Irish Banks in Trouble?

Irish Banks in Trouble?
Nov. 12 2010 | 6:00 AM ET

"The problems facing the Irish banks are considerable," Neil MacKinnon, global macro strategist at VTB Capital, told CNBC Friday. James Bevan, chief investment officer at CCLA Investment Management, joined the discussion.

The Purpose of Taxation - Andy Gause

Fact: Taxation is a relief valve on the economic machine to ease inflationary effects on the dollar.

Naked Capitalism and QE2

Naked Capitalism's Yves Smith: Banks to Cash In on QE2 "Carry Trade" - Fed's 600 B quantitative easing may well make more profits for bankers

QE2 a Bad Idea - John Ryding

RDQ Economics Chief Economist John Ryding discusses why the Fed's latest round of quantitative easing wont benefit the economy.

Do You Know Where Your Tax Dollars are Going?

FBN's Gerri Willis takes a look at how Uncle Sam is spending your hard-earned money.

China is stock piling GOLD

Tetsuya Yoshii, VP for derivative products at Mizuho Corporate Bank is bullish on gold given China's demand for the precious metal as it diversifies out of U.S. paper and dollar-based assets. He makes his case to Linda Yueh of Oxford University & CNBC's Martin Soong.

Bankruptcy of U.S. is Mathematical Certainty, Says John Allison, Former CEO of Nation's 10th Largest Bank

“I think the first thing we have to realize is where we’re going and to face it objectively,” Allison told CNSNews.com, when asked about the trillion-dollar-plus deficits the federal government has run for three straight years, the more than $13 trillion in federal debt, and the $61.9 trillion long-term shortfall the government faces (according to the analysis of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation) if the government is to pay all the benefits it has promised through entitlement programs.

“If you run the numbers, on all those numbers that you just talked about, which I think are accurate, very accurate, in 20 or 25 years, the United States goes bankrupt,” said Allison. “It’s a mathematical certainty.read more >>>>