They told us so

from David Ruccio

The pundits and politicians seem surprised when civil unrest breaks out amidst the wreckage of the current crises and the imposition of increasingly severe austerity plans. But, as Barry Ritholtz reminds us, we were warned.

We were warned, back in 2008 and 2009, by: 

• the head of the IMF
• the head of the World Bank
• the head of the WTO
• Senator Christopher Dodd
• Britain’s M15 and Special Branch
• right-wing author and financial crisis guru Niall Ferguson
• Dr. Doom
• the U.S. Army War College
• the U.S. Director of National Intelligence

and many more. . .

They told us civil unrest might break out—but only a few of us were listening.