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The Opaque Process of Collapse
The Opaque Process of Collapse The ultimate cost of protecting the privileges of the few at the expense of the many is the dissolution of the social order that enabled the rule of the privileged few. When I write about the demise of unsustainable systems, readers often ask me to describe the collapse I see […]
The Continuing Demonization of Cash
The Continuing Demonization of Cash The insidious nature of the war on cash derives not just from the hurdles governments place in the way of those who use cash, but also from the aura of suspicion that has begun to pervade private cash transactions. In a normal market economy, businesses would welcome taking cash. After all, what […]
Germany Unveils “Cash Controls” Push: Ban Transactions Over €5,000, €500 Euro Note
Germany Unveils “Cash Controls” Push: Ban Transactions Over €5,000, €500 Euro Note It was just two days ago that Bloomberg implored officials to “bring on a cashless future” in an Op-Ed that calls notes and coins “dirty, dangerous, unwieldy, and expensive.” You probably never thought of your cash that way, but increasingly, authorities and the powers that […]
Interview With Dr. Emma Dawnay on the Swiss Referendum on Monetary Reform
INTERVIEW WITH DR EMMA DAWNAY ON THE SWISS REFERENDUM ON MONETARY REFORM The following questions have been answered by Dr Emma Dawnay, on behalf of Monetäre Modernisierung, the organisation bringing the Swiss Sovereign Money Initiative (or Vollgeld-Initiative in German). The interviewer is The Cobden Centre Editor, Max Rangeley. How does the current monetary system affect […]
The West Is Reduced To Looting Itself
The West Is Reduced To Looting Itself Myself, Michael Hudson, John Perkins, and a few others have reported the multi-pronged looting of peoples by Western economic institutions, principally the big New York Banks with the aid of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Third World countries were and are looted by being inticed into development plans […]
The Rapture, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton And 50 Other Excuses People Use For Not Prepping
The Rapture, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton And 50 Other Excuses People Use For Not Prepping Have you ever come away discouraged after trying to talk about prepping with friends or family members that just don’t seem to be interested? Over the years, I have heard countless excuses from people for why they aren’t getting prepared […]
The Federal Reserve Just Made Another Huge Mistake
The Federal Reserve Just Made Another Huge Mistake As stocks continue to crash, you can blame the Federal Reserve, because the Fed is more responsible for creating the current financial bubble that we are living in than anyone else. When the Federal Reserve pushed interest rates all the way to the floor and injected lots […]
Elastic Money
Elastic Money QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I have not read anywhere else how the money created by the Fed you call elastic will evaporate when the bonds they bought mature. You seem to do much more in-depth research than anyone else who just spins conspiracy theories leaving one question what is real or not. Can you elaborate […]
The Fed Passes the Buck: Blame Oil and China
The Fed Passes the Buck: Blame Oil and China There are a handful of themes out there on recent market action that are either totally wrong or otherwise highly misleading. For instance, regarding the recent calamity in the capital markets, one especially apparent dichotomy has presented itself as offering two choices as to what, exactly, […]
New Harbor: A Time For Staying Out Of Harms Way
New Harbor: A Time For Staying Out Of Harms Way Preserving your financial capital Given the brutal start to the markets in the first three weeks of 2016, we thought it a good time to check in with the team at New Harbor Financial. We have had them on our podcast periodically over the past […]
We Know How This Ends, Part 2
We Know How This Ends, Part 2 In March 1969, while Buba was busy in the quicksand of its swaps and forward dollar interventions, Netherlands Bank (the Dutch central bank) had instructed commercial banks in Holland to pull back funds from the eurodollar market in order to bring up their liquidity positions which had dwindled […]
We Know How This Ends, Part 1
We Know How This Ends, Part 1 The finance ministers and representatives of central banks from the world’s ten largest “capitalist” economies gathered in Bonn, West Germany on November 20, 1968. The global financial system was then enthralled by a third major currency crisis of the past year or so and there was great angst […]
Why We Need a Recession
Why We Need a Recession According to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a recession is defined as a “significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months.” Often, this is understood as two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth as measured by a country’s GDP. Public opinion is generally […]
The Citadel Is Breached: Congress Taps the Fed for Infrastructure Funding
The Citadel Is Breached: Congress Taps the Fed for Infrastructure Funding In a landmark infrastructure bill passed in December, Congress finally penetrated the Fed’s “independence” by tapping its reserves and bank dividends for infrastructure funding. The bill was a start. But some experts, including Congressional candidate Tim Canova, say Congress should go further and authorize funds […]
A Loophole Allows Banks – But Not Other Companies – to Create Money Out of Thin Air
A Loophole Allows Banks – But Not Other Companies – to Create Money Out of Thin Air One of the Main Causes of Our Economic Problems The central banks of the United States, England, and German – as well as 2 Nobel-prize winning economists – have all shown that banks create money out of thin air … […]
