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Top Economic Advisers Forecast War and Unrest The Big Picture Kyle Bass, Martin Armstrong, Larry Edelson, Charles Nenner, James Dines, Nouriel Roubini, Jim Rogers, Marc Faber and Jim Rickards Warn of War We're already at war in numerous countries all over the world . But top economic advisers warn that economic factors could lead to a new world war. Kyle Bass writes : Trillions of dollars of debts will be restructured and millions of financially prudent savers will lose large percentages of their real purchasing power at exactly the wrong time in their lives. Again, the world will not end, but the social fabric of the profligate nations will be stretched and in some cases torn. Sadly, looking back through economic history, all too often war is the manifestation of simple economic entropy played to its logical conclusion . We believe that war is an inevitable consequence of the current global economic situation. Martin Armstrong writes this week: ...

How to save two million lives Global development news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Wiping out the biggest killers of children will require co-ordinated effort in 15 interventions, from clean water to antibiotics to vaccines – not a magic bullet A global plan to save the lives of the 2 million children who die from pneumonia and diarrhoea every year – the most common causes of death in children – is launched on Friday and deserving of much applause. It is not just about vaccines and it is not just about clean water, but about pushing forward on those and all the other well-known fronts at the same time. This is a truly joined-up approach that has the ambition and the ability to end all these deaths by 2025. Four papers in a Lancet series spell out the situation and the progress that can be made. There are 15 interventions that work. On their own, each will save some lives. Together they could transform child survival – wiping out the causes of over a q...

The Electric Car's Short Circuit Project Syndicate - A World of Ideas - the highest quality opinion ... Some day, the electric car will be a great product – just not now. It costs too much, it is inconvenient, and its environmental benefits are negligible (and in some cases non-existent). Sent with Reeder

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China Reaches Deeper into Global Food Stocks All Roads Lead to China the recent FP Blog piece, Is China secretly hoarding the world's fish? , by Elizabeth Ralph highlights another resource that China (and its economy) has become a major player in.  One that is perhaps not as sexy as oil, where it is now the largest importer, or wood, which has been controversial lately, China's global ag grab now covers everything from fish (as highlighted above), soy, alfalfa, cows, chicken, hogs, bananas, rice, sugar, and so on. It a supply chain that kept the shipbuilding industry afloat, and has altered the markets for products in other countries where exports to China have raised the prices in domestic markets beyond local reach. Like the issues of smog that I have discussed previously, this trend is one that will only continue as China urbanizes another 400 million people. To be clear, Beijing at this point does not have much choice but to go to these lengt...

Debunking the Myths Behind Social Impact Bond Speculation SSIR Opinion & Analysis By Kyle McKay Anytime Goldman Sachs' is speculating on investments linked to broader societal outcomes, we should probably take notice. As NPR noted recently, New York City has signed a Social Impact Bond (SIB) deal that would allow Goldman "to profit by helping troubled teens ." Ironically enough, other jurisdictions across the world are looking at replicating the financial creativity in New York City to solve the budget problems precipitated by pre-2008 financial innovation. A closer examination recently conducted in Maryland should give pause to other governments and nonprofits looking to take the leap. Originally conceived as part of the UK's "Big Society" agenda, SIBs are a new type of performance-based contract. Their innovation is to include third-party investors who provide money upfront to fund the operations of a social service pro...

Alle heil aan de MKB'ers is een zwaktebod Vice Versa Willem van de Put, directeur van Healthnet TPO wil graag positief reageren op de nota van Lilianne Ploumen maar dan in een 'kader van onbegrip.' Waar de Engelsen en Noren volgens dezelfde analyse als het Nederlandse kabinet kijken naar de ontwikkelingen in de wereld en hun budget voor internationale samenwerking om die reden juist verhogen, bezuinigt Nederland een miljard en presenteert dat als 'nieuw beleid.' Het moet niet gekker worden. De plannen van minister Lilianne Ploumen zijn bekend. Zelf spreekt zij graag van een nieuwe agenda en het verstaan van de tekenen des tijds. HealthNet TPO herkent in de nota een aantal wegen die al ingeslagen zijn, naast uitgesleten paden. Partners worden vooral in het bedrijfsleven gezocht, handel is belangrijk. Daar is weinig nieuws aan. Wat wel nieuw is, is de beperking van de rol voor maatschappelijke organisaties. Die krijgen minder geld om zo beter...