In 1989, New York real estate investor, a man called Seymour Durst spent $120,000 to erect a “National Debt Clock” in Times Square to track the exact amount of money that the U.S. federal government was borrowing to pay its bills. At the time, the country had run up a $2.7 trillion tab, but thatContinue reading ““A global “Lehman Brothers” event looming ahead?”: Sombre thoughts of a man of sobriety.”