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Vampire finance sucks the lifeblood out of the economy
Vampire finance sucks the lifeblood out of the economy We need democratic control of the financial sector. An interview with Saskia Sassen The World Economic Forum. Photo by Studio Roosegaarde (Flickr) Every year to coincide with the World Economic Forum, the Transnational Institute based in Amsterdam launches a State of Power report to expose and deepen our understanding […]
Crossing Borders with Gold and Silver Coins
Crossing Borders with Gold and Silver Coins It’s well-known that you have to make a declaration if you physically transport $10,000 or more in cash or monetary instruments in or out of the US, or almost any other country; governments collude on these things, often informally. Gold has always been in something of a twilight […]
Screwed
Screwed James Madison: “We are free today substantially but the day will come when our Republic will be an impossibility. It will be an impossibility because wealth will be concentrated in the hands of a few.” The tax cut has now been shown the very scam I outlined it to be in 2017. Debt is soaring and […]
Climate Change & Commodities
Climate Change & Commodities QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I love the fact that you look at everything from a pure cyclical perspective. Al Gore who started this whole mess was not a climatologist. He was a politician. You are 100% correct that people will believe what they want to believe. There is no talking to one […]
We are All Connected & for an End Game Purpose
We are All Connected & for an End Game Purpose COMMENT: Dear Mr. Armstrong,I’m reading your blog for 10 years, every single day, first thing in the morning. It changed me and my views on events in pretty much everything.I want to say a heartfelt THANK YOU for your titanic work, that you made available […]
Governments Are Sucking in Assets like a Black Hole
Governments Are Sucking in Assets like a Black Hole QUESTION: Hello Sir,I am French and have been reading you for many years (I already read you while you published papers while you were very unfairly imprisoned).I signed up for Socrates on 6th January and must thank you warmly for opening my eyes to the real state […]
Venezuela? The bad guys are on Wall St.
Venezuela? The bad guys are on Wall St. With Washington talking up a military coup (Democrats for once in no hurry to berate Trump on the issue) and Russia a sufficiently interested party to have flown nuclear capable bombers into Caracas last month, it behoves us all to get up to speed on Venezuela. It should go […]
If You Could Design A Perfect World For Gold…
If You Could Design A Perfect World For Gold… Are you sick of your gold just sitting there when it was supposed to have long since made you rich? Have you been fantasizing about a world in which your gold really does make you rich? If so you’re in good – or at least numerous – company. […]
Three Concerns Hanging Over the Davos Elite
Three Concerns Hanging Over the Davos Elite This week, the global elite descended private jets to their version of winter ski-camp – the lifestyles of the rich and powerful version. The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) five-day annual networking extravaganza kicked off in the upscale ski resort town of Davos, Switzerland. Every year, the powers-that-be join the WEF, select a […]
Fed Will Crash Markets & Dollar, Gold Protects – John Williams
Fed Will Crash Markets & Dollar, Gold Protects – John Williams Economist John Williams warns the Federal Reserve has painted itself into a very tight no win corner. No matter what the Fed does with rates it’s going to be a disaster. Williams explains, “You had some very heavy selling towards the end of the […]
We’re Flying with Eyes Partially Closed into Turbulent Markets & Economy
We’re Flying with Eyes Partially Closed into Turbulent Markets & Economy But for the markets: “No Data is Good Data” “NOTICE: Due to a lapse in federal funding this website is not being updated,” it says in big lettering against a bright red background at the top of the data sites of the Department of […]
A Recession Survival Guide
A Recession Survival Guide The funny thing about slashing your budget to survive a recessionary storm is that it works wonders whether the recession is deep or shallow. We know that after 10 years of expansion, a recession is baked in. Trees don’t grow to the moon, etc. We also know that some people will hardly […]
The revolution of the petty bourgeoisie
The revolution of the petty bourgeoisie The 2008 financial disaster marked the beginning of a deep identity crisis in the West. After the collapse of American Lehman Brothers, governments around the globe began to support their financial institutions with unlimited amounts of tax money. Small and middle size companies would bankrupt and people in the […]
Why Deal With Structural Issues When You Can Simply Engage in Wealth Grabs?
Why Deal With Structural Issues When You Can Simply Engage in Wealth Grabs? They’re coming for your money. The Everything Bubble has burst and the debt markets are in distress. We’ve already seen yields rise above their long-term downtrend, suggesting that higher debt costs are now a reality. Because any real structural solution to this […]
