Will there be an economic reset, and what do you think an economic/monetary reset would look like?
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I don't know the answer to "will there be an economic reset" mainly because I'd have expected something to have collapsed the current house of cards long before now. The debt and debt refinancing numbers have really never added up, and the fact that the dollar has been the world's reserve currency since Bretton Woods has allowed the "system" to survive for a long time past it's logical and mathematical expiration date.
Those are my opinions, and the reset hasn't occurred. Now we find via Michigan State professor Mark Sizemore and Katherine Austin Fitts that there's been a convenient way to stash some of the unlimited money creation into black holes in the budget that aren't ever made visible for public scrutiny or any measure of accountability. The obvious conclusion is that the Fed can inflate and huge spending programs can be doled out to crony enterprises in a very secretive, unethical and illegal way. The corruption is worse than anyone even suspected, on many levels.
None of this even considers the known problems of chronic deficit overspending, changes in FASB accounting standards for mark to market, insolvent pension funds, and an incalculable matrix of leveraged financial derivatives combined with automated high frequency trading in the stock market with no oversight.
Against this backdrop, can the realities of this model continue for a long time more? I think it's reaching more than just a debt saturation point, and there's a point where carte blanche money creation becomes widely recognized as a scam. The rate of creation of goods & services has apparently lagged way behind the amount of debt and money creation by orders of magnitude.
So, do you think there will be an economic/monetary reset? If not, why not?
If so, what do you think it will look like?
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There will be a reset. It will happen before 2050.
Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security/Black Ops assure it will happen and Congress sure as hell won't stop it.
If you had a way to reset YOUR debt would you do it?
"Hey honey, I'm truly sorry, lets put all this behind us and start over."
I suspect the Globalees will have a lot of influence on when and how it occurs and it is most likely to involve a new currency that can only be used electronically. The EU is an economic experiment in progress that will determine how a worldwide experiment will be implemented. I believe the IMF will spearhead and dictate the program on behalf of the hidden faces behind it. Most likely initially involve an electronic currency pegged to IMF's SDR. For this reason reset cannot be implemented until the electronic currency has been put in place.
There is a good argument that all "competing" currencies will have to be eliminated. This would likely included outlawing private ownership of precious metals and criminalizing barter.
There is some concern that currencies and economies are purposely being subverted to create a need for the "reset." The unfolding international crisis will create a vacancy for a hero (IMF?) to step in and save the world.
Remember these clowns (1999 magazine cover) who set the stage for the 2008 collapse?
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
They say the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, but I think that's a fallacy. The poor will always be poor. They don't get poorer, only hungrier and needier. And if there were to be a reset, the haves will still have and the have nots will still not have. And incidentally, with banks we will always have "funny banking rules".
Make no mistake, the founding of the Federal Reserve Bank in 1913 started a slow, stealth reset that has been transferring wealth ever since.
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
I can't argue with you DerryB. I'm in total agreement that the nation's wealth was a transfer of "power" by the passage of the Federal Reserve Act. And they (that private corporation) have controlled who gets what, ever since.
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"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
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Much worse, he helped create the enviornment for them. Greenspan and his two accomplices pictured above testified under oath before congress that there was no need to regulate financial derivatives because they offered no threat to the economy. Their testimony was a Wall St. necessity and in direct conflict with that given by then CTFC Chairman Brooksly Born that derivatives were a major threat to the stability of the economy and should be regulated. We now know who was right and who was way, way, way wrong.
Little did we know that the crew declared "to save the world" in 1999 would help bring it to its knees by 2008. A prime example of why public servants/regulators in the financial arena should not be selected from the rank and file of Wall St.
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"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
Yes but resetting the National Debt when it's $50+ trillion will read like Fahrenheit 451. It'll get hot and some will get burned.
I believe you will see massive reform on some monetary policies, but I wouldn’t want to be around if the government decides to hit “control, alt, delete”.
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OTC derivatives allowed the contagion to grow large with 30:1 leverage and tie major players together. He has said he didn't think these financial firms would put themselves at risk of ruin. He said the testimony was an error. This led to the near collapse and Lehman's failure.
This misses huge factors leading up to it. Bubble mania on housing, liar loans & subprime loans out the ears, and the lack of security MBS with contained subprime despite being sold as prime bundles.
A lot of people were rolled up in this and the tide went out and no one had a swimsuit on. I agree regulation would have contained the contagion but we still would have had a housing led recession.
The housing led recession was fueled in part by the Greenspan FED's historically low interest rates.
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
I was wondering if that'd come up
The fed had even lower rates after. I know. I have a 2.5% loan. A lot of things changed to inhibit more craze: falling prices, tighter loan requirements.
At the request of Clinton and Bush to make sure everyone owned a home.
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Well that's the reason they gave, but I'm sure Clinton and Bush's Wall St. handlers had other motives. Exactly why an independent FED is just a pipe dream; it is actually owned by those that whisper into the ears of politicians.
Strange that around the same time one of those two goodfellas signed into law a bill that exempted student debt from bankruptcy protection. Funny how things work to the advantage of bankers.
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
Resetting/defaulting on sovereign debt will never be necessary as long as the bulk of it is buried in Federal Reserve accounts. The only potential threat is when other nations demand to be paid. But then again, what are they gonna do, threaten us? Their only alternative is to slowly rid themselves of it which is exactly what they have been doing.
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
At the request of Clinton and Bush to make sure everyone owned a home.
As I recall, Carter was in on the scheme at the beginning.
I knew it would happen.
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"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
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In other words "loan them money, we regulate you."
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
We're not far from the day of $1 trillion/year interest payments on the debt. We'll also see $2 trillion/year Federal deficits before long. Some of it can be buried all of the time. All of it can be buried, some of the time.........
In the 2008 aftermath, it was found that those who made low %age down payments were more likely to default.
This is another change restricting housing mania in these time of even record lower interest rates.
In the 2008 aftermath, it was found that those who made low %age down payments were more likely to default
Many continued to live in those houses without making any payments for several years.
Knowledge is the enemy of fear
Because the foreclosing entity knew most of them would keep it from rotting. Once evicted, the lender becomes responsible to the city for public safety and yard overgrowth.
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
That doesn't sound like the nicest neighborhood in derryville!
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Since we,the people, don't see the "books", who knows how good/bad things really are. We just take "their' word for it.
When I see this pix of Mr. G on the cover of Time, it reminds me of Mr. Peabody from the old TV show The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show from the early sixties.
Oh no, Not Bush! He did nothing wrong!
collapse is a process, it is not an event. sorta like erosion or termites.
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
Having skin in the game by owning your own home is a good idea. But, to give free housing to uncreditworthy borrowers who ultimately have no liability and who take no responsibility for owning that same home - penalizes and insults the rest of us who actually worked to own ours.
I knew it would happen.
If you are from the Chicago area it resembles Bozo the Clown and Al Capone. In more ways than one.
To my knowledge, the increase in the national debt has always exceeded the annual budget deficit due to offbudget spending. For 2018, the debt increased by $1.2T versus a reported deficit of $779B, a "rounding error" of $400B+.
During the GFC, the deficit increased from $400B or $500B to $1.5T. Next time, probably at least $3T. Revenue will decrease and spending will soar, again.
My estimate is the system has enough stability to survive "as is" for maybe one more cycle before it starts falling apart at the seams.
The same game has been played on us all forever. Last big change occurred in the 40’s and resulted in unimaginable disparity. A real reset would require an audit of Fed and repeal of congressional maindate.
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@derby said : .... it was Bush. I agree that Bush signed the 2003 bill but pretty sure he dident write it. The financial crisis in housing market was more about driving the market prices up then loans to poor folks. When buy back aka quantitative easing stop the bubble is shifted to real estate because it’s only thing big enough to hide the debt. Markets fell so banks could justify the great theft. Take the money you save up for 10 years to buy your house during your prime years then take it back to pay the Fed. Banks waited 3-5 years before they wrote off those mortgages.
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What do YOU think an economic/monetary reset would look like?
My answer can be found here.
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
I just listened to a podcast with Lynette Zang (who has a banking & precious metals background). She's saying that the reset amounts to a revaluation of the currency from $1,000 in old currency to $1 in a new currency. I see major social unrest with anything such as that. I don't think that working people will put up with that, but MMT is an extremely dangerous route to take when the bad actors can be paid by gov.com for not working at all.
As I recall from reading "When Money Dies", the Weimar government went through a series of pricing adjustments for mortgages and other contracts - all while the currency was going to zero. The reason it went to zero was because Germany couldn't pay their reparations debt and had no real capacity to dig themselves out of their economic and post-war treaty limitations. What happened next as the result - was hyperinflation due to inability to pay, uncontrolled money creation (kinda like now) and loss of confidence in the currency.
I think that the reset will be along the lines of something between these two extremes. The whole situation revolves around the politicians (and their owners) getting more and more control over gov.com's power and the ability to continue with their way of life, whatever that may be. The Founders did us a big favor, if we can keep the Constitution. I guess we'll see how things go within this coming year.
I knew it would happen.
where have you guys been?
The reset happened 10 + years ago its OVAH!
this is the new, current reset. lol
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
OVAH
I was in Mexico back in the 1990's when over night the Mexican Government moved the decimal on the Peso two (2 ) places. My 100 Peso was now 1 New Peso. They actually called it the New Peso "Peso Nuevo" That was a interesting Vacation!
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Build Back Better seems to be more ubiquitous than just Biden's slogan. I heard Trudeau and Boris Johnson say it last week. The Great Reset is using covid as their excuse to implement... https://greatreset.com
"Great Reset" can have various meanings. It would be great if they'd just start leaving us alone for a change. Wouldn't that be a sort of reset?
I knew it would happen.
Why there is a need for a "great" reset:
Peak Elites.
"The problems begin when money and Harvard degrees become like royal titles in Saudi Arabia. If lots of people have them, but only some have real power, the ones who don’t have power eventually turn on the ones who do…"
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
The US economy had a reset this year 2020
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Just my opinions....
Here in the US, there is enough money to make sure that those in need receive all necessary essential services.
Those in need will never receive all necessary essential services no matter how much money is budgeted towards them.
The debate between different political parties/opponents/ ideologies about how to properly allocate this money is essentially just part of the way they create the false paradigm.
The false paradigm, the divisions between us, is one of the core tenets of the powers that be. There is and always has been an over-arching, well coordinated plan for how global affairs occur.
The people who create this plan do not have allegiances to things like countries or governments. They don't think in terms of lifetimes. They think in terms of generations and centuries.
The current pandemic was set in motion out of fear and desperation, to greatly speed up and put in place these plans.
That fear and desperation was the result of what could possibly be called a "great awakening".
Sometime in the twentieth century, it was decided that no country would again be allowed to flourish , assisted by the use of coal....cheap fuel. For this and other reasons there is what we now know as global cooling....global warming.... climate change.
Etc etc
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It's here!
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
“The creation of the euro can be thought of as a stepping stone from national currencies to a single world currency.”
It might come with zeroes!
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey