In the wake of the 2008 Financial Crisis, former chief economist of the IMF Simon Johnson warned that the same dysfunctional policies he saw in his basketcase banana republics had taken hold in the United States.
The Sound Money Defense League and Money Metals Exchange are proud to announce the inaugural Sound Money Fellowship--a new program designed to foster advanced research in the field of sound money.
• https://www.activistpost.com,By Charles Hugh Smith
If we want social / economic renewal, we have to make it straightforward for anyone willing to adopt the values and habits of "thrift, prudence, negotiation, and hard work" to climb the ladder to middle class security.
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Llewellyn Rockwell
"Woke" people claim that they want to wake up racial and sexual minorities to the way they are being discriminated against. Because of past and present exploitation, blacks and other "protected" groups are not getting what rightfully belongs
With equity markets, real estate, and other financial asset values at or near all-time highs, that small minority of citizens who primarily benefit from the Wall Street economy have never been more well-off in financial terms, at least on paper.
• https://www.paulcraigroberts.orgPaul Craig Roberts
In the 1970s when I served in the congressional staff and in the 1980s when I served in the executive branch, there was still some intelligence in the US government, with the exception of the Federal Reserve, where there has never been any intelligen
A short time ago, one of your respective authors was driving back to his home in the sticks after a busy day tending to business matters in the city. In a small town on the way, a familiar sight was on the curb in front of a neighborhood house.
"Imagine if you will, a situation in which the economy of a nation is overdue to experience an economic collapse of epic proportions, but remains endlessly at the brink. Every day, a collapse is more likely, yet the economic house of cards remains
In this thought-provoking video, Shahid Bolsen exposes the truth about the US political system, revealing how corporate power and economic imperialism have hijacked democracy.
Whenever you have this winner-takes-all system and political corruption unfolds, the LEFT is not seeking to govern the nation; they are seeking to oppress all opponents.
Until recently, most of us welcomed innovation, but something changed. And now a huge number of people are anxious and fearful about the same tech companies they once trusted.
Socialists and other leftwingers support taxation of the income and wealth of the well off. They say that they want to promote "equality" and "social justice," but in fact they are motivated by envy.
Economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff has cautioned about the U.S. dollar index falling substantially, "triggering a U.S. dollar crisis, crashing the economy, and sending consumer prices and long-term interest rates soaring."
The Libertarian Party was assembled in 1971 and has proven throughout its history to be a resoundingly-unsuccessful third-party venture in American politics.