If Tehran ever decided to shut down the Strait of Hormuz it would trigger a global depression, writes Pepe Escobar.
Tag: Wall Street
Plutocracy Now!
Steve Bannon’s Apocalyptic ‘Unravelling’
Who’s Behind US Downward-Mobility?
President Trump blames Mexicans, Chinese and other foreigners for the plight of downwardly mobile Americans but the real culprits are his corporatist pals who grab the lion’s share of the wealth from U.S. global dominance, says JP Sottile.
Wall Street’s Win-Win with Trump
Anti-Trump Coalition Shows Cracks
Hillary-Kaine: Back to the Center
Letting ‘Wall Street’ Walk
Legal double standards are the norm in the U.S. – no jail for law-flouting Wall Street bankers but mass incarceration for average citizens, especially minorities, who get caught up in the prison-industrial-complex, as Michael Brenner describes.
Geithner Gets Morgan-Chase Gravy
Deconstructing America’s ‘Deep State’
Americans perceive what has happened to their democratic Republic only dimly, tricked by rightists who call all collective government actions bad and by neoliberals who make “markets” a new-age god. But ex-congressional budget official Mike Lofgren shows how this “Deep State” really works, writes Chuck…