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The Bulletin: October 24-30, 2024

The Bulletin: October 24-30, 2024 Scientists warn of ‘societal collapse’ on Earth with worsening climate situation – Irish Star Experts sound alarm over massive threat facing 16,500 US dams — here’s what you need to know No acceptable alternative | All The World’s a Stage: Everything Is Fake Burning Man–The Failure of the Green New […]

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The Bulletin: September 19-25, 2024

The Bulletin: September 19-25, 2024 An Unprecedented Monetary Destruction Is Coming | Mises Institute The Energy Collapse | Louis Arnoux – by Rachel Donald North Carolina, Europe, Nigeria: Why everywhere seems to be flooding | Vox “Help! My child is becoming right wing!”: Leading Berlin newspaper provides “tips for democratic parents” who are forced to […]

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Debt, Currency Debasement & War—The Timeless Pillars of Failure

Debt, Currency Debasement & War—The Timeless Pillars of Failure Below, we follow the breadcrumbs of simple math and bond market signals toward an oft-repeated pattern of how once-great nations become, well…not so great any more. Debt Destroys Nations Debt, once it passes the Rubicon from extreme to just plain madness, destroys nations. Just ask the former […]

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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh IV–Fiat Currency: Debasement and Infinite Growth

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh IV Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Fiat Currency: Debasement and Infinite Growth Sep 24, 2020 My comment on an article in The Tyee about our federal government’s latest throne speech by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/09/24/Throne-Speech-Stew/). _____ The idea that a sovereign nation can never run into trouble financially because […]

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Will This Fall Be the Fall of Falls?

WILL THIS FALL BE THE FALL OF FALLS? MAMChat Egon von Greyerz & Matt Piepenburg This 25 minute video with Matthew Piepenburg and myself is probably one of the most important discussions that we have had. For years we have both warned investors about the consequences of a system based on unlimited money printing, debt […]

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When in Rome

When in Rome Over its last one hundred years, the State steadily devalued the currency by 98% The high cost of government—particularly, growing entitlements and perpetual warfare, coupled with a diminished number of taxpayers, led the government to massive debt, to the point that it could not be repaid. Those citizens that were productive began […]

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Modern Currency Policy: Nations Compete, Citizens Suffer

Modern Currency Policy: Nations Compete, Citizens Suffer Below we consider how modern currency policy may not be so good for, well, the people… This is why gold inevitably enters the conversation, for unlike policy makers, this old pet rock garners more trust. Gold, of course, loves chaos, tanking currencies and cornered, debt-soaked nations, the numbers […]

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Role Reversal: The Collapse of the Dollar-Enforced Empire

Role Reversal: The Collapse of the Dollar-Enforced Empire The Soviet empire started to crumble around 1989. The time period between the forming of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the late 1940s and the retreat of Russia from Eastern Europe with the eventual collapse of communism in Russia is known as the Cold War. […]

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It’s Wholesale Robbery!

It’s Wholesale Robbery! The latest inflation news was glorious, they said. The whole media told us so! It’s easing, improving, better than it has been and headed in the right direction. So stop your kvetching and get out there and make (and spend) money. For that matter, throw around the credit card a bit and […]

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Gold’s Climb Amidst Wisdom’s Decline

Gold’s Climb Amidst Wisdom’s Decline As the latest headlines from the FTX implosion remind us yet again of a politicized and rigged market riddled with deception, gold’s climb becomes easier to foresee. But first, a little philosophical musing… Modern Policy: High Office, Low Wisdom I have often referred to La Rochefoucauld’s maxim asserting the highest […]

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Response: Money and Payments: The US Dollar in the Age of Digital Transformation

Response: Money and Payments: The US Dollar in the Age of Digital Transformation Implications from the Federal Reserve’s Paper Our first comment is that every monetary change from the Founding of America through present has been to move away from free markets, and to adulterate our currency. An analogy could be made to the Ship […]

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The Criminalization of Preppers in Turkey: Will Our Country Be Next?

The Criminalization of Preppers in Turkey: Will Our Country Be Next? History has shown us that collectivism detests the individual. The man who can exist independent of the system, who thinks for himself, who is not easily swayed, and who has values rooted in absolute truth which he refuses to give up – this is […]

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Printing and Borrowing Always Ends Badly

Printing and Borrowing Always Ends Badly As more countries copy the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy without the global demand of the US dollar, financing trade and fiscal deficits printing a weakening currency, nations become more dependent on the US dollar. Neither domestic nor international citizens demand local currency, and governments continue to build large fiscal and trade […]

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Venezuelans Turn to Gold Nuggets as the Local Currency Implodes

Venezuelans Turn to Gold Nuggets as the Local Currency Implodes The Venezuelan government recently lopped off six zeros from its hyperinflating currency, the bolivar. The highest denomination currency note of 1 million bolivars, worth less than $0.25, was replaced by a one-bolivar note. At the same time, a 100-bolivar note, worth about $25.00, was introduced as the new […]

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Shortages & Hyperinflation Lead to Total Misery

SHORTAGES & HYPERINFLATION LEAD TO TOTAL MISERY At the end of major economic cycles, shortages develop in all areas of the economy. And this is what the world is experiencing today on a global basis. There is a general lack of labour, whether it is restaurant staff, truck drivers or medical personnel. There are also […]

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