Correspondent Bart D. (Australia) captured the entire global economy in three words: The Landfill Economy. Stuff is manufactured, energy is consumed shipping it somewhere, consumers buy it and shortly thereafter it ends up as garbage in the landfill. This is…
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, addressed the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA) on September 15. Although his topic was “The Breakdown of Social Integration – The Challenge of Our Age,” some crucial components of that challenge were notably…
Satyajit Das has written an excellent article in Bloomberg which clearly details the risks facing the global financial and monetary system and how central bankers are out of monetary ammunition and weapons. NOT A BAD PLACE FOR IT. PHOTOGRAPHER: ERWIN…
China is fueling an impressive uptrend in the price of Bitcoin as Chinese investors find more reasons to store their wealth in alternative currencies. The Chinese Yuan has been falling lower in the last couple of weeks in response to…
Once dissed as The Dark Ages, the Medieval Era is more properly viewed as a successful adaptation to the challenges of the post-Western Roman Empire era. The decline of the Western Roman Empire was the result of a constellation of…
When it comes to precious metals, Gold Money’s Alasdair MacLeod says gold will continue to rise to account for the expansion of the paper currency supply. Based on how much the dollar has been inflated, MacLeod calculates gold should rise…
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert have interviewed Jan Skoyles to discuss how gold is the “Kardashian of Commodities” and “future-proofing your portfolio with gold”. Topics covered are Double Down asks Jan Skoyles, of Goldcore.com, if there is enough gold in the…
We were on the same flight as Eric Holder yesterday. We asked him some questions, here is one . . .
Mt.Gox is singularly regarded as the worst event to happen to Bitcoin development throughout the digital currency’s short life. This has resulted in the onset of a bearish trend in the bitcoin markets for over a year. Ever since Bitcoin…
The Value of Gold “Unlike paper currency, coins or other assets, gold has maintained its value throughout the ages.” Jill Kerby, personal finance expert and Mark O’Byrne, Research Director of GoldCore were interviewed by Sinead Desmond of ‘Ireland AM’ on TV3 this…
So how can someone earning $15 an hour as an employee get ahead? The short answer is: they can’t. One worker earning $15/hour will struggle to get ahead, which I define as building capital that generates an income stream. A…
Since evidence of RBS Global Restructuring Group (GRG) deliberate “Dash for Cash” strategy of targeting and destroying viable and profitable SME businesses for profit was broken by Buzzfeed and BBC News on Monday 10 October, several myths have emerged in…
Anyone with half a brain or an ounce of honesty left, knows that the John Podesta emails released by Wikileaks are authentic. If they weren’t, everyone implicated in them would have immediately and aggressively denied their claims rather than simply change…
Science shows us that humans psychologically feel the pain of losses 2x more than the pleasure of gains. Given the precariousness of today’s bubble asset prices, why would a rational person risk experiencing punishing losses just to possibly eke out…