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Why We’re Ungovernable, Part 11: Portugal Stages A Coup

26/10/2015(0)
Wow. Portugal just did something extraordinary. In its most recent election, parties of the left — anti-austerity, anti-business, mistrustful of the euro and other extra-national institutions — gained a ... Read More
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Europe Admits QE Has Failed, Promises More Of It

23/10/2015(0)
New Age monetary policy has begun to resemble the form of insanity in which a patient repeats the same behavior while expecting a different outcome. Throughout the developed world, ... Read More
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The Shifting World Distribution of Income

22/10/2015(0)
The fastest-growing countries around the world, now and probably for the next few decades, will not be the high-income countries. As a result, the global distribution of income will ... Read More
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20 Reasons Why All The People That Quit Prepping After September Are Dead Wrong

21/10/2015(0)
Millions of Americans were gearing up for some huge event to happen in September, but the world didn’t end and now many of them have given up entirely on ... Read More
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Negative Interest Rates Are Here

20/10/2015(0)
Not so long ago, a bank was by definition a business that took deposits from customers, paid them for the use of their money, and lent the cash to ... Read More
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Silver as money

16/10/2015(0)
Gold is money, admittedly not often circulating as such today. Fiat currencies issued by governments have driven gold out of circulation. But where does this leave silver? Money-substitutes, bank ... Read More
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The Paradox of Risk: Central Planning Is Linear, Reality Is Non-Linear

15/10/2015(0)
You thought it was safe to drive 90 miles an hour on a rain-slicked narrow road while you were tipsy because the airbag would save you, but it still ... Read More
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The Numbers Say That A Major Global Recession Has Already Begun

14/10/2015(0)
The biggest bank in the western world has just come out and declared that the global economy is “already in a recession”.  According to British banking giant HSBC, global ... Read More
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Where Is the First Helicopter Drop of Money Likely to Land? (Video)

13/10/2015(0)
So what’s left in the toolbag of central banks and states to stimulate recessionary economies if QE has been discredited? The answer: Helicopter Money. We all know helicopter money of some ... Read More
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The Eurozone Crisis: Crystalizing the Narrative

13/10/2015(0)
The economy of the eurozone makes the US economy look like a picture of robust health by comparison. Richard Baldwin and Francesco Giavazzi have edited The Eurozone CrisisA Consensus ... Read More
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