Articles
The Wall Street Cartel
Wall Street Oligarchy and American Empire
By Damon Vrabel Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Citibank’s recent announcement that it may require seven days notice prior to honoring withdrawals is just the latest small brushstroke on a much larger canvas being painted by the banking system and the US government. The broader picture is shocking for those…
The Corporate World
Corporate Empire vs. the Free Market:
Reports From an ex-Corporate Insider
By Damon Vrabel Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Given the recent Supreme Court decision (Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission) to remove limits on corporate spending in federal elections, the time has come to reconsider the entrenched American belief about…
Floating Currencies
How to Fix Our Looming Monetary Crisis
Greece’s Financial Crisis and the Myth of Modern America
By Damon Vrabel Thursday, February 18, 2010
I have been hearing a lot of chatter recently in coffee shops and lunch restaurants about the financial crisis in Greece. As I eavesdrop, the impression I get is that people are trying to convince themselves…
Gates, Buffett, tech billionaires, and corporations like JP Morgan Chase
By Damon Vrabel
Monday, June 21, 2010
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are acting as if they’ve discovered the fountain of youth as they are now telling other billionaires they don’t need to spend their lives addictively pursuing and hoarding wealth. On the surface this is noble, even though most people learned such things from their pet as a kid. …
The Coming Crash: Usury and the Irrelevant Church
By Damon Vrabel
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Please, let us stop this usury! - Nehemiah 5:10
It’s been a wild couple of weeks—increasing unemployment, Greek debt crisis, yet another ridiculous bailout, pressure on Goldman Sachs, accusations of commodities manipulation by JP Morgan Chase, and new freakish levels of market volatility that might be…
Russia, Greece, Chile, and the Narcissism of Harvard Debt Lords
By Damon Vrabel
Friday, March 12, 2010
Today marks the beginning of a new administration in Chile as Harvard economist and billionaire Sebastián Piñera eked out a narrow victory in January. Interestingly this is related to the rest of the world as we also see today Greek police, dressed in the Darth Vader costumes used in every country, cracking…
The Debt Machine
The Debt Machine
Corporate Empire vs. The People, Community, and Freedom
By Damon Vrabel Thursday, February 11, 2010
Last week Wall Street firm JP Morgan Chase announced its CEO Jamie Dimon would be paid $17 million for 2009. As a reminder, this is the guy who said on CNBC in February 2009, “we should teach the American people you’re supposed to meet your…
Jamie Dimon and Wall Street Pathology
By Damon Vrabel
Sunday, May 23, 2010
As many people now understand, Wall Street is a monopolistic cartel that thrives on putting the rest of the nation and much of the world in debt (article on Wall Street and the Bankruptcy of America) and controlling all money in the system (video: The Rise of Financial Empire). It has structurally lived as a…
The Coming Crash: Usury and the Irrelevant Church By Damon Vrabel
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Please, let us stop this usury! - Nehemiah 5:10
It’s been a wild couple of weeks—increasing unemployment, Greek debt crisis, yet another ridiculous bailout, pressure on Goldman Sachs, accusations of commodities manipulation by JP Morgan Chase, and new freakish levels of market volatility that might be signaling the next phase of market…