Category World Economic Form

Jan 3 2017

Connecting the Dots


Armstrong Economics Blog/Basic Concepts

Re-Posted Jan 3, 2017 by Martin Armstrong

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QUESTION: I find your explanation of how everything is connected very insightful. So events go nuts in Europe and that sends capital fleeing to America as in World War I and II. Am I correct is saying it is not possible to manage an economy in isolation?

Thanks making my mind work

HW

ANSWER: Correct. Everything is connected so what happens in one nation influences capital flows. It was World War I and II that took the USA from bankrupt in 1896 to the world’s largest economy by 1949. It is impossible to carry out any policy domestically that is counter-trend to the world economy. You can even put in capital controls to try to stop the movement of money. That fails to work as well. Even Communism collapsed for it was unsustainable.

Producers of eggs got together to try to defeat the business cycle and smooth out the price of eggs. That blew up in their face into a class action lawsuit. Nobody can stop the cycle for everything is captured within it from weather to war. Some people will never get it. They want to believe government can make things better.

Jan 3 2017

Currency Shows Turkey’s Death Spiral into Dictatorship


Armstrong Economics  Blog/Turkey

Re-Posted Jan 3, 2017 by Martin Armstrong

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Turkey has really turned into a dictatorship and the claimed “elected” head of state acts like anyone other than a democratically elected representative. He has acted more like Stalin, and has been gathering anyone who disagrees and demanding other government return people who have fled from him so he can execute them. The Turkish author Aslı Erdoğan was jailed in August and accused of links to terrorists as well as being a member of the terrorist organization the government labelled PKK. Last week began the trial against this journalist in Istanbul and outside are demonstrators gathered to protest.

She has been detained for over 130 days. She and several other writers and journalists are accused of links to terrorists after writing in the now closed down pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem. The arrests in August led to large international protests in autumn. This is showing how if you disagree with government, that is itself a crime.

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The Turkish currency is showing that it will continue to decline into 2019/2020. The more authoritarian the government becomes, the higher the dollar will rise against the currency. Moving into this type of sharp decline against the dollar reflects the collapse in worldwide confidence in the regime.

Jan 1 2017

Janus – The Start of a New Year


Armstrong Economics Blog/Ancient Economies

Re-Posted Jan 1, 2017 by Martin Armstrong

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nerosesjanusThe Roman god Janus was the god of the beginning and ending of conflict, and hence war and peace. In ancient Rome, the Temple of Janus stood in the Roman Forum with doors on both ends, and inside was a statue of Janus, who is always represented as the two-faced god. The doors of his temple were open in time of war and closed to mark peace. This represented that things could change politically during war.

Janus (Ianuarius) was depicted as having two faces, because he looks to the future and to the past simultaneously. British historian Howard Hayes Scullard (1903-1983) argued that the Roman farmers’ almanacs named January after the god Juno. I disagree with that because he refers to the Republic period prior to Caesar’s revisions. The month of June is named after Juno and January is named after Janus.

Janus presided over the beginnings, gates, transitions, time, and endings but was primarily seen as the god who began and ended conflicts, and thus war and peace. So when we celebrate New Year’s Eve, and we say goodbye to the past and hello to the future, which is a concept stemming from Janus.

This year is indeed a beginning. Should the doors be open for civil unrest?

Dec 30 2016

EU and its Migration Crises


Its really very simple you can not have mass movement of people flowing across borders and countries at will as George Soros would have us believe that is the future. What it really is is a total collapse of civil society which is what Soros wants so that he can remake it into his vision of a new Word Order. Further he does not want we the vulgarians to have any say in this as we don’t have the ability to see his big picture. We George guess what we do see where you are trying to take us and we aren’t going there! .

Dec 30 2016

KOMMONSENTSJANE – UN DECLARES WAR ON JUDEO-CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION


The UN does need to leave the US they are not welcome here any more.

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It is time for the United Nations to exist the U.S.  Enough of these dictators.

The UN Declares War on Judeo-Christian Civilization

by Giulio Meotti

Giulio Meotti, Cultural Editor for Il Foglio, is an Italian journalist and author.
December 27, 2016 at 5:30 am
How is it that Western jurisprudence, created after the Second World War to prevent more crimes against humanity, is now being used to perpetuate more crimes and against democracies?
It is a dreadful manipulation to try erase all Jewish and Christian history, to make believe that all the world was originally and forever only Islamic. That is what a jihad looks like. It is not just orange jumpsuits, beheadings and slavery. If one can erase and rewrite history, one can redirect the future.
If Palestinian men beat their wives, it’s Israel’s fault, argued UN expert Dubravka Simonovic with a straight face.
Last month, the President of…

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Dec 30 2016

Epic High Road Maneuver – Putin’s Sanction Response Diminishes President Obama – Trump Says “Smart Move”…


Russian President Vladimir Putin just crushed President Obama by refusing to play games with international diplomacy.  In addition, the Putin approach immediately negates the intention of the Obama…

Source: Epic High Road Maneuver – Putin’s Sanction Response Diminishes President Obama – Trump Says “Smart Move”…

Dec 30 2016

Senator John McCain Demands “Act of War” Against Russia…


Some things never change.  In full alignment with President Obama, the ever faithful war monger Senator John McCain calls for a declaration of war against Russia. …and if you disagree with hi…

Source: Senator John McCain Demands “Act of War” Against Russia…

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