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http://www.arabianbusiness.com/543062-saudi-reveals-oil-demand-could-fall-by-45- [ I wish I had found this article earlier; it is from January. Certainly fits with yesterday’s Eichengreen and O’Rourke article: A Tale of Two Depressions http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/3421 Figure 1 . World Indu...

[I believe Turkey will be one of the decisive powers in the developing crisis; they were already pivotal in sabotaging the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 by disallowing them a Northern route. They have one of the most powerful militaries in the world, the 15th largest economy in the world and their geo...

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23309/?nlid=1918 A new thermodynamic analysis suggests that 10 of life's 20 amino acids must be common throughout the cosmos http://generationaldynamics.com/fg/f090407a.jpg "The combined actions of thermodynamics and subsequent natural selection suggest tha...

Neither Krugman Nor Bernanke Can Distinguish Excessive Printing From Excessive Savings & The game of Pick-up Sticks, Mikado, Jackstraws or Spillikins http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/04/neither-krugman-nor-bernanke-can.html [ Mish mainly nails it, but since he is a free-market ideolo...

It¹s 1930 time & A Tale of Two Depressions: Comparing the Great Depression to now for the world, not just the US A Tale of Two Depressions Comparing the Great Depression to now for the world, not just the US http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/3421 [This is a must read! The world’s crisis this ti...

US Recovery Is Far Off, Banks Are 'Basically Insolvent': Soros http://www.cnbc.com/id/30069223 ......... "I don't expect the U.S. economy to recover in the third or fourth quarter so I think we are in for a pretty lasting slowdown," Soros said, adding that in 2010 there might be "something" in term...

$5 DNA Test for Virus Outperforms Pap Smear; No False Negatives; No Pelvic Exam by Doctor Necessary; Do It Yourself; Test only every 5-10 years http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/health/07virus.html?_r=1&hp http://generationaldynamics.com/fg/f090406c.jpg ...... Cervical cancer was a leading cause of...

ARM: Heretic in the church of Intel, Moore's Law & relating this to Solar http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131098 Some non-techies may shy away from this type of thing, but you should realize that dynamics like Moore’s Law illustrate powerful princi...

Are Competitive Devaluations Starting? & Switzerland and China slide into deflation - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/04/are-competitive-devaluations-starting.html She quotes the whole article below, but there are interesting comments to read in both locations. Swiss sli...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601104&sid=aoEQdi_AiXpY&refer=mideast ...... Gulf central bankers met today in Muscat, Oman to discuss plans to create a unified currency, a vision whose near-term prospects are in doubt as the oil-rich states draw up their own plans to deal with the impact o...