" http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-21/have-central-banks-entered-undeclared-war for example the Federal Reserve's $16 trillion bailout of literally the entire Western banking sector in the last Global Financial Meltdown. (The Levy Institute came up with $29 trillion after poring over all the data): ... The monetary tectonic plates are shifting, and predicting the next global financial earthquake is relatively easy. Predicting the timing and the winners--now that's tricky. "