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Moody's Downgrades British Banks

James Kunstler: "Going Apeshit"

Charles Hugh Smith: "Debt-Serfdom Is Now The American Norm"

Paul Krugman: "Panic Of The Plutocrats"

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Slideshow of New Jersey's Homeless Tent City

Former manager of Argentina's Central Bank after that country's default says Greece's debt is unpayable and Greece "should default, and default big."

Italian Parliament Ready To Finally Vote On Austerity Plan

China urges USA not to resort to protectionism

Moody's cuts ratings on French banks as Euro crisis deepens

Why a working class revolt may not be unthinkable now

The Automatic Earth: "As Italy Sinks, France Is Leaking"

Extended unemployment benefits are to end for "99ers" at the start of 2012

Vacancies At US Shopping Centers Are Climbing Again

Fitch gives Greece the world's lowest rating on its debt

Mark Fiore: "Trickle Down Tales & The Tax Cut Fairies"

Worst Central Banker Of All Time, Alan Greenspan, Blames US Productivity Falls On Young People

More Fed Easing? What Could Bernanke Be Thinking?

Bernanke: Fed Ready To Step In Again "If Needed"

Moody's Places USA On Review For Downgrade

Apocalypse Investors On Wall Street

Let Them Eat Cake