The oligarch recovery marches forward with reckless enthusiasm, despite extremely disturbing underlying trends which are all but guaranteed to result in significant societal unrest in the years ahead. The U.S. economy, and indeed the global economy, is much more similar to pre-1789

The oligarch recovery marches forward with reckless enthusiasm, despite extremely disturbing underlying trends which are all but guaranteed to result in significant societal unrest in the years ahead. The U.S. economy, and indeed the global economy, is much more similar to pre-1789

In this article, renown financial system critic and best-selling author Nomi Prins identifies the 4 brewing risk factors that are swiftly propelling us into a new era of higher and more unpredictable price volatility in the financial markets. The relative stability

We discuss the national economic patient with a diagnosis our central banks can’t understand and why it is the economy will never return to ‘normal.’ In the second half, Max interviews John Aziz (Twitter: @Azizonomics) about Keynesianism and what it

This erosion of opportunities to complete life’s stages and core dramas is rarely recognized, much less addressed. The consequences of economic stagnation are not limited to finance: stagnation is causing a social depression. We can best understand this social depression

Gold Bullion “Less Sexy” Than Bitcoin … For Now – “There is a global financial bubble” – Stock markets and bond markets at all time record highs – Medium to long term, gold’s “fundamentals look very sound”       Wilfred

From the point of view of history, a reversion to generational lows is inevitable, and a valuation level around 50% of GDP for stocks is a fair target. If we look back to 1981 valuations of stocks and bonds as

Hillary’s greed, cronyism and phoniness is so incredibly shameless, genuine progressives such as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders can’t help but call her out despite the fact that, other than Rand Paul, pretty much every other Republican running for President

The dangerous underfunding of US infrastructure was underscored by a fatal train derailment on May 12th. The tragedy did not deter the House Appropriations Committee from voting to slash Amtrak funding the very next day. There are ways Congress could

It’s Time to Hold More Cash and Buy Gold – Bank of America advises owning gold – Markets in “Twilight Zone” transition period – Fed policy normalisation poses risks – Own gold and cash to protect against “cleansing drop in

  Obama is obsessively pushing for fast track authority on a secret trade deal written by corporate lobbyists known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. His administration’s primary tactic in defending this monstrosity has been to accuse critics of “not knowing