It’s not just a movie, it’s real life: the Fed-Farce awakens. Now that the Federal Reserve has finally voted to “restore order to the galaxy” with a tiny .25% rate increase, the true measure of our travesty of a mockery

We look at the lead poisoning caused by bad decisions about the water supply in Flint, Michigan, and the slow, expensive broadband that presidential candidate Marco Rubio wants to be the only choice allowed for residents of Chattanooga, Tennessee. In

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We look for ‘sisu,’ the Finnish spirit of stoic determination, in central banking and find that very few have the guts to take on the shrieks and cries of market losers. In the second half, Max interviews Trond Andresen about

That the velocity of money has been crashing while the money supply has been exploding doesn’t seem to bother the mainstream pundits. There is always a fancy-footwork explanation of why whatever is crashing no longer matters. Take a look at

There’s no upside left–not just in the real economy, but in jobs, politics or policy tweaks. Yes, there will be huge relief rallies in the stock market–relief that the Fed is still omnipotent, that the Fed didn’t destroy the world

Why has the percentage of the population that’s in the work force declined so dramatically? It’s a question many have asked, and Gordon T. Long and I attempt to answer in our most recent video program The Participation Rate Mystery–Solved.

In the December 2015 Tax Justice Network podcast: We get some insights into the usually closed world of the wealth managers who serve the super rich. Also: on a par with Kissinger being awarded the Nobel Peace prize? We discuss

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We discuss monster creations: from monster hits by ‘Doctor’ Keiser to deformed, evil monster markets birthed by Drs Yellen, Draghi and Carney. In the second half, Max interviews Egon von Greyerz about the reasons for gold failing to rise despite

Money Week editor John Stepek has looked at the recent mutual fund collapse in the junk bond market and correctly warns that it is a canary in the coal mine: If you were around during the financial crisis, you might

Dave just can’t stop watching!
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