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A Stunning Admission From A BOE Central Banker: This Is What The Coming “Helicopter Money” Will Look Like
A Stunning Admission From A BOE Central Banker: This Is What The Coming “Helicopter Money” Will Look Like Back in early 2009, just around the time the Fed announced it would unleash QE1, we warned that any attempt to reflate the debt (a pathway which ultimately leads to hyperinflation as monetary paradrops are the only […]
Half of world’s wealth now in hands of 1% of population – report
Half of world’s wealth now in hands of 1% of population – report Inequality growing globally and in the UK, which has third most ‘ultra-high net worth individuals’, household wealth study finds Global inequality is growing, with half the world’s wealth now in the hands of just 1% of the population, according to a new […]
Chapter 5: Economists and the Banking System, Part 2: Adam Smith, Some Early Americans, and Friedrich List
Chapter 5: Economists and the Banking System, Part 2: Adam Smith, Some Early Americans, and Friedrich List This chapter is about economics in transition. Economics means literally ‘housekeeping’ and most early writers on economics (roughly speaking before Adam Smith, 1723-90) treated it that way. They worried about a nation’s solvency, whether fairness generally prevailed in […]
Gold & War
Gold & War QUESTION: Does war boost gold prices? MM ANSWER: No. The only impact that war will have on gold is confined to either prolonged inflation or the uncertainty of the victor — the hedge against government survival. War by itself is a non-event. Gold will rise ONLY when there is uncertainty because the currency of the government will […]
Yes, This Is A Financial Crisis – 11 TRILLION Dollars In Stock Market Wealth Was Wiped Out In The 3rd Quarter
Yes, This Is A Financial Crisis – 11 TRILLION Dollars In Stock Market Wealth Was Wiped Out In The 3rd Quarter Did you know that 11 trillion dollars in global stock market wealth was wiped out during the third quarter of 2015? When I was emailed this figure by a friend, I was stunned for […]
The Baby Boomer Survival Guide (Part II)
The Baby Boomer Survival Guide (Part II) A Lehman Moment for Commodities? LONDON – Today, we continue our philosophical look at what you should do if you are running out of time and money. (You can catch up on Part I here.) Where do we begin? With how to add wealth? Or how to lose it? The […]
Charles Eisenstein: What Is Wealth?
Charles Eisenstein: What Is Wealth? It’s about so much more than just money Recently, author and “de-growth activist” Charles Eisenstein stopped by the Martenson homestead while traveling on business. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Chris sat him down to record an impromptu discussion on the nature of wealth. As should come as little surprise to Peak […]
The Fed Can’t Fix It: “All That’s Left is a Reset, Shutdown of the System”
The Fed Can’t Fix It: “All That’s Left is a Reset, Shutdown of the System” Did Janet Yellen make the right decision in delaying a Federal Reserve rate hike? Did the United States dodge a bullet? Of course not. And the system is on course for a dangerous, hard landing. As far as many experts […]
Time to Trade in Your Jag, Benz, BMW for a Dented Econobox: Days of Rage Are Coming
Time to Trade in Your Jag, Benz, BMW for a Dented Econobox: Days of Rage Are Coming The resistance will take the form of subverting the signifiers of wealth that exemplify the few who have benefited so greatly while everyone else lost ground. It’s time to trade in your Jag, Mercedes, BMW (and maybe your […]
Stock market confessions, chaos, complexity and the illusion of control
Stock market confessions, chaos, complexity and the illusion of control In the old days of the Chinese Cultural Revolution those who said or did something perceived by the Chinese authorities to be counter-revolutionary were forced into public confessions–and then humiliated, imprisoned or even put to death. It seems that old ways die hard. Last week the new […]
Stock Market Crash 2015: The Dow Has Already Plummeted 2200 Points From The Peak
Stock Market Crash 2015: The Dow Has Already Plummeted 2200 Points From The Peak Those that watched their stocks steadily increase in value for years are now seeing all of that “wealth” disappear at a staggering pace. The only way you actually make money in the stock market is if you get out in time, […]
Where Do I Store My Wealth?
Where Do I Store My Wealth? International diversification of wealth (no matter how large or small) can save your economic freedom. Although most of our readers thoroughly understand this concept, one of the most oft-heard concerns is that, by offshoring assets, one may not be able to get to them as easily as they […]
We Need a Crash to Sort the Wheat from the Chaff
We Need a Crash to Sort the Wheat from the Chaff Once the phantom collateral vanishes, there’s no foundation to support additional debt and leverage. When a speculator bought a new particle-board-and-paint McMansion in the middle of nowhere in 2007 with nothing down and a $500,000 mortgage, the lender and the buyer both considered the […]
