finance

Contrôle des grandes banques : de plus en plus d’économistes se joignent à la lutte

Les grandes banques se sont emparées du système de régulation financière et sont à l’origine des inégalités. Nous devons casser leur emprise. Source : Truthout, C.J. PolychroniouTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises La fortune des cinq hommes les plus riches du monde a « grimpé de 114 % depuis 2020 », selon un rapport […]

The World’s Economic Centre of Gravity Is Returning to Asia

Han Youngsoo (Republic of Korea), Seoul, Korea 1956–1963. In October 2023, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published its annual Trade and Development Report. Nothing in the report came as a major surprise. The growth of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continues to decline with no sign of a rebound. Following […]

A Growing Butcher’s Bill: Israel’s War Spending

The Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron is worried.  He is keeping an eye on the ballooning costs of his country’s war against Gaza and the Palestinians.  Initially, the Netanyahu government promised to increase its defence budget by NIS 20 billion (US$5.48 billion) per annum in the aftermath of the war.  But a document from […]
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“The Great Taking”: How They Can Own It All

“’You’ll own nothing and be happy’? David Webb has gone through the 50-year history of all the legal constructs that have been put in place to technically enable that to happen.” [Oct 2 interview titled “The Great Taking: Who Really Owns Your Assets?”] The derivatives bubble has been estimated to exceed one quadrillion dollars (a […]

United Nations Marks Halfway Point to Agenda 2030 with Sustainable Development Goals Summit

The United Nations will gather in New York City on September 18th and 19th for the Sustainable Development Goals Summit 2023 as part of an effort to recommit the world to achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. This is only the second time the SDG Summit has been convened Read More...

Le dollar américain va-t-il perdre son titre de première devise mondiale ?

Gerald Epstein examine l’impact que la perte du statut de monnaie de réserve du dollar pourrait avoir sur l’économie américaine et mondiale. Source : Truthout, C. J. PolychroniouTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises Depuis l’invasion de l’Ukraine par la Russie, et surtout depuis que Washington a imposé des sanctions radicales à Moscou, un certain […]