Fake Markets and Return of the “Plunge Protection Team”
By Clint Siegner It’s amazing what passes as a market these days. Stocks rallied during the Christmas week, and the mainstream financial press would like…
By Clint Siegner It’s amazing what passes as a market these days. Stocks rallied during the Christmas week, and the mainstream financial press would like…
By Barry Brownstein “Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question,” wrote the poet E. E. Cummings. In “I, Pencil,” Leonard Read asks…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Do utility consumers ever question what’s happening in their state regulatory agencies, especially when those agencies practice “administrative over-reach” or get…
By Daisy Luther In this world, there are two kinds of people. You can be a consumer or you can be a producer. Neither one…
By Joe Jarvis Keep the federal government shut down and let the states set policy. “Non-essential” government workers… well then what the hell are they…
By David Haggith The market’s last chaotic day closed in a way that befit the entire year. Up, down, up harder, down harder, and done!…
By Truthstream Media Aaron and Melissa Dykes report from Paris, France where ongoing protests and riots have brought the city to a halt. They explore…
By Jp Cortez The destruction of sound money over the past century stems from actions at the federal level, but there are steps which states…
By Anthony Mueller The rise of the costs of the American higher educational system began when expansion became the aim of education policy. The new…
By Brandon Smith Central bankers are sociopathic in nature and sociopathic people tend to behave like robots. When one understands the motivations of central bankers,…
By Matt Agorist Honolulu, HI — To “celebrate” Christmas Eve, the Waikiki Police Department is planning to remove all of the city’s homeless population in…
By Daniel J. Mitchell What’s the most inefficient and wasteful part of the federal government? It’s impossible to answer that question without greater detail. Are we supposed…
By MassPrivateI Corporations will go to incredible lengths to dream up new ways to convince the public to accept government spying. Take the Arlington Texas…
By Brandon Smith The concept of using the economy as a weapon is not an alien one to most people. Generally, we understand the nature…