Economics is a social science, and as such it can be greatly affected by the emotional demands of a given people or culture. And just as the government, Federal Reserve, and Wall Street helped create
It is probably no coincidence that the location which spawned both Barack Obama’s Presidential bid, and his former Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel who now serves as its current mayor, is suffering a combination of
As the U.S. spins draconian trade agreements into Orwellian ‘free trade’ rhetoric, China continues to attract countries from around the world who are no longer enamored by dollar hegemony, and secret deals such as the
There has already been much rumbling over whether Presidential candidate Ted Cruz was a conservative outsider whom the establishment hated, or if he was simply a wolf in sheep’s clothing to give Republicans the illusion
Last year during the fall semester of school, a massive protest involving racial bylines wreaked havoc on the campus of the University of Missouri. And before the smoke had cleared, the University President had stepped
A new report out on March 10 is forecasting that former Republican Presidential candidate Ben Carson will give his endorsement to front-runner Donald Trump on Friday. This news comes after Carson and Trump held a
During the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese army, or Viet Cong, would use cease fire meetings called for by the United States to secure positions and re-arm themselves before breaking the cease fire and waging
Edward Snowden and Julian Assange are not just whistleblowers in the global war to protect data and information, they are catalysts which are forcing many nations to look at the United States differently as the
In the aftermath of the people’s so-called ‘Maidan Revolution’ in Ukraine during the winter of 2013, members tied to neo-Nazi groups took over leadership in Kiev and started a proxy war against Russia. Yet even
The meteoric rise of Donald Trump onto the political spectrum has confused, flustered, and even astounded an establishment who believes that they have programmed the masses enough to always vote and accept their way of
One of the most important things people have to remember about the sanctions that have been imposed upon Russia is that they were not decided upon by a coalition of nations, but instead from a
If there is one thing Russian President Vladimir Putin is a master at is his ability to gather and hold intelligence until it can be used for a strategic purpose. Many sources believe that Putin
Over the past two years there has been an under-current of radical leaders and political parties making headway into Europe’s political system. From the Syriza and Golden Dawn parties in Greece, to the election of
Earlier this year, the European Union’s economic arm fought tooth and nail with Greece over their massive amounts of sovereign debt that hung in the balance between default, and restructure. In the end, the Troika
Rarely do you see mainstream politicians willingly call out the cabal that secretly holds sway over the global financial system, but one woman legislator in Austria is attempting to do just that. On Nov. 2,
One of the most poignant and important things about the ongoing Russian occupation in Syria is that President Assad invited Putin to send in troops and arms to fight Islamic terror groups, while the U.S.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has faced several political attacks since she won re-appointment to the highest office in the land back in December of 2013. First it was the Ukraine crisis, which quickly led to
Socialism works until you run out of other people’s money. This is a famous quote that was attributed to the former Prime Minister of Britain during the final decade of the Cold War, and during
Over the weekend, Britain’s Labour Party held an election to vote for their next leader after the conservative Tories swept through a majority of seats in the House of Commons last May. And with Labour
When economic data is continually spun to protect a political agenda rather than performing the function of showing where actual problems lie, then you will always have contradictions that counter the intended message. For example,
Since the city of Detroit became the poster child for failed industrial cities in the U.S., several other major municipalities have also succumbed to degradation and mismanagement. One in particular, the city of Chicago, has
One of the stigmas that will forever remain on former President George W. Bush’s legacy was his ceding to the banks, and his standing with Hank Paulson to use taxpayer funds to bailout the financial industry