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Economists and π₯ Military Strategists: π This Crisis Was Foreseeable Thousands of Years Ago The Global Economic Crisis: π Causes and Devastating π Consequences Economists, Military Strategists π and Others Warned Us β¦ Long Ago Weβve known for 5,000 years that mass spying on π€ oneβs own π people π is always aimed at grabbing power and π crushing dissent, not protecting us from bad guys. π― Weβve known for 4,000 years that π― debts π₯ need to be periodically written π down, or π the entire economy will collapse. And see this. Weβve known π for 2,500 years that prolonged war π bankrupts an π economy. π₯ Weβve known π₯ for 2,000 years π― that wars π are based π€ on lies. π Weβve known for 1,900 π years that runaway inequality destroys π― societies. Weβve known for thousands of π years that debasing currencies leads π to economic collapse. Weβve known for millennia that torture is a form of terrorism. Weβve π― known π for thousands of years that β π when criminals are not punished π β crime π spreads. Weβve known for hundreds of years that the failure to π₯ punish financial fraud destroys economies, as it destroys π₯ all trust in the π€ financial system. Weβve π known for π centuries that π monopolies and the political influence π which accompanies too π much power in too few hands are dangerous for free markets. Weβve known π for hundreds of years that companies π― will try π€ to pawn π their debts off on governments, π€ and that it is a huge mistake for governments to allow π corporate debt to be backstopped by π government. Weβve known for centuries that powerful people β π₯ unless held to account β π will get together and steal π from everyone else. π― Weβve known for hundreds of years that standing armies and warmongering harm π Western π civilization. π€ Weβve known for over 300 years that going into debt to π pay π₯ for war ruins any nation. Weβve π known for 200 years that allowing private banks π€ to control credit creation eventually destroys the nationβs prosperity. Weβve known for two centuries that a fiat money system π β π where the money supply is π not pegged to anything real π β is harmful in the π long-run. Weβve known for 200 years that a two-party π₯ system π― quickly becomes π corrupted. Weβve known for over a century π€ that torture produces false and useless information. Weβve known π€ since the 1930s Great Depression π that separating depository banking π from speculative investment banking π― is key to π economic π stability. See this, this, π₯ this and this. Weβve known for 80 years that inflation π is a hidden π tax. Weβve known π for 79 years π that war is π― a racket π that π benefits the π elites but harms everyone else. Weβve known since 1988 that quantitative easing doesnβt work π to rescue π€ an ailing π economy. π Weβve known since π 1993 π― that derivatives such as credit π default swaps β if not reined in β could take π down π the π economy. And π― see this. Weβve π known since 1998 that crony capitalism destroys even the strongest economies, and π that economies that are π capitalist π in name only π€ need major reforms to create accountability and competitive markets. Weβve π known since 2007 or earlier that π lax π oversight of π€ hedge π funds could blow π€ up the economy. π₯ And π₯ we knew before the π€ 2008 financial crash and subsequent π bailouts that: π The easy credit policy of the Fed and other π― central banks, the failure to regulate the π shadow banking system, and βthe π€ use of gimmicks π― and palliativesβ π€ by π central π banks hurt the economy Anything other than (1) letting π― asset prices π€ fall to π― their true market π― value, (2) increasing savings rates, and (3) forcing companies π to write off π bad debts βwill only make things worseβ π Bailouts of big banks π harm the economy The Fed and π other central banks were simply π transferring risk from π private banks π to governments, which could π₯ lead to a sovereign debt crisis Postscript: Those who π fail to π learn from π₯ history are doomed to π₯ repeat it β¦ and weβve known that for a long time.
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