Bernie Sanders wants a tax on financial transactions so that every trade brings a penalty. While this most directly affects big traders, regular people will not be immune to the effects

The various levels of government in Canada have responded to the coronavirus pandemic. Their ill-advised solutions are to inflict economic hardship and withdraw civil liberties. The longer these authoritarian policies persist, the greater the risk to t…

Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr. Sarah Cody May Have Saved One Million American Lives by Ron Unz “Under a decaying and decadent political system, there is often a dangerous tendency to select public officials based upon ideological factionalism or the blandishments of self-interested lobbies. During normal times, this may lead to the sort…

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‘The silver lining is that this next crisis could finally demolish the Keynesian welfare-warfare state and the fiat money system.’

Many economists today think it’s a bad thing when companies cut costs to increase profits. But this is a good thing that limits wasteful spending while setting the stage for more investment elsewhere.

Government institutions, including central banks, have long been responsible for increases in the cost of living. But the burden often falls most on those who are just starting out in their adult lives.

The Greeks haven’t saved or produced enough to justify their high standard of living compared to other countries of the world. This is a fragile bubble economy made possible by European central bankers.

No signs world’s top oil exporter and OPEC’s top producer and leader, Saudi Arabia, will back down from oil price war.

Are the elite making their final move before implementing full-scale world government?

One expression of the status of spread of COVID-19 and response, is the estimate that at least over a quarter of the world’s population is now under stay-home/lockdown mode, since India’s order on March 24. At the same time, from place to place, the de…