It has been long believed that ever since the Clinton administration, economic data has been manipulated for political purposes to support the current occupiers in the White House. And when you compare the 4.9% ‘unemployment
Back in the early 1930’s, President Herbert Hoover was labeled with a phenomenon that carries over even today… the rise of shanty towns of homeless people that were known as Hoovervilles. And it was these
A few days ago Donald Trump was giving a speech to workers and supporters in the swing state of Ohio, and when it came to focusing in on the state of the economy, the Republican
Earlier this year, Finland broached the idea of a direct payments to consumers as a means to help stimulate their economy. Known in the mainstream as ‘helicopter money’ after former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke declared
If Walmart is the bellweather corporation for the retail sector, then places like Dollar General and Dollar Tree are the bellweather for the consumer. And on Aug. 25 these two discount retailers showed their cards
On Aug. 14, the Greek Finance Ministry ordered the implementation of perhaps the most stringent capital controls in decades against their own people by ordering citizens to declare all assets they own, including cash down
Chinese influence around the world continues to grow as on Aug. 11 they achieved a foothold into Europe through an acquisition of the Greek port of Piraeus. COSCO, one of China’s largest shipping consortium’s, purchased a
Even the infamous John Maynard Keynes predicted that too much reliance upon credit expansion would eventually lead to wealth inequality and a distortion of the economy. And we see this in his writings where he
As President Barack Obama’s second term in office winds down, questions about his legacy are sure to arise from the mainstream media, and with historians who will try to put lipstick on a pig for
Has anyone actually wondered why the stock markets worldwide shot back up to new all-time highs following the Brexit vote when they were in a slow decline prior to this historic event? The answer of
In the aftermath of the UK’s Brexit vote, it has opened the door for the soon to be former EU nation to begin conducting its own trade agreements without having to deal with the bureaucratic
There is a sad fact that will go down in the legacy of one Barack Hussein Obama, and that is that he was a President who loved debt, and had no compunction in using it
Any investor with two brain cells knows that the recent jump in equities has nothing to do with a fundamental or technical change in the value of companies, but in central banks buying stocks to
One of the biggest arguments between the right and the left is over whether raising or lowering taxes would be the most beneficial for an economy. During the Reagan years, lowering taxes coupled with raising
Perhaps it’s time we add euthanasia to the monetary polices of Keynesian ideologues after the 75 year old Finance Minister for the nation of Japan intimated that all the elderly should keel over and die
The United States has long been a hypocrite when it comes to economic and foreign policies. They are willing to sanction anyone who exhibits or creates an environment not in line with the empire’s whims,
When central banks embark on fiscally irresponsible monetary policies, they tend to create anomalies that lead to economic crashes, bubbles, and as we are seeing in places like Greece and Japan, eternal deflationary growth. But
One of the primary reasons why the states of Colorado and Washington finally capitulated to the legalization of marijuana was because of economics. Ever since the collapse of the housing bubble and the 2008 Credit
Just a day after the worst jobs report since 2010 was published, financial economists from both J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank have put recession outlook on high watch. Recession models followed by both institutions show
A classic American song that originated in 1946, but was made famous by Tennessee Ernie Ford nine years later, speaks on American workers in the mining industry who were forced to use their wages in
Nearly all alternative media economists have gone public to state that it is both unlikely, and irrational for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates now, and in the near future. And this despite the
Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders loves to push nations like Sweden and Denmark as being the ideal models of socialist economies. Of course, he refuses to acknowledge places like Venezuela, which are now in the final