Wake Up Call - Assessment Of America - 01.16.15

An account of the way in which America is viewed from outside the country and how that view has changed in recent times. People are more perplexed than anything else. They (especially in Europe) don’t understand why America has such a cruel and heartless approach to social problems. They can’t understand why the country is unraveling and yet there are virtually no social programs to assist those in need. An explanation of the Swiss decision to unhook the Swiss franc from the euro. Significant discrepancies exist between the published economic figures and reality. The wrong policies are responsible. American business deaths now outnumber business births for the first time in 35 years. The global financial markets are facing more serious risks than in 2008. There is failure at every level. Banks simply cannot repair the economic problems of the country by [...]