Dropping Fertility Rates: A Capitalist’s Worst Nightmare
The most famous “involuntary” solution to population explosion is China’s infamous “one-child” policy, accompanied by mandatory abortion for women who conceive a second child. The main problem I see...
View ArticleAddressing Overpopulation: Too Important to Leave to Government
I have blogged before about chronic disease (and the need to produce extra farm labor) being the primary population pressure in the third world. Demographers seeking to understand first world...
View ArticleJapan: Leading the Way
There’s a great article in the November issue of Adbusters (www.adbusters.org) “What’s Wrong with Being the World’s #2?” by Roland Kelts. The title is a direct quote from Renho, Japan’s 42 year old...
View ArticleChina and Japan Bail Out the Euro
China, Japan and “Middle East” investors bailed out the Euro on January 25th. This hopefully will spare Portugal and Spain from IMF intervention and the harsh structural adjustment “austerity” cuts the...
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Global Capitalism: a House of Cards
This is the first of a series of posts discussing the likelihood that capitalism is on the verge of collapse and what a post-capitalistic world might look like. Fatal Debt Contagion As the global...
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Documenting the Collapse of Capitalism
Book Review (Part 1 of 2 parts) The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality by Richard Heinberg (New Society Publishers Aug 2011) The basic premise of The End of Growth is that the world...
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The Chinese Real Estate Bubble
Richard Heinberg Book Review (Part 2 of 2) The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality by Richard Heinberg (New Society Publishers Aug 2011) *** Heinberg’s analysis of the 2008 economic...
View ArticleWill the RCEP Kill the TPP and Why You Never Heard of Either One
(This is the first of two posts regarding an extremely dangerous free trade treaty, known as the Transpacific Partnership, that is being negotiated in total secret – and a new treaty, the Regional...
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Will China Kill the TPP (secret free trade treaty you never heard of)?
Anti-TPP protest in Auckland (TV3News) (This is the second of two posts about a “classified” free trade treaty called the Transpacific Partnership and a Chinese-friendly alternative the Regional...
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China Moves Against the Dollar
The following video by Storm Clouds Gathering provides an excellent summary of continuing Chinese efforts to chip away at the US dollar. These include a recent trade agreement between China and...
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