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.
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Airline Death Spiral ##
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Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
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Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
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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.
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Got food? ##
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Environment/health ##
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Intelligence/propaganda/security/internet/cyberwar ##
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Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##
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Japan ##
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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.
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UK ##
Households
are now saving around 4.8% of their income compared to
9.9% forty years ago
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US ##
While
The Titanic’s Orchestra Plays On: CBO Says Social Security
Deficit Has Increased 4X Since 2008
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
And
finally...
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