The “shutdown” of the US government and the financial climax associated with a deadline date, leading to a possible “debt default” of the federal government is a money making undertaking for Wall Street. Several overlapping political and economic agendas are unfolding. Is the shutdown —implying the furloughing of tens of thousands of public employees— a … Continue reading The Shutdown of the U.S. Government and “Debt Default”: A Dress Rehearsal for the Privatization of the Federal State System?