ECONOMY
Doug Casey on Tax Day, Inflation, and the War on the Middle Class
International Man: Tax Day just passed on April 15th. What does it say about a society when productive people must spend part of every spring calculating how much tribute they owe the State? Doug Casey: It’s said that nothing is certain except death and taxes. But let’s reserve a conversation about the […]
18 Shocking Facts That Prove That The U.S. Economy Is In Far Worse Shape Than Most People Realize
The economy has been the number one issue for U.S. voters for several years in a row, and it isn’t because things are good. Consumer confidence is at an all-time low, inflation is starting to accelerate once again, mass layoffs are being conducted all over the nation, and delinquencies and […]
Brazil Quietly Shifts Away from the Dollar to Gold
The Banco Central do Brasil has raised gold’s share of reserves from 3.55% to 7.19% in just one year, effectively doubling its exposure and making gold the second-largest reserve asset after the US dollar, while total reserves stand at approximately $358.23 billion and the dollar’s share has declined to about 72%, […]
The Coming Oil Collision: Why Paper Prices Are a Dangerous Illusion
You Can Only Paper Over Physical Scarcity For So Long… I’m watching the numbers flicker on the screen — Brent crude at $92, WTI hovering near $97 — and I feel a profound sense of dread. This isn’t a market; it’s a meticulously crafted fiction. We are being lied to […]
IMF Warns Of GLOBAL RECESSION Due To War
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that a global recession is coming, thanks to the war with Iran. Any further escalation would trigger a global recession that would harm the United Kingdom far more than any other G7 country. In its half-yearly update, the IMF said the UK would […]
Hormuz Blockade, Fertilizer Shock, Food Crisis — What Most People Don’t See Coming
Kind of scary, isn’t it? But wait, there is more, as they say in cheap commercials selling steak knives. Have you ever heard of super phosphate? Oh, the mere mention of it reminds me of the good old days on the farm in New Zealand all those years ago. Spreading […]
Doug Casey on the Strait of Hormuz, the Dollar, and the Coming Energy Crisis
International Man: Iran is already turning the Strait of Hormuz into a geopolitical toll booth—restricting traffic, charging transit fees, and shutting out the US and its allies. If this continues, what happens to oil, trade, and the global economy, and is there anything the US military can do about it? Doug […]
What Experts Won’t Say: The 2026 Economy May Trigger an Irreversible Collapse by 2030
There is something increasingly difficult to ignore about the global economic climate of 2026, and it isn’t something that appears in headlines or official summaries. On paper, the system still functions. Growth has not disappeared, markets have not fully collapsed, and institutions continue to operate with a sense of normalcy. […]
The Rise of AI in Payments Is Not About Convenience
Visa has just unveiled a new suite of artificial intelligence tools designed to overhaul how credit card disputes are handled, and once again this is being presented as a simple evolution toward efficiency and improved customer experience, yet when you step back and examine the scale of what is unfolding, this is […]
The Great Migration of Capital Within the United States
What we are witnessing across the United States is not just people relocating. It is the migration of income itself, and the numbers now confirm the scale. According to the latest IRS data, California lost $11.9 billion in adjusted gross income in a single year, while New York lost $9.9 […]
