Thursday, December 3, 2015

A Fake Recovery For A Fake Society

"When the corporations had applied Shock Doctrine to every other nation, they then applied the same techniques at home. The obedient corporate bitches worked overtime to lay themselves off..."

The output gap, per the Fed (Potential GDP - Actual GDP):

Today's inflation-adjusted output gap is higher than it's been during any recession in the past 60 years...

"Recovery" aka. Shock Doctrine:





Debt year over year change:
Today's (nominal) debt accumulation is also higher than it's been during any past recession as well...




Foodstamps with Employment-Population Ratio:




Mind the GAAP:
Corporate profits with Fed Funds rate.
In 2008, a 3% drop in GDP caused profits to drop 90% back to 1975 levels...