by WARREN MOSLER The notion behind what is called “Modern Monetary Theory,” or MMT, is that as long as the Fed can keep interest rates low without sparking inflation, the national debt and budget deficit won’t be an issue. MMT …
By Irina Slav More than eight million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil is sitting in tankers as U.S. sanctions are preventing the country from selling the commodity worth about half a billion dollars, Bloomberg reports, adding this is happening amid dwindling …
by Jesse “War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits …
Exclusive video from the early days of the Cultural Revolution https://t.co/Y3bktlicFD — David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense (@davereaboi) February 25, 2019 h/t I’m with Trump.
BUT THE NARRATIVE! Scientists: CO2 the ‘miracle molecule’ key to feeding, saving the world. If you like to eat, then you should be cheering global warming. That’s the claim in a new scientific report that counters global warming fanatics like former …
Liberal Media Scream: It’s Trump’s fault liberals fell for Smollett hoax. This week’s Liberal Media Scream features the latest spin for why liberals, including some Democratic presidential candidates, fell so hard and fast for actor Jussie Smollett’s claim he was targeted …
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital The Fed is truly terrified of what’s coming. Last Friday, a number of Fed officials gave speeches at prominent Central Banking conferences. The contents of these speeches reveal a degree of terror that runs completely counter to …
by John W. Whitehead “We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less know what you’re thinking about… Your digital identity will live forever… because there’s no delete button.”—Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Uncle Sam wants …
via NYT: Armchair investors have been selling stock. So have pension funds and mutual funds, as well as a whole other category of investors — nonprofit groups, endowments, private equity firms and personal trusts. The stock market is off to …
by Shaun Richards One of the main themes of my work is that the monetary easing by central banks has boosted asset prices, but the catch is that for example rises in house prices are inflation for the first-time buyer …
And would collapse the dollar in less than 2 years! According to a new report, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) Green New Deal could cost taxpayers as much as $93 trillion over 10 years. The American Action Forum, a center-right think …
via Keith Jurow Remember all those sub-prime mortgages that blew up in 2007 and popped the housing bubble? The widely-held consensus is that millions of them were foreclosed as housing markets cratered. Since then, the remaining ones have been quietly disappearing …
by: Stefan Gleason More than a decade after the 2008 financial crisis, U.S. monetary policy continues to operate in crisis management mode. Despite a long, drawn out rate-hiking campaign – now paused – the Federal Reserve has yet to bring …
Reason TV, Released on 2/26/19 The U.S. sugar program is “Stalin-style price controls,” Ross Marchand of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance tells John Stossel.
by John Ward Bland consensus is a bad thing. But utilitarian consensus would be vastly preferable to the opposing armed camps of ideological nonsense we see before us today. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ I do not consider myself to be a progressive. In the …
Dave Janda interviewed on X22 Report Spotlight Dave Janda says the Deep State is about to be taken down, and Janda gives an important update on all of the latest progress being made to do just that. You won’t want to miss …
by these-things-happen The Internal Revenue Service announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning April 1, 2019. The rates are: • six (6) percent for individual overpayments (refunds) • six (6) percent for individual …
by chartr Very similar charts have been made in the past, such as this one. I thought I’d give it a refresh and also include some of the more personally nostalgic ones like Bebo! Data: Google Search Trends. Tool: Excel. …
by David Haggith In my last article, “The Bears Have it Right: Economy went Polar Opposite of Bullish Predictions,” I laid out my first prediction for 2019 — a recession by summer. I don’t want the following revelations and facts that …
by howmuch Tax season is in full swing, and it’s fair to wonder what you’re getting for all your money. It turns out for people living in most states, the federal government is spending a lot more than it’s receiving …
via MarketWatch: The Tax Policy Center estimates how many people paid no federal individual income taxes in 2018 Tax-filing season has begun. Americans have until April 15 to file their income taxes. There’s been some good news for workers over …
via businessinsider: Italy faces a fresh budget fight just months after ending a near six-month saga surrounding spending, after media reports in the country suggested the coalition government could move to raise taxes. Government officials moved to squash the rumors. Finance …
by TFittonJW Judicial Watch pushing hard against the coup: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-for-coup-documents/
by Lance Roberts The market is downright bullish. There is little reason to argue the point given the bullish trend since the December 24th lows. Of course, such is not surprising given the Fed’s dovish turn from tightening monetary policy to …
So she’s getting the updated version of the Ron Paul treatment. So Social Media has joined Corporate Media in a united front telling you what to think and what you can say. Tulsi Gabbard is the only candidate firmly against …
by Martin Armstrong Vancouver, where it rarely snows, has had five snow storms this year. It has even been reported that snow has fallen in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Now that is an extremely rare event by itself in …
Remember "Synchronized Growth"? How about synchronized slowdown? Global Composite, Services and Manufacturing PMIs. pic.twitter.com/epid9Ll0JQ — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) February 26, 2019 Why are so many CEOs leaving their jobs at the moment? https://t.co/Q8fNWAXUjl pic.twitter.com/ckG3Ct4hgW — Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) February 26, …
I literally screamed “you’re f*cked” at Sweeney and the Producer when he walks out of the interview. This is fantastic. Tommy Robinson banned from FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM… Tommy Robinson, the far-right founder of the English Defence League, has been permanently …
What we know so far Pakistan @OfficialDGISPR said IAF entered in Muzaffarabad sector and dropped ‘ payload’ near Balakot. It claims no casualties on Pakistan side.@nitingokhale says India seems to have done air as well as ground strike. Official briefing …
