Gold has been at the heart of the US monetary system since the nation’s founding, evolving from a direct anchor for the dollar to a strategic reserve asset. Though it no longer backs the dollar, gold remains a cornerstone of central bank reserves, a discreet but powerful force in global finance. Throughout American history, monetary […]
Boy, oh boy are things… um… interesting. I almost miss the days of green-haired teenage girls with hairy armpits gluing themselves to the road to make the weather better. Now we have craziness at the international trade level. At its core, it’s all politics. The now dead George Carlin had a skit where he told […]
In 1776, the Americans had a wonderful new idea for a republic in which each state (a common word for “country” in those days) would exist independently of the others, whilst a federal government would be in place to provide a few additional services, such as the creation of a common currency and joint protection […]
This entire post is the result of a thought experiment and subsequent research. The question I asked myself was, “What if, knowingly or not, the Trump administration was continuity rather than revolutionary?” The Digital Control Grid: Hidden in Plain Sight America’s digital control grid wasn’t built overnight. It wasn’t constructed in secret underground bunkers by […]
The true scandal of current American fiscal governance needs be commented on. Or, better still, hammered upon good and hard. To wit, the American electorate apparently doesn’t give a shit about runaway government spending because as a practical matter the overwhelming share of voters don’t pay the taxes to fund it. Aside from social insurance […]
Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Henry Ford once astutely observed that a revolution would occur overnight if people truly understood the banking and monetary system. That’s because modern banking is an elaborate illusion—one that lulls people into a false sense of security… until it’s too late. Large banks can fail within hours, and life savings can […]
International Man: President Trump recently imposed sweeping tariffs on much of the world, dubbing it Liberation Day. Trump declared: “It will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn, the day America’s destiny was reclaimed, and the day we began to make America wealthy again.” What’s your take? Doug Casey: The left constantly calls Trump a […]
Determining the precise boundaries of various spheres of influence in a multipolar world—and formalizing them into an agreement—will be a complex and prolonged process. It won’t happen overnight. Until a formal agreement is reached among the world’s major powers—much like the Congress of Vienna after the Napoleonic Wars, the Treaty of Versailles following World War […]
International Man: Under the previous administration, we saw an aggressive push against so-called “disinformation”—fact-checkers, censorship, and suppression of views outside the mainstream narrative. At the same time, there was a strong focus on social justice, gender ideology, and migrant protection. What’s your perspective on that era and its impact on free speech? Doug Casey: It’s no longer […]
International Man: Why does the assassination of JFK still matter today? Doug Casey: Assassination has always been part and parcel of the political landscape since at least the days of the Egyptian pharaohs. Sometimes, assassinations can change the course of world history. Two outstanding examples are that of Julius Caesar in 44 BC, which precipitated Rome’s change […]