ECONOMY
Doug Casey on Trump’s “Tariff Dividend” and the New Fiscal Populism
International Man: Trump is pitching a “tariff dividend” that would take revenue from new import tariffs and recycle it into $2,000 checks for Americans—framed not as welfare, but as a patriotic return on America’s trade strength. What do you make of this? Doug Casey: Frankly, it’s ridiculous. Whenever Trump talks, it’s clear […]
Why do ‘they’ keep silver cheap? And what would happen if the didn’t?
Most honest financial experts know that the dollar as the world’s reserve currency will eventually end (think BRICS, Saudi’s accepting Juan as payment, etc). The only question is when. A decade or even more seems to be what I read most often. After reading this article I’m suspecting that it […]
The Uproar Over 4 Dollar Fries Shows Just How Severely America’s Standard Of Living Has Eroded
Once upon a time potatoes were what the poorest people in society would eat because they were so inexpensive. But now we are being charged an average of $4.19 for a carton of medium fries at McDonald’s. There are many that are very upset about the rapidly rising cost of […]
A Trillion Dollars Goes Poof! The Epic Cryptocurrency Crash That We Are Watching Is A Major Warning Sign For Global Markets
The ride up was a lot of fun for crypto investors, but now many of them are getting wiped out by the ride down. For a long time, people were using borrowed money to make absolutely enormous returns in the cryptocurrency market. Unfortunately, that bubble is bursting and an epic […]
1 in 8 American Students Unable to Understand Basic Math
UC San Diego released a troubling study that found that 1 in 8 college applicants has middle school-level math proficiency. UCSD has been forced to introduce remedial math courses for college students that cover math gaps from elementary through high school. The common denominator has been COVID as scores have […]
The Irresistible Promise of Free Money
“People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS! We are now the Richest, Most Respected Country In the World, With Almost No Inflation, and A Record Stock Market Price. 401k’s are Highest EVER. We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and will soon begin paying down our ENORMOUS DEBT, $37 Trillion. […]
Foreclosure crisis deepens as Americans struggle under crushing economic burden
The American housing market is showing signs of strain as foreclosure filings continue their steady climb, marking the eighth consecutive month of annual increases. According to the latest data from ATTOM, a leading property analytics firm, 36,766 U.S. properties faced foreclosure filings in October—a 3% rise from September and a […]
What Cash-less Really Means
Bill Madden wrote: Worth reading and thinking about. Once they control our fiat currency and our spending, there’s no way to change back to a constitutional monetary system without a revolution. Dave Ramsey repost: HERE’S WHAT NO CASH ACTUALLY MEANS: A cashless society means no cash. Zero. It doesn’t mean mostly […]
Google to Invest $40B in Texas
Texas is a rising star amid the national capital flight to the south. Alphabet’s Google announced plans to invest $40 billion into two new data centers in Armstrong County and Haskell County. While Google has operated in Texas for over 15 years, the news reaffirms that capital is committed to […]
12 Things That AI Says The Middle Class Won’t Be Able To Afford Soon
The middle class in the United States is being systematically destroyed. I know that this may sound like an obvious statement to many of you, but when I first started writing about this more than a decade ago it wasn’t an obvious statement. For years, the middle class was slowly […]
