If you’re not a business or a public figure, then why do you have a social media account? In the last couple of weeks, there has been a collective denunciation of Facebook and its disrespect of user data and privacy. But this outrage should have happened years ago. There have been numerous reports of the […]
Archives for March 2018
Canada’s debt tops $1 trillion for first time in history
The word “billion” is constantly used to describe something government-related that we have become immune to it. Trillion, on the other hand, is a bit more unique because it is completely unfathomable how a government can spend $1 trillion or become indebted by that much. Well, that happened in the Great White North recently as […]
Week in Review: March 19 to March 25
In case you missed any of this week’s articles, here is a round-up of some of the most read pieces written by the Economic Collapse News staff: STUDY: Fed rate hike will add $1.6 billion in extra costs for consumers SORRY, NOT SORRY: Hillary Clinton ‘apologizes’ for insulting American women IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY: Pompeo and Haspel […]
Random Friday: John Bolton, Corporate America fights tariffs, Rand Paul
News Story of the Day: the man who never saw a country he didn’t want to be bombed has been tapped as the next White House National Security Adviser. John Bolton, who wants war with Iran, North Korea, Africa, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Canada, Australia, England, Spain, China, the Isle of Man, and Easter Island, will […]
EU won’t survive the next recession
By: Daniel Lacalle Consensus remains euphorically optimistic about the eurozone. However, the first data of 2018 are worrisome. While consensus expects a strong 2018 for Europe, the advanced data begins to question the optimistic expectations: In the last two weeks, consensus estimates of earnings per share have been revised down 32% in the Eurostoxx 50 index […]