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Lastest Musing OCCUPY WALL STREET IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG EUGENE LINDEN           But for the housing bubble that temporarily camouflaged our “winner take all” economy, the resentments that produced Occupy Wall Street might have bubbled to the surface many years earlier. Publis... continue Featured Book The Ragged Edge of the World Buy from Amazon more info Articles by Category endangered animals rapid climate change global deforestation fragging Books Winds of Change Buy from Amazon more info Afterword to the softbound edition. The Octopus and the Orangutan more info The Future In Plain Sight more info The Parrot's Lament more info Silent Partners more info Affluence and Discontent more info The Alms Race more info Apes, Men, & Language more info

THE DECADE IN ONE PAGE Eugene Linden • STOLEN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION! (DEFINITELY – FLORIDA!) • TECH BUBBLE BURSTS, CREDIT BUBBLE BEGINS • 9/11 • INVADE WRONG COUNTRY, FAIL TO CATCH/KILL PERPETRATORS OF 9/11, SPEND $1-2 TRILLION WE DON’T HAVE, AMERICANS URGED TO FIGHT TERRORISM -- BY SHOPPING! • TORTURE – YES! GENEVA CONVENTION – NO! HABEUS CORPUS – HABEUS SCHMORKAS! BILL OF RIGHTS -- PABLUM FOR PUSSIES WHO LIKE TERRORISTS • GLOBAL WARMING? THAT’S FOR PUSSIES TOO! • SUBPRIME FOR ALL • FINANCIAL INDUSTRY HEARTS LOAN PACKAGING; SELLS PACKAGES TO ASIANS, EUROPEANS, PENSION FUNDS -- AND EACH OTHER • RISING HOME PRICES MAKES EVERYONE’S CREDIT BETTER THAN AVERAGE! • STOLEN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? (MAYBE – OHIO?) • BORROWERS GONE WILD – EVERYBODY JOINS THE CREDIT BINGE; RISK - WHAT RISK? LEVERAGE = $$$! SAVINGS – WHY? • GLOBE WARMS, NATIONS DITHER • “YOU MEAN I HAVE TO PAY THIS MORTGAGE?” • “MY MONTHLY PAYMENT GOES TO WHAT?” • CHINA! OTHER BRICS TOO! ICELAND – GOOD! IRELAND- GOOD! • HOME PRICES STALL; SUCKERS WHO BOUGHT SECURITIZATIONS GO ON STRIKE. • AUG 2007 – CREDIT CRUNCH LITE • NOV 2007 – DOW AND S&P NEW HIGHS! ONE MONTH LATER – RECESSION! • BEAR! LEHMAN! AIG! TOO BIG TO FAIL! REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT SHOVELS MONEY AT BANKERS, NO SURPRISE. • AMERICA VOTES FOR CHANGE! • AMERICA GETS OLD ECONOMIC TEAM, OLD IDEAS. DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT SHOVELS MONEY AT BANKERS – BIG SURPRISE! • UNEMPLOYMENT, CREDIT CRUNCH, DELEVERAGING! • PEAK EVERYTHING! • ICELAND-BAD! IRELAND –BAD! ALSO LATVIA, GREECE, DUBAI, ETC. • GLOBE WARMS, NATIONS DITHER • RIP: EMH, SHADOW BANKING, NEWSPAPERS/PUBLISHING/PRINT, THE GOOD LIFE… Past musings contact Eugene Linden

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