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In reply to the discussion: What I don't understand is: WHERE DID ALL THAT MONEY GO? [View all]
 

HiPointDem

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1. i read somewhere that the touted business profits are a function of gov't spending -- i.e. gov't
Reply to Octafish (Original post)
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 05:22 PM
Jul 2012

is the main source of business profits currently.

can't remember where i read it though. an economics blog.

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What I don't understand is: WHERE DID ALL THAT MONEY GO? [View all] Octafish Jul 2012 OP
i read somewhere that the touted business profits are a function of gov't spending -- i.e. gov't HiPointDem Jul 2012 #1
Interesting. While corporate profits are at all-time highs, wages are at all-time lows... Octafish Jul 2012 #15
It went to cover defaults on mortgages harun Jul 2012 #2
Seems like WallStreetBigBanks are laughing all the way somewhere, courtesy of US taxpayer. Octafish Jul 2012 #17
A lot (perhaps even most) of that money went overseas. nt Romulox Jul 2012 #3
Keeping Offshore Invisible: A Study in News Management Octafish Jul 2012 #18
Rhetorical question, bro? Zorra Jul 2012 #4
Yes, Zorra-san. I hope to generate discussion as Corporate McPravda won't... Octafish Jul 2012 #11
LIBOR-manipulation story dwarfs by orders of magnitude any financial scams in the history of markets Zorra Jul 2012 #12
The Cayman Islands. Rex Jul 2012 #5
Corruption and the Offshore Interface Octafish Jul 2012 #19
Medical bills, home and auto repairs, mercenaries, drones, bombs, prostitutes, the usual. freshwest Jul 2012 #6
A lot of the money was not there KT2000 Jul 2012 #7
There never were trillions in bailouts econoclast Jul 2012 #8
Largely, it was lent back to the Fed who paid more interest than we charged the banks.... Junkdrawer Jul 2012 #9
Actually that razzle dazzle econoclast Jul 2012 #10
It never existed quaker bill Jul 2012 #13
It never existed. Basic macroeconomics explans it... TreasonousBastard Jul 2012 #14
What is really cool quaker bill Jul 2012 #16
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