John Maynard Keynes once said of inflation: There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the
Back in 2009 it seemed obvious that the next shoe to fall — or bomb to go off — was commercial real estate. The thinking
Deciding to buy physical gold or silver is a no-brainer. But keeping it once you have it takes some creativity. Back in August the Solari
Over the past year I’ve suggested shorting the for-profit education stocks, muni bonds, US Treasury bonds, and junk bonds. And so far, not so good.
One of the disturbing things about trying to understand the US economy is the sense that official statistics don’t match personal experience. They seem to
Back in November Wired Magazine published an article (Bargain Junkies Are Beating Retailers at Their Own Game) about how technology is giving shoppers access to
Yesterday I set up a Google alert for “inflation,” expecting to turn up the occasional article on monetary policy and such. Instead I got deluged
Today’s Wall Street Journal has a short piece by American Interest editor Walter Russell Mead on how November’s election changed things for California, Illinois, and New
With the election over, there’s no political rationale for the Fed printing another $600 billion. So what they’re seeing must be terrifying enough to make
Back in 2006 Meredith Whitney was an obscure Wall Street analyst who bit the hand that fed her by declaring housing a bubble and the
Jim Richter, a Georgia attorney and publisher of the Richter Report newsletter, just sent the following email about the growing number of lawsuits accusing the
I’ve been planning to post a review of Shayne McGuire’s new book, Hard Money. It’s coming, but in the meantime, here’s a profile from today’s
I have a new hero. His name is Thomas Woods and he’s a Mises Institute senior fellow who just wrote a book on “nullification”, the
Everyone with any sense wants to keep some physical gold and silver at home, but no one with any sense wants to keep too much
Pretend for a second that you recently retired with a decent amount of money in the bank, and all you have to do is generate
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