by Mac Slavo | Oct 12, 2015 | Commodities, Headline News
The people of the United States, misled by its politicians, and plundered by its financial institutions, are swimming in so much debt that no one will probably ever grasp the truly staggering amount — if indeed it can ever be fully calculated. Forget paying it all...
by Mac Slavo | Oct 12, 2015 | Commodities, Conspiracy Fact and Theory, Headline News
The next wave of the greatest financial crisis may soon be upon us. When the music stops, and loans everywhere on cheap and easy credit are called, far too many nations, businesses and individuals will be suddenly and violently unable to repay their debts —...
by Mac Slavo | Oct 9, 2015 | Commodities, Headline News
The next great financial crisis may be only a short time away. As readers know, SHTF has routinely covered the bleak warnings and predictions of market insiders and critics of Wall Street and the Federal Reserve. Now, there is yet another indication that things are...
by Mac Slavo | Oct 8, 2015 | Commodities, Conspiracy Fact and Theory, Headline News
The debt ceiling issue is returning to the forefront in American politics, again threatening a government shutdown. Last time, the shutdown resulting in sequester for many agencies that suspended work for many government employees; a great deal of political theater...
by Contributing Author | Oct 8, 2015 | Commodities, Headline News
This article was written by Michael Snyder and originally published at his Economic Collapse blog. Editor’s Note: The derivatives markets dwarfs the already death-defying levels of debt and bad credit that surround markets. With a few more firms like Glencore...
by Mac Slavo | Oct 5, 2015 | Commodities, Conspiracy Fact and Theory, Headline News
It is not uncommon to hear people in the streets, on blogs or on talk radio arguing that the gangs of Wall Street should have been jailed — or even hung — for their crimes against the American people. But to hear that kind of talk from a former Federal Reserve...
