Category Archives: Global crisis

US “Capitalism” No Success, Credit Card Maxed Out

Dr. Susmit Kumar
During the two World Wars, and especially after WW2, the US gross domestic product was more than half of the world's total gross product. The erstwhile European superpowers were at their lowest point, their industrial basis annihilated by axis and allied bombing.

So-called US capitalism thrived for the next 30-35 years. Then US started printing dollars to …

The “Almighty” Dollar

Bruce Dyer
(Sept 2003) – In the face of the underlying weakness of the American economy, there is a growing sense of inevitability that sooner or later the dollar will be forced to depreciate, an event that will have significant repercussions for the USA and the world economy.

The US dollar accounts for almost 70% of global currency reserves –

Centralised Capitalism

Jayanta Kumar
Multinational corporations (MCs) are the first institutions in human history dedicated to centralized economic planning on a world scale. Their primary purpose is to organize and integrate global economic activity in order to maximize profits, and each part of the structure is expected to serve the whole. At present the World Trade Organization (WTO) is the main organizational …

Fall of the American Empire and the Rise of a New Economy – Part 1

Military Empire

“War and imperialism are Siamese twins joined at the hip. Each thrives off the other. They cannot be separated. Imperialism is the single-greatest cause of war, and war is the midwife of new imperialist acquisitions.” Chalmers Johnson

Garda Ghista
While other nations realize it full well, Americans do not want to accept that the United States dominates the

Debt: America and Europe Sink Deeper; India, China, Africa Less Burdened

(2011) – The Economist's "debt clock" displaying galloping world debt by country and total

Across the rich world, governments are borrowing vast amounts as the recession reduces tax revenue and spending mounts on bailouts, unemployment benefits and stimulus plans.

While governments advisers have propagated that the worst global economic storm since the 1930s are clearing, another cloud is looming on the …