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After the crisis, a worldwide rise in unrest?
Peter Apps Reuters Feb 28, 2011 With the Middle East in turmoil, other authoritarian states jumpy and post-crisis economic pain prompting protest in western Europe...
Of Government and Famine
We never completed our reflections on why you need a refuge…a place to retreat…a family stronghold. As society becomes more complex, each man depends...
Madison, Wis. – The Cairo of the United States?
Disinfo reader Jacob H wrote to us about the Wisconsin labor union protests , saying “I wonder if the government is letting the media tell the nation how big...
Why Paul Krugman Is Wrong on the Austrians
The Austrians on Capital In contrast to mainstream macro models, which either do not possess capital at all or at best denote it as a homogenous stock of size “K,”...
How to Replace Austerity with Freedom, Independence and Prosperity
The Economic Collapse Blog has this list of examples of how European-style “austerity” is already hitting the U.S., including cities closing schools and fire...
NEWSFLASH: The Meltdown Didn’t Have to Happen
Watching the government do practically anything is often akin to watching molasses run down the hill in January. But like that slow running ooze, even the government...
Market Wrap-Up for Jan.27 (QCOM, BEN, SWK, PG, CL, T, more)
Glum news out on Social Security this morning as we hear the Social Security system will run at a deficit this year and keep on running in the red until its trust...
Vincent McCrudden: Threatens to Kill 47 Regulators
A New York money manager with a long history of legal battles with the government has been charged with threatening to kill 47 U.S. officials, including the nation’s...
A National Debt That Will Never Be Repaid
As you read this, the U.S. government owes just a sliver under $14 trillion dollars to various suckers who’ve lent it money. And it wants to borrow more. Timothy...
Forget Buying in the Suburbs and Go Rent in the City
It’s getting more expensive to live in Baltimore….at least if you’re a renter. According to a recent article in the Baltimore Sun rents are up more than 6%...
The Top 25 Financial Stories of 2010
So long farewell, auf weidersehen good-bye 2010. I can’t say that I will miss you. In the meantime, let’s hope 2011 isn’t the year that all of...
China Gold Demand Soars
The Chinese saw the writing on the wall over a decade ago. They realized the ultimate fate of the U.S. dollar and the fiat currency system. So in 2003, the government...
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