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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Ignore the Political Optimism, the Planet is in Trouble

Ignore the Political Optimism, the Planet is in Trouble

It has now been more than 33 years since Jimmy Carter's famous "malaise' speech given in July 1979. As this speech is often cited as the beginning of the end for the Carter Presidency, no politician in the intervening years has seen fit to offer anything but an optimistic, upbeat outlook on the course of the nation and its economy.While looking across the global landscape, it is easy to conclude that the situation in 1979 was only a shadow of what we face today. The world's economy is stuck in a slump which shows every sign of continuing indefinitely…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Ignore-the-Political-Optimism-the-Planet-is-in-Trouble.html

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