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Be careful about opening the mouth of a financial advisor, stock broker and so on. Unlike a Pez, that is not candy that is about to come out of their mouths. When I look back, it is in utter amazement at the number of false statements I have been subjected to by financial advisors and [...]

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Look at me. I represent a big firm, and I have a nice expensive suit. You can definitely trust me with your money! The Way the Game Works Financial advisors have a song and dance that they like to engage in when the acquire a new client. First they try to dress conservatively and communicate [...]

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Conventional and wealthy media outlets are a good place to find out what Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley would like you to believe. In these magazines you can learn how the bailout is necessary to save “Main Street” and how executives and Wall Street stars deserve their exorbitant compensation. However, not all sources are corrupt [...]

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Something Rotten in Denmark The first time I knew something was wrong with economics statistics is when I read that the inflation rate leaves out house prices over $400,000. However, I never considered how this related to the housing bubble. It’s interesting how we focus on numbers as a society, but very rarely ever noticing [...]

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Deja Vu Here we go again….every several articles or interviews that we read from Michael Hudson lead to upturning the commonly held beliefs that were inserted in our mind by our propagandized business education, business controlled media, conversation with others or all of the above. Flimsy Sanity Interview In this excellent interview with the Flimsy [...]

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When the Elite Take Over We have reached the final stage of this process – when the financial economy has very little to do with the actual economy. In this model, the financial economy is simply subsidized to continue to exist in its enlarged state. The original concept of the banking and financial system was [...]

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Behind Stanford’s pleasant exterior is a facist political agenda which is evidenced by their funding and hosting of the Hoover Institute. Hoover is both directed Stanford (although they deny it) and is a false front for Stanford and other wealthy patrons who have a very undemocratic streak. In an earlier article we noted that Hoover [...]

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There was a huge focus on change during the Obama presidential campaign. However, after being elected, Obama had the opportunity, or at least the perceived opportunity to bring in fresh blood into the senior posts. However, Obama decided to select the same people from previous administrations. This was extremely concerning, particularly for the cabinet positions [...]

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Who Was Adam Smith? Adam Smith was an economist who lived in the 1700s in Scotland had a great influence on economics through the writing of his book The Wealth of Nations. This book is quoted frequently by business majors and by conservatives as an explanation for how to setup an economic system. His most [...]

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The Hoover Institute has little to do with serious scholarship, and more to do with neo-con and ultraconservative ideology. Their research is clearly doctrinal and people with independent minds interested in real economics would be good to ignore the Institute’s ‘findings.” Real economists do perform research for them, but when they do, it is to [...]

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