Financial
Does Oil Have A Future?
Source: The Automatic Earth DPC Gotham Grows Up 1913 Of course I’ve been following oil prices too, on top of all the other topics. The economics of oil has become amusing, in that it raises a lot […]
Counterfeit Economy
Financial
Inside the New York Fed: Secret Recordings and a Culture Clash
A confidential report and a fired examiner’s hidden recorder penetrate the cloistered world of Wall Street’s top regulator — and its history of deference to banks. by Jake Bernstein ProPublica, Sep. 26, 2014, 5 a.m. […]
Commentary
The Economic Implications Of A Potential Ebola Pandemic In The United States
By Michael Snyder For the moment, our top public health officials are quite adamantthat there absolutely will not be a major Ebola outbreak in the United States. But what if they are wrong? Or what would […]
Government
The U.S. Government Is Borrowing About 8 Trillion Dollars A Year
By Michael Snyder I know that headline sounds completely outrageous. But it is actually true. The U.S. government is borrowing about 8 trillion dollars a year, and you are about to see the hard numbers […]
Financial
Video: The Death Of King Dollar: “This Could Happen As Soon As 2018″
By Mac Slavo Despite continued assurances about America’s economic strength and global influence, scores of nations around the world are rapidly divesting themselves from their dependency on the world’s reserve currency as a mechanism of […]
Commentary
Perfecting Tyranny: Foreign Intervention as Experimentation in State Control
By Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall Abstract Coercive government actions that target another country often act like a boomerang, turning around and knocking down freedoms and liberties in the “throwing” nation. Two developments in the United […]
World Affairs
The Threat of War and the Russian Response
Sergey Glazyev How to Lead a Coalition and Avoid a Global Conflict Sergei Glaziev is an Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Resume: The world needs a […]
Financial
Record September Gold Eagle Sales… A Big Price Move Coming?
by SRSrocco Something is brewing in the gold market as U.S. Gold Eagle sales hit a record this month. This is a very interesting trend change as sales of Gold Eagles were sluggish for most of […]
Financial
Smoking Gun Evidence That The New York Fed Serves The Interests Of Goldman Sachs
By Michael Snyder For years, many people have suspected that the New York Fed is more or less controlled by the “too big to fail” banks. Well, now we have smoking gun evidence that this is […]
Financial
New TedBits: When LEVERAGE FAILS and HOPE turns to FEAR
By Ted bits In today’s TedBits we will be outlining a lot of smoke signals. They signal fires burning and about to break out. As everyone is aware, the Federal Reserve has been tightening monetary […]