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Jean Claude Juncker: Europe’s demons are only sleeping
Economic Crisis
March 14, 2013 posted by Thea

Jean Claude Juncker: Europe’s demons are only sleeping

One of Europe’s most senior politicians has issued a warning that peace was being taken for granted on the continent and that its current troubles were chillingly similar to those in the run up to WW1.

Jean Claude Juncker, prime minister of Luxembourg, who chaired a group of Euro-zone finance ministers at the height of the financial crisis, claimed that elections in Italy and Greece brought “national resentments to the surface, which we’d believed had gone away”.

Rickards: China’s Slowdown Will Be Worse Than You Think
Economic Crisis
January 8, 2012 posted by Thea

Rickards: China’s Slowdown Will Be Worse Than You Think

China’s Premier Wen Jiabao has just warned that China’s economy is now facing challenges, including higher-than-desired inflation and an economic slowdown.

Our guest James Rickards, the author of Currency Wars: The Making Of The Next Global Crisis, says this slowdown will be significantly worse than most people think.