Jun 142011
Washington’s Blog warns of the potential for civil unrest arising from the economic crisis. In the article, the following sources are cited as warning about the same possibility/likelihood:
- The head of the World Trade Organization
- European think tank Leap2020
- The head of the International Monetary Fund (and see this)
- Top trend researcher Gerald Calente
- The head of the World Bank
- Leading economist John Williams
- Senator Christopher Dodd
- Leading economist Nouriel Roubini
- Congressman Ron Paul (radio interview on March 6, 2009)
- Leading economist Marc Faber and billionaire investor Jim Rogers
- Britian’s MI5 security agency
- Leading economic historian Niall Ferguson
Too many people believe that matters will not reach this point in the US. The only basis for their belief is it hasn’t happened here before. There are some pretty bright people listed above who disagree and have a reasonable basis for doing so.
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