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The Biggest Ponzi in Human History

November 1, 2017 0

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Jean-Léon Gérôme Slave market 1866  Here’s the story in a nutshell: Ultra low interest rates mark a shift away from people’s wealth residing in their savings and pension plans, and into to so-called wealth […]

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Lemmings in Full Gallup Towards Cliff

October 26, 2017 0

It’s official…the stock market has broken above 23,000, and its valuations should now scare even the most mind-numbed carnival barker on Wall Street.  The forward 12-month PE ratio is 18, compared to the 10-year average […]

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Reality Closes in on Markets

October 24, 2017 0

BY JAMES RICKARDS At times, it seems the world is divided between unconventional economists (including a large “doomsday chorus”) who predict markets will nose-dive and orthodox economists who assure us all is well, valuations are fine […]

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Is Capitalism Dead or Merely Dying?

October 23, 2017 0

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Alfred Wertheimer Elvis 1956  New Zealand’s new prime minister Jacinda Ardern calls capitalism a blatant failure. Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis says capitalism is ‘merely’ coming to an end because it is making […]

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The Koyaanisqatsi Economy

September 29, 2017 0

Raúl Ilargi Meijer Koyaanisqatsi  The film Koyaanisqatsi was released in 1982. The title means ‘life out of balance’ in the language of the Hopi, a Native American tribe who live(d) mainly in what is now […]

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