Friday, 6 December 2019

Global headlines - 6 December, 2019

## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
India’s central bank is expected to cut rates but that may not be enough to spur growth
Gold has even outpaced the stock prices of many of the world’s most popular tech investments like Netflix, Tesla, Amazon, etc.

## Airline death spiral ##
United orders 50 long-range Airbus jets to replace older Boeing planes

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Trump Mulls Turkey Sanctions As Senate Grows Impatient
Germans in favor of 'reducing reliance' on US
A new YouGov poll has found that a majority of Germans are in favor of reducing reliance on the US and increasing ties with Russia.
Turkey is taking a page from China's playbook. Making an outrageously huge claim is much more likely to increase your eventual winnings than by not doing so. -- RF

## Energy/resources ##

## Got food? ##

## Environment/health ##

## Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar ##
Despite worldwide media coverage of their open letter, more than 80 medical doctors have received no response from the UK government.
Former Deutsche Bank Executive Who Oversaw Trump’s Loans Dies by Suicide
Indians afraid to criticize govt: industrialist
Bajaj Group Chairman Rahul Bajaj says there is an atmosphere of fear in the country
The Angry Arab: U.S. Role in Lebanon’s Crisis Goes Unrecognized
The bulk of Lebanon’s corrupt ruling class are clients of the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, not Iran. But this fact is too inconvenient for Western media to point out.

Costs Are Spiraling Out of Control
And how do we pay for these spiraling out of control costs? By borrowing more, of course.
What Worries me About “Hedonic Quality Adjustments”
An arcane device that impacts so much and papers over the struggles many Americans face in a world that is becoming increasingly unaffordable for them.

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