The ‘First American’ and Founding Father, Ben Franklin said: “A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.” America sure likes it cake, even if that cake is a not so great GMO-corn-syrup ladened sugary…
We talk to John Ackerman, professor, columnist and the Mexican Law Review’s editor-in-chief, about the economic relationship between Mexico and the United States. He has a plan to cut off the flow of funds from America to the Mexican government…
For many, the most direct way of increasing the income of low-wage workers is to raise the minimum wage significantly. Many high-cost states have already passed legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour. Despite the official claims that inflation…
Theresa May is set to become the Prime Minister of Great Britain in the next few days. Will the new PM bring a degree of stability back to turbulent markets in a post-Brexit Britain or what does the future hold…
Here’s an excerpt from a conversation Robert Reich had with a Hillary Clinton adviser: ACQ: “Look, it doesn’t matter what you or I think. The President wants the TPP, and the Party isn’t going to oppose him.” ME: “You mean…
Better than expected employment figures in the US causes gold to take a breather after gaining more than 28% since the beginning of the year. Bloomberg takes a look at the current competing bullish and bearish forces affecting the outlook…
Recently safe haven assets such as precious metals and Treasuries are soaring at the same time that stock markets bounced strongly off the post-Brexit lows. Risk-on assets (stocks) rising at the same time as safe-haven assets is akin to dogs…
We discuss the biggest topics needing a ‘solution’. As the world looks on with fear at the prospect of a Trump presidency, they propose solutions to ‘make America great again’. Maybe better media? Better infrastructure? More political parties and less…
California’s “Adult Use of Marijuana Act” (AUMA) is a voter initiative characterized as legalizing marijuana use. But critics warn that it will actually make access more difficult and expensive, squeeze home growers and small farmers out of the market, heighten…
Billionaire Eric Sprott breaks down this week’s HUGE move in gold bullion and silver bullion, and explains what will be “real hell for the shorts” next week… Click Here For Gold and Silver Market Wrap With Eric Sprott:
While we don’t know who the police murderers in Dallas were, or their motivations, we do know one thing. Their actions will unquestionably have several very counterproductive and dangerous outcomes. 1. Further divide the country in general. 2. Further the already wide distrust between the…
That the global economy is in a precarious state seems self-evident. Take your pick of the systemic risks: debt bubble and slowdown in China, banking/political crisis in Europe, negative interest rates and stagnation in Japan, ongoing meltdown in emerging markets and…
We’ve warned that bankrupt governments will be eyeing the multi-trillions of dollars in “un-taxed” retirement funds when they get desperate enough. It is an incredibly common occurrence. It has happened in numerous countries in just recent memory. Poland, Hungary and…