What has happened to Paul Krugman? Has his intellectual consistency (if he had any in the first place) been thrown out the window to simply toe the party line? That’s what seems to be the case. Krugman’s latest New York Times blog post entitled “A Protectionist Moment?” attempts to defend those who argue against free […]
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Meme Monday: Defaced Bernie Sanders sign simplifies socialism for the Internet
The 2016 presidential election cycle has been all about ironies for the campaign of socialist Bernie Sanders. One of them was about the redistribution of delegates from Bernie Sanders to Hillary Clinton, although the Vermont Senator won the primary (SEE: Hillary Clinton loses New Hampshire but still wins? And other reasons to fear for humanity […]
Week in Review: Mar. 7 to Mar. 11
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: No, Justin Trudeau, the U.S. should pay less attention to the rest of the world The only credentials that Justin Trudeau had before becoming the Prime Minister of […]
Canadians owe $1.65 for every dollar of income and other reasons to fear for humanity this week
Canadians Indebted Like Never Before There are three things Canadians love: hockey, the Liberal Party and debt. According to new numbers from Statistics Canada, the ratio of household debt compared to disposable income reached another record high in the fourth quarter of 2015. The report shows that the ratio increased to 165.4 percent, up from […]
Socialist Brotherhood: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is a big fan of ‘revolutionary’ Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders’s message of big government, free stuff for all and socializing everything isn’t just resonating with millennials, it’s also being celebrated by socialists around the world. Speaking at a Caracas commemoration of “Anti-Imperialism Day” this week, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro praised the 2016 United States presidential candidate by calling the Vermont Senator “an emerging […]