December 2, 2011 – LONDON – Investor George Soros foretold doom in a recent speech in front of the International Senior Lawyers Project, according to the WSJ. The financial system is collapsing, and the developed world is fast falling into a “deflationary debt trap.” “The consequences could be quite disastrous,” he said. “You have to do what you can to stop it developing in that direction.” Soros has been an outspoken advocate of taking more radical action to stem the European debt crisis, endorsing intervention by the European Central Bank and even Eurobonds. He doesn’t think too highly about the rest of the world either, speculating that global economic imbalances are continuing to destabilize the global economy. But it’s not all bad. “A lot of positive things are happening,” Soros said. “I see Africa together with the Arab Spring as areas of progress. The Arab Spring was a revolutionary development.” –Business Insider
Words of warning from French President: Toulon, France – French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday that using austerity alone to solve the economic crisis afflicting France and the rest of Europe would lead to recession and possibly even depression. He said such an approach would make the French people pay nearly the whole cost of trying to recover from the crisis. “It would end in recession or depression,” Sarkozy said in a speech in the southern French city of Toulon. Sarkozy said that cuts and economic reform were necessary but were only part of what were needed to help Europe emerge from its sovereign debt crisis. -Market Watch
December 2, 2011 – LONDON – Investor George Soros foretold doom in a recent speech in front of the International Senior Lawyers Project, according to the WSJ. The financial system is collapsing, and the developed world is fast falling into a “deflationary debt trap.” “The consequences could be quite disastrous,” he said. “You have to do what you can to stop it developing in that direction.” Soros has been an outspoken advocate of taking more radical action to stem the European debt crisis, endorsing intervention by the European Central Bank and even Eurobonds. He doesn’t think too highly about the rest of the world either, speculating that global economic imbalances are continuing to destabilize the global economy. But it’s not all bad. “A lot of positive things are happening,” Soros said. “I see Africa together with the Arab Spring as areas of progress. The Arab Spring was a revolutionary development.” –Business Insider
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