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THE DECADE IN ONE PAGE Friday December 04, 2009 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… contact Eugene Linden

Short Take THE MANY LIVES OF A CONSERVATION MASTERPIECE My article on John Perlin's masterpiece,  A Forest Journey, was published by TIME. The book offers an orignal view on the rise and fall of civilliztions, and the book had an epic journey of its own since it was first published. One message of my piece is that even a masterpiece has a rough time staying in print today. read more

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