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Economic Update: Banks and Austerity

Updates on Goldman Sachs charity/PR, bank scandals, housing ‘recovery’ exposed, suicides rise in Kansas and a Benedictine Nun leading a new anti-austerity party in Catalonia.

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Updates on Goldman Sachs charity/PR, bank scandals, housing “recovery” exposed, suicides rise in Kansas and a Benedictine Nun that is leading the new anti-austerity party in Catalonia. Major discussions of public banking (as in North Dakota) and the basic analysis of continuing “austerity” policies around the world. Response to questions on nature, impact, and injustice of US property taxes.

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