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Quixote2
14th June 2010, 08:28 AM
http://theburningplatform.com/blog/2010/06/13/two-decades-of-greed-the-unraveling-featured-article/
Long article with figures at the link above, introduction below.


We are currently in the midst of a Fourth Turning. This twenty year Crisis began during the 2005 – 2008 timeframe with the collapse of the housing bubble and subsequent repercussions on the worldwide financial system. It is progressing as expected, with the financial crisis deepening and leading to tensions across the world. It will eventually morph into military conflict, as all prior Fourth Turnings have. The progression from High to Awakening through the Unraveling took from 1946 until 2006. The most treacherous period of the Saeculm is upon us. The intensity of a Crisis is very much dependent upon how a country and its citizens prepare for the Crisis during the final years of the Unraveling. The last Unraveling period in U.S. history from 1984 through 2005 was symbolized by Boomer greed, materialism, debt and selfishness. When Michael Lewis graduated from Princeton University in 1985 and joined Salomon Brothers, I’m sure he didn’t realize that he would end up book-ending the Unraveling period in his two best-selling books about Wall Street.

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/guest-post-two-decades-greed-unraveling

mamboni
14th June 2010, 09:14 AM
Great essay - could be called "Short Economic History of the United States 1972-2008." Highly recommended read!

Thanks for posting!