Worse Than 2008

Wednesday, December 21, 2011
By Paul Martin

By Chris Martenson
GoldSeek.com
Wednesday, 21 December 2011

There are clear signs of a liquidity crunch in the asset markets right now, and the question I keep hearing is, Is this 2008 all over again?

No, it’s worse. Much worse.

In 2008 there was a lot more faith and optimism upon which to draw. But both have been squandered to significant degrees by feckless regulators and authorities who failed to properly address any of the root causes of the first crisis even as they slathered layer after layer of thin-air money over many of the symptoms.

Anyone who has paid attention knows that those “magic potions” proved to be anything but. Not only are the root causes still with us (too much debt, vast regional financial imbalances, and high energy prices), but they have actually grown worse the entire time.

As always, we have no idea exactly what is going to happen and when, but we can track the various stresses and strains, noting that more and wider fingers of instability increase the risk of a major event. Heading into 2012, there’s enough data to warrant maintaining an extremely cautious stance regarding holding onto one’s wealth and increasing one’s preparations towards resilience.

Here’s the evidence:

Oil prices higher now than in 2009
Derivatives up more than $100 trillion since 2009
Government debts exploding
Weak GDP growth
Europe in trouble
Small investors leaving the market
China hitting a wall

The Rest…HERE

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