Freedom
100% Tax is Slavery
by Nick Giambruno, Senior Editor You are technically a slave when 100% of the fruits of your labor is taxed or otherwise confiscated by force. So, at what percentage are you not a slave? When […]
October 2015
World Affairs
The Fall of the Mighty Euro
JEFF DESJARDINS The Fall of the Mighty Euro The European Union has always been primarily a political project. The idea of the union was to take peoples that had long and complicated histories, […]
Commentary
America #1? 36 Facts That Prove That The United States Is An ‘Exceptional’ Nation
By Michael Snyder Is the United States an “exceptional” nation? Well, the facts show that we are, but not for the reasons that you may think. Now that it is election season, we have all […]
Media
A Carefully-designed Script: Gun Violence and Obama to the Rescue!
Jeremiah Johnson (President Obama signs Executive Actions on guns in carefully scripted ceremony. January 2013) The new script being played out by the administration is truly beautiful to watch in its detail and complexity. There are […]
Freedom
Just 158 Billionaire “Families” Are Funding the 2016 US Presidential Election
Melissa Dykes An investigation by The New York Times found that a mere 158 families, (and the companies they own/control), contributed a whopping $176 million in the first phase of the 2016 presidential campaign. Not since […]
Government
Bernanke Tries to Rewrite the Financial Crisis in New Book
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: October 6, 2015 Will the American people ever get an honest writing of the 2008-2009 Wall Street collapse? If you think it is to be found in the new […]
Commentary
Ron Paul on the Cognitive Dissonance of the Political Class
By Daily Bell Staff – October 13, 2015 Politicians Exploit School Shooting While Ignoring Bombing Victims … Following the recent Oregon school shooting, many politicians rushed to the microphones to call for new gun control […]
Wealth Abuse
The Chilling Thing Wal-Mart Said about Financial Engineering
Once financial engineering fails, all bets are off by Wolf Richter Wal-Mart had a bad-hair day. Its shares plunged $6.71, the largest single-day cliff-dive in its illustrious history. They ended the day down 10%, at […]
Financial
The Death Of Hopium
Tech Bubble 3.0 is in the process of bursting by Adam Taggart As many readers know, I spent 13 years living and working in Silicon Valley before partnering up with Chris to start Peak Prosperity. […]
World Affairs
One Dumb Mistake Away
by John Rubino There’s always a war going on somewhere — frequently, alas, with the US either instigating or providing the weapons. But lately the tension has risen to Cold War levels, with lots of […]