As the economy again started off the year on a sour note, the glass-half-full crowd pointed to the strength of the U.S. jobs market as…
Federal Reserve System
With every passing day, the Fed is slowly but surely losing the game. Only it is not just former (and in some cases current) Fed presidents…
Marianne Williamson – writer, activist, and minister – is still awaiting a reply to her 2014 open letter to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Williamson’s letter…
The health food chain Tossed has just opened the UK’s first cashless cafe. It’s another step towards the death of cash. This is nothing new. Money…
In the 21st century Americans have been distracted by the hyper-expensive “war on terror.” Trillions of dollars have been added to the taxpayers’ burden and…
"I went to Wall Street when I was a United States senator. I told them they were wrecking the economy. I asked for a moratorium…
The Trans-Pacifc Partnership (TPP) Agreement, recently agreed to by twelve Pacifc Rim countries led by the United States,1 promises to ease many restrictions on cross-border transactions…
Global Equity Markets In the past year the stock markets in China erupted, contracting by nearly 50% in just three months, after having risen in…
In the past year the stock markets in China erupted, contracting by nearly 50% in just three months, after having risen in the preceding year…
When you lend When you lend somebody money, they usually have to pay you for the privilege. That has been a bedrock assumption across centuries…
Jack reviews US Federal Reserve Chair, Janet Yellen’s, testimony to Congress this past week. Her overestimation of the health of the US economy and underestimation…
Financial markets the world over are increasingly chaotic; either retreating or plunging. Our view remains that there’s a gigantic market crash in the coming future…