The real danger to the global economy: China

Forget Greece. Forget Italy. Forget “Occupy Wall Street.” The really ominous news right now? China. China has the mother of all housing and credit bubbles, and they appear to be on the verge of bursting. Pretend Obama is standing next to you giving a 5-hour speech with a bullhorn and put your fingers in your ears as far as they will go – when they burst, it’s not gonna be pretty.

This post was last modified on October 28, 2011

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  • They are already economically destryoing themselves. They are following our model of the last 100 years of progress and accelerating it 25x.
    All we need to do is introduce Islam into China and watch it implode on itself.

  • It's a race to the finish. Will they buy us first? Or, will be stiff them and bankrupt them first? Maybe it's a secret CIA plan. Borrow trillions then say sorry, we can't pay you, then watch them collapse.