The war on cash has been in the works for a very, very long time, but the propaganda campaign to convince an always gullible public to accept the scheme seems to have been hatched in earnest late last spring… Read more

We discuss unintended geo-economic and financial consequences of trying to treat economics and politics as a science. We note the capital flight from Italy and Spain; and the growth of deposits in Russia due to sanctions. We also look at

Should @StartJOIN have a special 10,000 @start_coin Leader Board reward this month? (in addition to the weekly Leader Board rewards?).
— Max Keiser (@maxkeiser) February 16, 2016

As I’ve said time and time again, the greatest cancer of all cancers afflicting these United States is a startling deterioration in the rule of law. Specifically, the institutionalization of a two-tier justice system in which the rich and powerful can

First it was the OPEC oil cartel which died a slow, painful, death. Now, another historic cartel may be on its last legs: the DeBeers diamond cartel

Trump is saying again the truth about the illegal war on Iraq! Trump: “Bush’s decision to push for the war in Iraq was a disaster that may lead to the destruction of Europe. We would have been so much better

What NIRP communicates is: this sucker’s going down, so sell everything and hoard your cash and precious metals. The last hurrah of central banks is the negative interest rate policy–NIRP. The basic idea of NIRP is to punish savers so

US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump continues to expose the Bush family’s role in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. On a heated exchange between Bush and Trump during the ninth Republican presidential debate on Saturday night Trump blamed Jeb’s

We discuss what Uncle Fester might say about the fact that the bad, toxic, complicated and hybrid debts, having been allowed to fester and rot for the past five years, are now rising from the dead to shrink the economy.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download On a Week Which Saw Gold Explode For its Largest Gain in 16 Years & the Global Financial Markets on the Brink of Complete Contagion, Dave Kranzler Joined the Show to Break Down All

One truism of investing is to follow the lead of those who are building wealth.This chart reveals the foundation of the wealth of the top 1% and the next 9%; business equity, i.e. ownership of enterprises. Compare the assets boxed

Gold is undervalued to the point of idiocy.  But silver?  Silver is in another universe.  This is a clusterf*ck.  All those “crazy” price targets of silver at $1,000 or more?  They’re not crazy. In fact, we have a set-up where we

We discuss the reason that Americans are so angry and the role played by former President Bill Clinton on creating the conditions for their anger. In the second half, Max talks to Ellen Brown, author of “Web of Debt,” about

What a difference a couple of weeks can make. The Telegraph is reporting the following: BullionByPost, Britain’s biggest online gold dealer, said it has already taken record-day sales of £5.6m as traders pile into gold following fears the world is on the brink of another

Since the top 10% takes home 50% of all household income, it follows that this top slice has most of the discretionary cash, i.e. net income left after taxes, servicing debt and paying for essentials such as food, utilities and