Should We Be Like Iceland? A Controversial and Alternative Approach to Economic Turmoil
Op-Ed by Brianna Acuesta In the midst of a viral meme claiming that the US (and other European nations) should “be like Iceland” and the…
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The Collapse Of The Too Big To Fail Banks In Europe Is Here
By Michael Snyder There is so much chaos going on that I don’t even know where to start. For a very long time I have…
Federal Reserve Economic Stimulus Plan Goes Negative!
By David Haggith The Federal Reserve economic stimulus plan is edging toward the Twilight Zone now that the Fed sees its recovery about to be…
Criminal Bank HSBC Fined $470 Million for 2008 Financial Crisis
By Derrick Broze Multinational bank HSBC has agreed to a $470 million settlement with the U.S. government for mortgage lending and foreclosure abuses that worsened…
The Dethroning of Cash: Discouraged, Penalized, Even Banned?
By Stefan Gleason Stock market gyrations and deteriorating global economic conditions in the early goings of 2016 sent investors fleeing for safety. Or at least…
Germany Joins Trend Toward Cashless Society: “Cash Controls” Ban Transactions Over €5,000, €500 Euro Note
By Tyler Durden It was just two days ago that Bloomberg implored officials to “bring on a cashless future” in an Op-Ed that calls notes…
Feds Helped Hide Investigation into Big Bank’s Money Laundering for Drug Cartels
By Carey Wedler A federal judge ruled last week that the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) will be forced to share with the…
New “Tech Tattoos” Will Be Tied to Medical and Banking Information
By Nicholas West Apparently a tech company called Chaotic Moon is looking to take advantage of the 20% of humans who already have a proclivity…
Biometric Banking: Iris Scanners Coming to ATMs, Developed by Company Accused of Election Fraud
By Kevin Samson Regular readers will be aware of our ongoing chronicle covering the increasing use of biometrics in a range of security measures from…
The War on Cash: A Country by Country Guide
By James Corbett Corbett Reporteers will be no stranger to the war on cash. I’ve made videos discussing it, conducted interviews about it, written articles…
Capital Controls are Coming
By Nick Giambruno The carnage always comes by surprise, often on an otherwise ordinary Saturday morning… The government declares a surprise bank holiday. It shuts…
Part of the Machine
By Susan Boskey “By a continuous process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. By…
The Clinton Foundation: Hillary Beholden To Banks, Corporations, And Foreign Governments
By Brandon Turbeville Much has been made of the questionable actions and connections held by Clinton’s foundation enterprise over the last year.[1] Many allegations have…
Cashless Society War Intensifies During Global Epocalypse
By David Haggith In the fall of 2015, the world descended into an economic apocalypse that will transform the globe into a single cashless society. This bold…