Tag Archives: Wall Street

Failing Upwards

Posted on February 9, 2016 by camelotkidd

Despite being the richest most powerful country in the world the US is an empire in decline. Perhaps it’s because we don’t hold our elite accountable? Empire-101 requires holding elites accountable to maintain said empire. History is replete with failed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bad shit happens, banana republic, Condoleezza Rice, corporate media, corruption, deep state, empire, empire of chaos, failing upwards, feral elite, foreign policy, General David Petraeus, god's work, Jamie Dimon, KKR, Little Timmy, Lloyd Blankfein, Mike Lofgren, Paul Wolfowitz, Pepe Escobar, President Obama, Tim Geithner, Wall Street | Leave a comment

Collaborators

Posted on February 2, 2016 by camelotkidd

The Great Depression so discredited capitalism that it created space for the New Deal reforms implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Many of these policies, influenced by economist John Maynard Keynes, involved massive government intervention in the economic affairs of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Clinton, Civil Right Act, Corey Robin, FDR, George Wallace, Hillary Clinton, John Maynard Keynes, Michael Kalecki, neo-liberal, New Deal, Politcal Aspects of Full Employment, Powell memo, President Obama, Public-Private Partnerships, Richard Nixon, Rick Perlstein, southern strategy, triangulation, Voting Rights Act, Wall Street | Leave a comment

Contradictions

Posted on January 12, 2016 by camelotkidd

What do secret wars, regime change, spying on Americans, and bailouts for Wall Street have in common? They’re all policies of the deep state, according to Mike Lofgren, the Republican congressional staffer who wrote the groundbreaking essay Anatomy of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anti-intellectuallism, corporations, deep state, Enlightenment, ferel elite, greedy/ideology, invasion of Iraq, Mike Lofgren, military industrial complex, no-nothings, secret government, Silicon Valley, Wall Street | Leave a comment

Factions

Posted on December 24, 2015 by camelotkidd

Seymour Hersh’s new article makes abundantly clear that the American deep state has factions that are vying for supremacy. “…at some point some other military leaders decided that they couldn’t follow the policy, because it was nonsensical, and did something … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, Joint Chief, kremlinologist, President Obama, Putin, Russia, seymour hersh, Sunni terrorism, Syria, Wall Street | Leave a comment

Control

Posted on December 2, 2015 by camelotkidd

If Americans appear clueless about foreign policy it’s by design. The rationales offered range from fighting terrorists who threaten our homeland, to protecting helpless civilians, to spreading peace and democracy. Hopefully you, dear reader, don’t need me to point out … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Al-Qaida, Cold War, control, Council on Foreign Relations, Deterring Democracy, dollars, empire of chaos, indigenous nationalism, ISIS, neoconservatives, oil and gas pipelines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, Syria, US foreign policy, Wall Street, Washington consensus | Leave a comment

Interesting Times

Posted on August 28, 2015 by camelotkidd

Holy shit! Leave on vacation and look what happens. Here, I thought August is supposed to be a slow month. It’s hard not to look around right now and feel like the end of the world is upon us with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew O Hehir, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Michael Hudson, no-nothings, stock market, Wall Street, Washington consensus | Leave a comment

We’re All Greeks Now

Posted on July 9, 2015 by camelotkidd

Who needs an army when you have economists and central bankers? This is the reality we face in an era where debt and austerity are the weapons wielded by modern imperialism. In the aftermath of the Greek referendum rejecting austerity, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged austerity, class warfare, Detroit, ECB, EU, finance is war, Greece, Greg Palast, IMF, Michael Hudson, morality play, Naked Capitalism, neoliberalism, Noam Chomsky, Paul Krugman, Podemos, Syriza, Wall Street, Wolf Richter | Leave a comment

What Are They Good For?

Posted on May 29, 2015 by camelotkidd

What’s the point of having two political parties that both represent corporations and the wealthy? My first post at Camelotkidd was entitled TINA,—“There is no Alternative,” proclaimed by Margaret Thatcher about the superiority of neoliberal capitalism. This phrase, uttered with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bernie Sanders, corporations, Democrats, disenfranchisement, fiscal conservatism, gerrymandering, Ian Welsh, Labor, Margaret Thatcher, neoliberalism, oligarchy, political parties, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, TINA, Tories, Wall Street | Leave a comment

Dig it

Posted on November 10, 2014 by camelotkidd

Reading Bloomberg’s article about how the GOP, when it takes control of the Senate, should embrace infrastructure spending, made me laugh. Just the language, with its nod towards hippy vernacular, was priceless. “Dig, if you will, a picture: Republicans, basking … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged advertising, Hope and Change, infrastructure spending, Lambert, Little Timmy, Naked Capitalism, neoliberalism, Wall Street | Leave a comment

Little Timmy’s Big Payday

Posted on November 19, 2013 by camelotkidd

Last week the Wall Street Journal published a bombshell of an Opinion article by former Federal Reserve official, Andrew Huszar. You may not have heard of it. “I can only say: I’m sorry, America. As a former Federal Reserve official, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged N.Y. Fed, QE, Tim Geithner, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, William K. Black | Leave a comment