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First Sovereign Debt Default 4th Century BC
First Sovereign Debt Default 4th Century BC QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I read this time its different by Rogoff. While it is interesting about sovereign defaults, he clearly does not go back into ancient times or more than a few hundred years. If anyone would know when the first such default took place it must be you. […]
Poland Elections Vote Anti-Euro on Sunday
Poland Elections Vote Anti-Euro on Sunday I reported from Poland that the rising trend there was anti-Euro which has manifest also into an anti-immigrant movement. I will be there next March once again. Nevertheless, Poland’s Eurosceptic and anti-immigration Law and Justice party (PiS) has now claimed a major victory on Sunday. The politicians in Brussels only see their […]
Portugal Refuses to Allow Elected Politicians to Take Office
Portugal Refuses to Allow Elected Politicians to Take Office COMMENT: Hi Marty, I’m another Englishman who is an avid reader of your blog and am very much looking forward to your ECM conference material later this year. As a European pouring thorough the continental news we are definitely seeing a reinforcing cycle of breakdown in government […]
The Bond Crisis & 2015.75
The Bond Crisis & 2015.75 Some people have wrongly expected a crash in the long bonds. What has actually happened is that China and others have sold into the high, liquidating their long bonds, and moving short-term. This is why rates are negative on the short-end. The CRASH comes in the opposite direction this time. […]
Will Illinois Be the First State to Go Bankrupt?
Will Illinois Be the First State to Go Bankrupt? The state of Illinois is in real trouble. The state employees have been bleeding the state dry and are demanding that they raise taxes so they can get theirs. This is the poster state for government employees expropriating private assets. Illinois must pay $560 million in […]
Socialism v Capitalism
Socialism v Capitalism The debate for socialism is simply that they regard it as unfair when anyone has more than another. The solution is always to rob someone else to improve your own life. If you take this philosophy on your own, then you rob others because they have more than you on the street […]
The Coming French Revolution of 2020?
The Coming French Revolution of 2020? QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Thank you for coming to Paris. You said the civil unrest would rise in France going into 2018 and there was a risk of another French Revolution in 2020. You mentioned that when surrounded by many people on the Champs–Élysées. Since then I have paid attention and there is […]
The Loss of All Liberty Is Coming Faster Than You Imagined
The Loss of All Liberty Is Coming Faster Than You Imagined UK Prime Minister David Cameron reflects the serious problem we have with politicians. Politicians have ZERO respect for our human rights for they only think about how they are going to raid our wealth to pay for their families and retirements at our expense. Cameron actually […]
Gold Standard Nonsense Compelling Us To Repeat History
Gold Standard Nonsense Compelling Us To Repeat History COMMENT: “The system is collapsing. It is not because of some derivatives bubble. It is not because of fiat. This is because of the debt gone wild” Sure! And you don’t see the connection with the lack of a gold standard? This would never have happened during […]
IMF Warns That We Have a New Crisis Coming
IMF Warns That We Have a New Crisis Coming QUESTION: Marty; You mentioned that you met with a board member of the IMF. It certainly seems you are having a much larger impact than you may realize. The IMF is now warning of a crash. Do you think you can help reverse the trend if given […]
Austerity Good or Bad?
Austerity Good or Bad? QUESTION: Martin, The ‘Austerity’ argument seems a bit confusing. Surely, “Austerity” means reducing the size of Government and is an understanding that we can’t keep funding zillions of civil/public servants and on the other is a reduction of the Social Security Bill – healthcare, social benefits, the cost of the un and […]
Immigration During an Economic Decline Is Insane!
Immigration During an Economic Decline Is Insane! According to the BBC, the German government has admitted that there have been almost 500 attacks on homes intended for asylum seekers this year. Politicians are clueless when it comes to managing an economy. In the USA during the 1840s, in the middle of the State Sovereign Debt Crisis, gun […]
Is Quantitative Easing the Same as Printing Money?
Is Quantitative Easing the Same as Printing Money? QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Thank you for coming to Athens. After the presentation, there were so many questions that the moderator did not have time for. You answered some for the crowd afterwards that I had never heard anyone ever explain. You said Quantitative Easing was not money printing […]
