From Jacob Hornberger at Hornberger’s Blog: Image by iStock/erhui1979 There is a popular conception among some libertarians that the reason that we live under a massive welfare-warfare state is because government has a natural propensity to grow. The notion is a …
by Jim Rickards via Daily Reckoning Free riding is one of the oldest problems in economics and in society in general. Simply put, free riding describes a situation where one party takes the benefits of an economic condition without contributing anything to sustain …
Economy & Markets – Facebook, Released on 9/21/18 Harry outlines two possible short-term scenarios for the stock market, and how you can prepare accordingly to make money and protect your wealth in the months ahead, no matter what comes our …
via select1on: It’s the running total, no idea why it drops. It was the number reported to me by Facebook in the email subject line. “You have X notifications waiting’ Data source: https://pastebin.com/jU5PPuCz I created this account and logged in once, using …
by badpauly These are the latest Schedule 13D forms filed by activist investors in the last 7 days. Activist investors are investors that make an investment with the intention of influencing management in some way. There is evidence that following …
by Disobedient Media Disobedient Media has closely followed the work of the Forensicator, whose analysis has shed much light on the publications by the Guccifer 2.0 persona for over a year. In view of the more recent work published by the Forensicator …
by Adam Taggart Joe Saluzzi, co-founder of Themis Trading LLC, outspoken exchange expert, and author of the excellent exposé Broken Markets, returns to give us an update on the state of high frequence trading — otherwise known as HFT. In the …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter What do you do when nearly all asset classes are overvalued? Diversification is one of the oldest principles by which people try to hang on to their wealth, however little they might have. Don’t put all …
Ron Paul Liberty Report, Released on 9/24/18 China’s “social credit” system purports to rank citizens according to their behavior, trustworthiness, and adherence to the law. Political dissent results in a lower “social credit” score and a reduction in privileges. The …
Brain implants are now a reality. How long will it be before you’re ordered to have one to correct thought crime? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTvnFrpEw94 Why you’re probably getting a microchip implant someday From The Atlantic: When Patrick McMullan first heard in early …
via Kara Chin, Jacqui Frank and Ali Newhard Hedge fund legend Ray Dalio says the economy looks like it did in the late 1930s in many ways: interest rates hit zero in the early stage of each crisis, asset prices are …
by DCG Works for me. From NBC: The Trump administration announced a proposed rule Saturday that would make it harder to obtain visas or green cards for immigrants already in the U.S. legally, as well as those seeking to enter, if they have …
by FartfullyYours 40 years of increasing oligarchy have gotten us to this level of debt slavery. 1. (Age 5-18): Spend 12 years in public school becoming indoctrinated in the “benefits” of the police state and ubiquitous surveillance. 2. (Age 18-22) Spend …
by howmuch Mark Twain once quipped, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” But what if people are by and large only traveling to the same places? Our newest map highlights the countries with thriving international tourism industries, and …
by Martin Armstrong The Deep State is just getting deeper, yet like an onion, the layers are slowing peeling away to expose the core. Members of Congress filed impeachment motions against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and now many are calling Trump to …
by Shaun Richards We in the western world have got used to problems with our banking system but yesterday highlighted that we are far from alone. From the Reserve Bank of India. The Reserve Bank of India and the Securities …
by Jesse You have often heard me say that ‘gold is flowing from West to East.’ Much of that gold flow is through the refineries of Switzerland, where London good and NY gold bars are converted to the kilo specifications …
by DCG Homeless in King County: “Not a failure”/Q13Fox photo In 2005 King County (Washington) created a 10-year plan to end homelessness. They established the Committee to End Homelessness in King County (CEH), charged with implementing the goals of the Ten-Year Plan: prevent …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The US Treasury 2-year yield crept up 3 basis points during the week, to 2.81% at the close on Friday, the highest since June 2008. In a month or two, as the fourth rate hike for 2018 and …
by HomoSemiHabilis Hear me out on this because I think it’s the most empirical treatment of how things could very quickly go horribly wrong. Fact 1 : banks handle the very infrastructure of payment through credit card, checks, wire …
by DCG JDoe app What could possibly go wrong? Seems to me that due process is becoming a thing of the past in this #MeToo era. From NY Post: In the wake of #MeToo, more than 1,000 people have downloaded an app …
AUSTIN, TX (WOAI) – Austin police say Nicodemo Coria-Gonzalez would take women to a secluded area he called “his garden” to rape and beat them. One victim was stabbed, another had gasoline poured on her, and a 68-year-old woman was …
via bi As stocks continue to make record highs, the narrow leadership in major indexes is masking weakness lurking under the surface. Vincent Deluard, a macro strategist at INTL FCStone, says a correction could rock the vulnerable stock market within …
the 3rd party US Presidential debates moderated by the legend Larry King in 2012, which had to be featured on a Russian media outlet, after 5 years to date this video has less than 100k views on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3777&v=5EcaX12h46k h/t Weaponized_Freedom
The US has significant military influence in many countries and it uses a lot of money in order to continue the fightings so I thought about sharing this. The US war on terror has cost at least $5 trillion and …
by Thinker This short, MIND-BLOWING video should be watched by EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT in the country, so they’ll FINALLY realize that Hillary Clinton and her minions are ‘THIS CLOSE’ to being arrested and charged with Treason – and a host …
by Chris The un(der)funded liabilities of the US accumulate at roughly 4x to 5x of the rate of cash burn, so on an accrual basis the total future ‘load’ of the US is growing by roughly 5 trillion dollars per …
via economicprism: There’s great elation flowing from the various economic bureaus down through President Trump. They bring a message of good news. If you haven’t heard, here in the USA, we live, work, and play in the dazzle and delight of …
by Michael Snyder The primary reason why stock prices have been soaring in recent months is because corporations have been buying back their own stock at an unprecedented pace. In fact, the pace of stock buybacks is nearly double what it …
Can You Hear the Drummin’? There’s a Revolution Comin’ https://youtu.be/6eB52Y7Zva8 h/t KOS