Tax Bank Deposits
The IMF has set off shockwaves this week in Washington by suggesting countries fight budget deficits by raising taxes.
Rehypothecation of Collateral
What is Rehypothecation of Collateral? Find out through this article.
Renminbi Soon to Be a Reserve Currency
The doom and gloom predictions that the dollar is finished gets a rebuttal argument.
Financial Meltdown Five Years After
So appropriate that the architect of banking deregulation, Larry Summers pleads that he is not the right person to head up the Federal Reserve....
Forecasts of a Doomed Economy
Contrary investing used to be a profitable endeavor. Things have changed. The doom business is in full swing as many financial prognosticators seek to...
Privacy Gone on Offshore Assets
When struggling consumers hear about offshore banking, they naturally think such assets only apply to the rich.
NFL Marketing Machine
The pie has grown from a sandlot clubhouse hobby to a billionaire jet set club.
Business of Evangelism Religion
Theologians preach that religion is based upon faith, while economists depict that the world runs on money.
Strange Business Success Ventures
When Barack Obama uttered those fateful words: "If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen", the entire mindset of the collectivist culture crystallized.
J P Morgan and Commodity Manipulation
The practices and methods of manipulating commodity markets, is a staple topic in financial journalism.
U.S. and Europe Trade Deal Honeymoon
Further open markets to grow the $459 billion in U.S. goods and services exports to the EU.