Ponzi World (Over 3 Billion NOT Served)

The globalized economy is a colossal Ponzi Scheme in which the vast majority survive on the bread crumbs falling off the table. The possibility of 7 billion people achieving a consumption-oriented lifestyle is zero, so the World Bank conveniently set the poverty line at $1.25/day to legalize global slavery. As long as someone else's children are doing the suffering, it's "all good". Post-2008, this illusion was extended merely by plundering all future generations.

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Record Stock Buybacks: Cashing Out With Economy Crashing

ZH: March 12, 2015

Then: Q1 GDP Expectations Crashing

Consensus: 3%

Atlanta Fed GDPNow Model: .6%

Actual (Released April): .2% (BEA)

This just in: Goldman Sachs lowers Q1 GDP to -1.1%

Now: Q2 (Ending June 30th):

Consensus: 3%

Atlanta Fed: .7%

Actual: TBD (Won't be known until July)

May 15, 2015: 24/7:

"The world of economists was shaken recently as the Atlanta Federal Reserve moved its forecast for this year to zero GDP growth."

0% interest rates and 0% GDP growth: The first non-recovery in U.S. history

Puts this into perspective:
May 14, 2015:
Kansas City Southern (Railway) Gives Disastrous Economic Update. Pulls Guidance. Announces Buyback.