We address the policy vacuum of the President-elect by guessing what his policy toward fracking might be. If he wants to ‘save coal’, as he claims, it is fracking (a policy pushed by Hillary Clinton) that hurt coal mining more…
Two names continue to be bandied about regarding Trump’s anticipated Secretary of State choice, neither of which are good. Those names are Rudy Giuliani and John Bolton. Rather than “draining the swamp,” this is more akin to me reliving either my 1990’s NYC childhood, or the…
The Prime Minister of India played a master stroke to flush out the ‘Black Money’ holders and non-taxpayers last week. In a surprise announcement, Narendra Modi revealed that the bigger denomination bills were banned starting from that date. For people…
I have long held that our economy is, stripped of propaganda, nothing but an updated version of feudalism, i.e. neofeudal: a vast class of precarious laborers (i.e. precariats–precarious proletariats) who own little to no wealth-producing capital ruled by a New…
Donald Trump was an outsider who boldly stormed the citadel of Washington DC and won. He has promised real change, but his infrastructure plan appears to be just more of the same – privatizing public assets and delivering unearned profits…
The Money 2020 and CoinAgenda trade shows organized this year at Las Vegas gave attendees an in-depth outlook into the world of cryptocurrencies. The conference which was primarily aimed at bringing traditional investors and experienced cryptocurrency and blockchain professionals together saw…
The Money 2020 and CoinAgenda trade shows organized this year at Las Vegas gave attendees an in-depth outlook into the world of cryptocurrencies. The conference which was primarily aimed at bringing traditional investors and experienced cryptocurrency and blockchain professionals together saw…
Of a truth, investors in the equities market panicked in the first few hours after news of Trump’s victory broke. For instance, the Dow Jones lost 3.8% in pre-market trading, NASDAQ was down almost … Read More
Let’s start by asking: if Trump had lost and his supporters had angrily taken to the streets, destroying private property and threatening police officers while proclaiming “not my president,” would the mainstream media have characterized the rioters differently than it…
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President Trump – Why Market Loves Him and Experts Wrong by John Stepek, Editor of Money Week “If the question is when markets will recover, a first-pass answer is never.” I have to feel sorry for Paul Krugman. The Nobel…
At certain times, it’s really not that hard to predict “what” is going to happen next after disastrously short-sighted and self-interested policies are enacted. Predicting the “when”, with precision, is much tricker. But obvious misguided economic policies are destined to have…
We discuss the gruesome Gaddafi like death to a political career. We also look at the role of Obamacare premium increases in middle income voter discontentment with the Democratic Party. In the second half, Max interviews Dr. Michael Hudson about…