Friday, 22 August 2014

Headlines

Government leaders are expected to agree in November that the world's top banks must issue special bonds to increase the amount of capital which can be tapped in a crisis instead of calling on taxpayers to come to the rescue, industry and G20 officials said.

## Airline Death Spiral ##

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##

## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##

## Energy/resources ##
Rising population, intense heat and claims of terror attacks on infrastructure means demand is now 20% more than capacity
Puerto Rico managed to keep its electricity flowing this week – but creditors made it clear that the crisis enveloping the island's power utility is far from over.
As long as we have well-maintained roads... -- RF
Aquifers provide us freshwater that makes up for surface water lost from drought-depleted lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. We are drawing down these hidden, mostly nonrenewable groundwater supplies at unsustainable rates in the western United States and in several dry regions globally, threatening our future.

## Got food? ##

## Environment/health ##

## Intelligence/propaganda/security/internet/cyberwar ##

## Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##

## Japan ##

## China ##
Unreasonably high salaries for executives of major state-owned enterprises must be adjusted, President Xi Jinping said yesterday.
Falling property prices in China’s eastern city of Wenzhou triggered 6.4 billion yuan ($1 billion) of bad loans as buyers abandoned homes and stopped making mortgage payments, the Economy & Nation Weekly reported.

## UK ##
Households are now saving around 4.8% of their income compared to 9.9% forty years ago

## US ##
As I've repeatedly observed, the nuclear family is just a short-lived phenomenon made possible by cheap energy. -- RF
The Missouri city, reeling from protests, has a financial system based on payday loans and pawn shops, and that’s part of the problem

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