Michael Snyder - Economic Collapse Blog  |  May 13, 2013

When is the economic collapse going to happen?  Just open up your eyes and take a look around the globe.  The next wave of the economic…

Zero Hedge  |  April 28, 2013

A few hours ago, Greek lawmakers approved a reform law to…

Michael Snyder (ECB)  |  April 24, 2013

The world is heading into a horrific economic nightmare, and an inordinate amount of the suffering is going to fall on innocent children.  If…

ECB  |  April 12, 2013

The stock market is not crashing yet, but there are lots of other market crashes happening in the financial world right now.  Just like we saw back in 2008, it is taking stocks a little…

Activist Post  |  April 2, 2013

Grand theft is official Cypriot policy. Bank account haircuts are authorized. Those above 100,000 euros are targeted.



Depositors may lose much more than initially thought. Minimally it's…

Independent Journal Review  |  March 28, 2013…

Ghost Agenda  |  March 28, 2013

This entire crisis was never supposed to happen in the first place. After all, Cyprus’ entire economy equals a mere 0.2% of the euro zone’s entire GDP. We’re talking about a small fish that could have been bailed out with spare change! (at least, compared with the rest of the euro crisis)

But regardless of it’s size,…

EU Business  |  March 26, 2013

Cypriots faced new worries Tuesday as the chairman of the island's biggest lender quit, hundreds of people protested against a huge international bailout and banks stayed closed for two more days.

Hundreds of students and bank staff demonstrated…

Banks in Cyprus will remain closed until at least Thursday while talks continue over controversial plans to put a levy on savers' deposits.

BBC  |  March 18,…

ECB  |  March 3, 2013

Are we running out of time?  For the last several years, we have been living…

LA TIMES  |  November 14, 2012

MADRID -- Millions of workers went on strike and joined anti-austerity protests throughout much of southern Europe on Wednesday, in the first joint labor action across countries suffering the worst of the…

Business Insider  |  November 7, 2012

We are following live the massive protests in Athens that are beginning to spiral out of control.

One amazing video showing protesters throwing Molotov cocktails at riot police and the police responding with giant water cannons…

My Budget 360  |  November 2, 2012

During the height of the US Great Depression, the unemployment rate stood at 25 percent.  This was a devastating experience for our economy and shifted policies and geopolitics for decades…

BLN  |  October 15, 2012

The global debt crisis has reached a dangerous new phase.  Unfortunately, most Americans are not taking notice of it yet because most of the action is taking place…

End The Lie  |  September 30, 2012

Some eighty-five years ago a man whose books would change our perspective of the world forever was struck by a sniper while serving as a volunteer infantryman on the Catalonian…

The Economic Collapse Blog | June 5, 2012

The summer of 2012 is shaping up to be very…

The Economic Collapse Blog | June 3, 2012

When the economy of a nation collapses, almost…

DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland's voters have decided to ratify the European Union's deficit-fighting treaty with "yes" votes reaching nearly 60 percent, according to election officials citing early unofficial results. Leading Irish opponents of European austerity conceded defeat.

The treaty's approval, to be declared officially later…

Crisis is the watchword in Madrid. Take your pick - liquidity crisis, debt crisis, banking crisis, economic crisis, confidence crisis, investor crisis, jobless crisis. Spain, the ailing euro…