Based on both recent history and mainstream economic theory the past few years should not have been possible. When you cut interest rates to near-zero, run deficits of 10% of GDP and buy up every government bond in sight with newly created currency, you get a boom, end of story. That’s just the way capitalism [...]
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Signs of a slowdown are spreading. Here in the US, despite all the happy talk about rising stock prices and falling deficits and the imminent unwinding of the Fed’s debt-monetization program, today’s numbers were ominous: Producer prices post big drop, factory activity weak (Reuters) – U.S. producer prices recorded their largest drop in three years [...]
Based on the past few weeks’ stock market action, Japan’s decision to flood the world with yen looks like a raging success. It’s not of course. Here’s a cogent take on the subject from ex-hedge fund manager Bruce Krasting: Japan’s Gains Are Losses For Everyone Else My daughter called last night, she’s made her reservations [...]
Most of the recent “currency war” talk refers to countries trying to lower the value of their currencies to gain a trade advantage and/or make their debts more manageable. But this war has another theater, where a weaker currency is not the main goal. Start with the premise that when a country conducts most of [...]
There are three fairly radical ideas floating around the monetary policy world right now. The first is economist Ellen Brown’s belief that governments should stop borrowing money and simply create the currency they need, thus bypassing central banks and government bond markets. The second is Australian economist Steve Keen’s debt jubilee, in which governments give [...]
Japan’s government has fallen — again: Two-Party Japan Democracy Undone in 39 Months as DPJ Crumbles It took 54 years for Japan’s politics to produce a viable opposition party, and 39 months for it to self-destruct after winning power, splintering prospects for an enduring policy-driven two-party system. The Democratic Party of Japan lost as many [...]
By the age of 12 or so, most people have learned through bitter experience that dishonesty is hard to pull off, because one lie tends to require more lies, until the complexity of the situation exceeds the liar’s ability keep everything straight. This is just as true for governments as for individuals, especially when it [...]
The idea of a “debt jubilee” — that is, a wide-spread forgiveness of debt as a way to reset the US financial system — has been bouncing around for a while. But it hasn’t gained mainstream traction because it seems, at first glance, to be too simplistic to be worth serious thought. It must have [...]
A near-death experience isn’t something one gets over right away. So it’s no surprise that the US leveraged speculating community was a tad more cautious than usual for a while. Real estate investors, for instance, still bought houses, but only on very favorable terms where rental income would clearly exceed expenses. And investment banks still [...]
Being deeply in debt is like being grossly overweight. You’re carrying around this extra baggage that slows you down, and without continuous, conscious effort you tend to stop moving. That’s the situation in which the world finds itself. The debts accumulated in the past couple of decades are weighing down the major economies, threatening to [...]
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Financial Euphoria – Doug Noland, Prudent Bear
Gold Stock News, May 2013 – Bull & Bear
William Kaye Interview, Part II – King World News
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The Bernanke Agenda - It Isn't What You Think It – Seeking Alpha
Rick Rule: This Is Fun – Casey Research
Catherine Austin Fitts On Precious Metals and Digital Currencies – GoldMoney
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The Economy
5/24
Durable goods orders point to factory resilience – Yahoo! News
5/24
Pessimism reaches its lowest in one year – Wall St. Cheat Sheet
5/24
Why do people feel poor even though the stock market is at a record high? – My Budget 360
5/24
Japanese bond rout continues – Mish
5/24
The Cyprus nightmare - who's next? With John Rubino – Jason Hartman
5/24
Debt limit: a mere warm-up to a new sequester fight – Fiscal Times
5/23
The data the financial media ignored on Wednesday – Options Trading Signals
5/23
Nikkei plunges 1,143 points – Mish
5/23
Jobless claims sink by 23,000 to 340,000 – MarketWatch
5/23
China manufacturing slips back into contraction – Mish
5/23
Japan market crash jolts ETFs tied to Tokyo, gold, silver – MarketWatch
5/23
Overdue student loans reach record as US graduates seek jobs – Bloomberg
5/23
China May factory output contracts in test for premier – Bloomberg
5/23
Four signs that we're back in dangerous bubble territory – Peak Prosperity
5/23
"Bad government drives out good business" – GoldMoney
5/23
BOJ prepared to adjust bond purchases after yield jump – BusinessWeek
5/23
BOJ target at risk as spreads show tame G-7 prices – Bloomberg
5/23
Where'd all the fear go? – Casey Research
5/23
Japan's bond yields touch 1% as BOJ injects funds to stem swings – Bloomberg
Precious Metals
5/24
The falling COMEX gold stocks – SafeHaven
5/24
Central banks should be manipulating gold higher, not lower – Financial Sense
5/24
Silver mining, sentiment and the confidence game – Silver Coin Investor
5/24
Currency market rigging likely would paint gold's tape – Casey Research
5/24
Interview with Chris Powell about precious metals market manipulation – Gold Broker
5/24
10 questions for precious metals investors – GoldSilverWorlds
5/24
Platinum and palladium: a fundamental shift – Casey Research
5/24
Gold's pivotal role - the yuan sees freer convertibility this year! – 24hGold
5/24
Another day, another attack on gold – Daily Bell
5/23
Audio: Mike Swanson and David Bannister on the gold stock rally – Technical Traders
5/23
Gold stocks: it's time to be BRAVE – Technical Traders
5/23
Gold price bounces 3% with silver as Tokyo stocks sink – BullionVault
5/23
Unveiling the gold market’s working parts – The Real Asset Co.
5/23
The dire state of the platinum-palladium miners – Casey Research
5/23
Egon von Greyerz interview – King World News
5/23
Clients denied gold at major banks as shortage intensifies – MineSet
5/23
Indisputable proof paper gold markets are massively manipulated – 24hGold
5/23
Comprehensive guide to investing in gold – GoldCore
5/23
Sprott is bullish on silver - and gold - equities – The Gold Report
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Inflation/Deflation
5/24
A new global currency; the rise of the East; and peak oil – GoldMoney
5/24
Japan's weak currency means tourism – Yahoo! News
5/24
Are covert operations underway in the global currency wars? – Financial Sense
5/24
Bitcoin attracts major investors – Kurzweil
5/24
Aussie dollar is villain as Ford ends Mad Max land output – Bloomberg
5/24
Yuan gold trade in Hong Kong triples as currency gains cut risk – Bloomberg
5/24
Singapore inflation eases to 38-month low after government curbs – BusinessWeek
5/24
Will it be inflation or deflation? The answer may surprise you – Prison Planet
5/24
Stable prices, unstable markets – 24hGold
5/24
Falling prices are natural – 24hGold
5/23
Hyperinflation - 10 worst cases – Zero Hedge
5/23
China starts unit to diversify reserves from US debt, WSJ says – Bloomberg
5/22
Asia's currency war – The Diplomat
Real Estate Bubble
5/24
Ave. days on market drops from 117 days to 99 – Space Coast Daily
5/24
See how low inventories are juicing home prices – MarketWatch
5/23
NY state home sales and prices gain momentum in early 2013 – LoanSafe
5/23
Houston home sales hit highest point in six years as prices rise – CultureMap
5/22
Existing home sales highest in almost three-and-a-half years – Reuters
5/22
Mercer Island home sales up 24% as real estate inventory recovers – Seattle Pi
5/21
Home-buying frenzy: Strong demand collides with scarce inventory – Miami Herald
5/21
Redmond real estate: active homes fall to 1.3 mo. inventory, sales up 25% – Seattle Pi
5/21
Lumber Prices decline Sharply over last month – Calculated Risk
5/20
First Coast home sales, prices way up, jobless figures dip down – Jacksonville
5/19
China April housing inflation quickens – CNBC
5/18
Toronto home sales slump 10 per cent in mid-May, but prices continue to climb – The Star
5/17
Rock-bottom inventory and rising prices, again – Professor Piggington
5/17
California median home price passed $400,000 last month – Bloomberg
5/17
Buying a house when inventory is tight – New York Times
Ron Paul
5/21
Ron Paul: "The IRS's job is to violate our liberties" – Zero Hedge
5/20
Ron Pau's revolution continues (interview) – Liberty Crier
5/19
Ron Paul's Podcast Nation #12 - IRS targets – Liberty Crier
5/13
The war on drugs – Ron Paul Podcast
5/12
Ron Paul: states rejecting failed federal war on drugs – Liberty Crier
5/06
Ron Paul: Federal Reserve blows more bubbles – Liberty Crier
4/24
"If I can't put it in my pocket, I have reservations" – Zero Hedge
4/19
Ron Paul isn't worried about falling gold prices – Slate
4/13
Ron Paul curriculum – Ron Paul
4/09
Emulate Ron Paul – Daily Bell
Offshore Investing
5/24
A killer combination: low property prices & big rental potential – Path Finder
5/23
Doug Casey's primer on internationalization – Casey Research
5/22
For crisis, read opportunity – Daily Reckoning
5/20
Thai stocks are on fire – ThaiStocks.com
5/19
Find out why this couple chose a Caribbean resort lifestyle – Path Finder
5/17
Could Cuba's past be your future? – Casey Research
5/15
Mover over Cancun… it's Tulum's turn to shine – Path Finder
Clean Tech
5/24
Japanese solar PV market grows three-fold – Solar Plaza
5/24
Forget peak oil—start worrying about peak water – Mother Earth News
5/24
Is the solar energy bubble finally bursting? – Oil Price
5/24
Why Yingli Green Energy pulled solar stocks higher – Motley Fool
5/24
The solar boom has just begun – Motley Fool
5/24
Solar stocks on fire as shipments improve – Fox Business
5/23
Electric carmaker Tesla pays off U.S. loan – Yahoo! News
5/22
JA Solar posts another quarterly loss – Solar Plaza
5/22
Revenue at Bloom Energy falls in Q1 – GreenTech Media
Art of the Collapse
5/10
Currency wars: are we winning? – Merk
4/16
'You signed a social contract!' – Liberty Classroom
4/15
A libertarian love story where the bad guys work at the Fed – Washington Post
4/11
LA artist Alex Schaefer is back with new JPMorgan bankster snuff art – Implode-O-Meter
4/11
Cracking the safe – Lisa Benson
3/27
Let's attack them again! – GoComics
3/18
Hitler bails out Cyprus – YouTube
2/19
Sterlageddon – Max Keiser
1/28
Bernanke to Oprah: "I've been doping for years" – Shiff Report
1/18
Charles Ponzi in gold vault – Colonel Flick
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Nullification, Secession, Creeping Fascism, Police State
5/24
Only Nixon harmed a free press more – New York Times
5/24
Tyranny just around the corner – Washington Times
5/24
Bipartisan predators – American Conservative
5/24
Another chilling leak investigation – New York Times
5/24
The civilization genome project – Huffington Post
5/23
Five unsavory ways America conducts its "global war on terror" – GlobalResearch
5/23
Our govt. is turning in to a surveillance state that's almost impossible to stop – AlterNet
5/22
IRS - incredible abuses of democracy – USA Watchdog
5/21
"It's not a conspiracy theory… it is happening right now" – SHTF Plan
5/20
Alarming: Nigeria to force all its citizens to go cashless – Charleston Voice
5/20
AUMF, never-ending war, and America's 'instruments of tyranny' – AntiWar
5/19
Our civil liberties, RIP – AntiWar
5/19
Beware the IRS – Reason.com
5/18
Scandal: and they shall eat their own – Daily Bell
5/18
The major sea change in media discussions of Obama and civil liberties – The Guardian
5/18
Secrecy, drones, prisons and kill lists – CounterPunch
5/18
Pentagon unilaterally grants itself authority over 'civil disturbances' – LongIslandPress
5/17
Justice Dept's pursuit of AP's phone records is extreme and dangerous – The Guardian
5/17
US drone strikes: 'deadly and dirty' warns new book – The Guardian
5/17
James Bovard: a brief history of IRS political targeting – Wall Street Journal
5/17
Why a media shield is impossible – Huffington Post
5/16
Media demand answers on government snooping – Liberty Crier
5/16
Jon Stewart understands just how destructive IRS scandal really is – Daily Bell
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
5/24
Mitochondrial medicine – Dr. Sircus
5/24
15 foods that can be regrown from scraps – Mrs. Happy Homemaker
5/23
Sell your surplus with a farm stand – Mother Earth News
5/22
Report: 'US government in GM industry's pocket' – DW
5/22
The cold, hard facts behind funding your retirement – Miller's Money
5/20
Tune in, turn on, opt out – OfTwoMinds.com
5/19
Taxpayer dollars are helping Monsanto sell seeds abroad – Liberty Crier
5/18
Organic pest control series: beneficial insects – Mother Earth News
5/16
New app lets you boycott Koch brothers, Monsanto – Liberty Crier
5/16
Retirement is not what I thought it would be – Miller's Money
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
5/23
Approaching the cyberwar precipice – Computer World UK
5/16
FBI briefs US bank executives on wave of cyberattacks – CIO
5/15
Skyscraper grows crops, produces clean energy, cleans the air – Oil Price
5/14
Shooting ignites Taiwan-Phillipines cyber war – Focus Taiwan
5/13
Cyberattacks on the rise against US corporations – New York Times
5/12
DOD confirms China’s cyberwar strategy, White House unveils open data policy – Sys-Con Media
5/12
For banks in cyber heist, how to get their money back? – Yahoo! News
5/11
Honeypots lure industrial hackers into the open – Technology Review
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
5/16  
Human stem cells created by cloning – Kurzweil
5/14  
A spiritual awakening is about to happen – Financial Survival Network
5/13
Getting our story straight is a matter of life and death – Peak Prosperity
5/10
Mind-blowing map of world population – Peak Prosperity
5/07
Why brain controlled gadgets will blow your mind – Laptop Mag
5/03
Scientists discover how to slow down aging in mice and increase longevity – Kurzweil
5/03
World's first GM babies born – Daily Mail

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