Planet Free Will | The European Parliment has passed a controversial copyright directive that contains provisions which force tech giants to install content filters and sets in place a potential tax on hyperlinking.

Michael Snyder | We all knew that Hurricane Florence was going to be bad, but now it is being projected that it will cause more economic damage than any other storm in all of U.S. history.

RT | The cementing of relations between Moscow and Beijing means a new multipolar world with more bilateral trade and different centers of currency concentration and power, according to RT host Max Keiser.

Investment Research Dynamics | The employment report is unquestionably the most manipulated economic report issued by the Government.

Economic Collapse Blog | The middle class in America is being systematically eviscerated right in front of our eyes.

Breitbart | Nike has become the face of the social justice wing of the political left.

The Washington Post | Ten years after the worst financial panic since the 1930s, growing debt burdens in key developing economies are fueling fears of a new crisis that could spread far beyond the disruption sweeping Turkey.

Breitbart | The majority of blue collar American workers say they are better off today with the economy under the direction of President Trump than they were during the Obama years, a new poll reveals.

Michael Snyder | Thanks to increasing demand and upcoming U.S. sanctions against Iran, oil prices have been rising and some analysts are forecasting that they will surge even higher in the months ahead. 

The Hill | “Big progress being made!”

RT | Turkey will pursue non-dollar transactions in trade and investment with other countries, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in response to US sanctions.

Michael Snyder | Over the past decade, an unprecedented stock market boom has created thousands upon thousands of new millionaires, and yet the middle class in America has continued to shrink. 

Breitbart | Ahead of President Donald Trump’s rally in Evansville, Indiana, on Thursday evening, a black supporter of the president told the Fox Business Network he “can’t keep up with the jobs” created under the current administration.

CNBC | George Yeo, a former Singapore foreign and trade minister, says there’s potential for a “global economic crisis” arising from the U.S.-China trade war.

Michael Snyder | After a little bit of a lull, the international currency crisis is back with a vengeance.