Fed tests banks for more recession

SUBHEAD: The Federal Reserve tells U.S. banks to test their capital for a continued recession with 11% unemployment.By Craig Torres & Hugh Son on 17 February 2011 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-17/fed-tells-banks-to-stress-test-capital-for-recession-with-11-unemployment.html)Image above: On the way through the Great Recession. From (http://nwgasbdc.blogspot.com/2010/

Limits to Debt

SUBHEAD: Debt will have to be written off in enormous amounts—by the trillions of dollars.By Richard Heinberg on 20 January 2011 in Post Carbon Institute - (http://www.postcarbon.org/article/221391-limits-to-debt)Image above: Painting from series called "Dismayland" by Jeff Gillette. From (http://www.ufunk.net/artistes/dismayland-entre-favelas-et-disneyland).[This article is an excerpt from

"QE Explained" Analysis

SUBHEAD: Viral video "Quantitative Easing Explained" has been criticized and defended.Image above: Still frame from "Quantitative Easing Explained." See below.By Richard Alford on 29 November 2010 for Naked Capitalism - (http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/11/richard-alford-%E2%80%9Cquantitative-easing-explained%E2%80%9D-and-its-critics.html)The YouTube video “Quantitative Easing Explained” has

Real Status of Bank Industry

SUBHEAD: Former Federal Reserve analyst Chris Whalen reveals the real status of the banks.Image above: Empty bank vault in Detroit. Michigan. From (http://becomingfearless.typepad.com/notesonbecomingfearless/2010/02/the-ruins-of-detroit.html).By Peter Gorenstein on 17 November 2010 for Yahoo Finance - (See video at: http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/535619/%22A-Lot-of-Losses-...-