Affluenza

Filed under:
USAEnvironmentalMoney,
March 13, 2008 - 20:15

This video talks about the problem of Americans uncontrollable desire to buy things they don't need.

Af-flu-en-za n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit of the American Dream. 3. An unsustainable addiction to economic growth. 4. A television program that could change your life.

Affluenza is a one-hour television special that explores the high social and environmental costs of materialism and overconsumption.



The inevitable collapse of the dollar

Filed under:
Money,
October 20, 2007 - 09:44

Explanation why the dollar will collapse soon



Summary:
Americans are living beyond their means and Asia is currently financing that. But eventually the Asians/Europeans will stop financing the USA and then the bubble will burst...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_current_account_balanc...