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via mindingthecampus: Federal efforts to alleviate the high and rising cost of attending college through student loans have morphed from a policy challenge to a fiscal time bomb threatening to blow … Read more
The whole internet should be up in arms about this conspiracy to defang the very nature of the Internet platform as we know it. The two proposed legislative changes will … Read more
by GuacMember4 Canada will face many headwinds over the coming years. Debt, immigration, pension funding, and deficits are all areas that economists can see the cracks. Here we will investigate … Read more
by Jim Rickards via Daily Reckoning All the talk about Russian tampering with the 2016 presidential election, which is vastly overstated by the way, diverts attention from the more fundamental problem: The vulnerability … Read more
Mac Slavo August 15th, 2018 SHTFplan.com As governments raise taxes to cope with their unending spending habits, people are increasingly being forced to supplement their own income with loans. And … Read more
via George Magnus A Sino-American trade war could trigger a currency shock in Asian markets When the Asian financial crisis occurred 20 years ago, many nations in East and Southeast Asia … Read more
via Palisade One of the most important macro-situations that’s developing right now is the looming U.S. dollar shortage. I don’t mean in the sense that banks don’t have enough dollars … Read more
by whenitsTimeyoullknow There’s a lot to unpack here. First: check out this news reported by the Washington Post, and understand that it’s presented through the lens of their owner (Amazon, who has … Read more
From Kitco: Equity markets are overvalued and overleveraged, and a crash on the scale of the last recession could be on the horizon, said Gerald Celente, publisher of the Trends Journal. … Read more
via williamengdahl: Well this may will help you understand why so many global central banks have recently been stocking up on gold in a hastily fashion. The world is awash … Read more
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com President Trump issued a thiny veiled warning to James Comey on Wednesday as he suggested a forthcoming inspector general report will cause new problems … Read more
by Simon Black We just finished a really -sensational- conference here in San Juan over the weekend showcasing Puerto Rico… with all of its challenges and opportunities. We’ve talked about this … Read more
by Simon Black Last week, the financial services giant Northwestern Mutual released new data showing that 1 in 3 Americans has less than $5,000 in retirement savings. It’s an unfortunately familiar … Read more
via Intelligent Investing Mirror, mirror, on the wall: The markets look so beautiful, is there anything to worry about at all? Everything is great! Just look at how none of your … Read more
How Looming Privacy Regulations May Strengthen Facebook and Google SAN FRANCISCO — In Europe and the United States, the conventional wisdom is that regulation is needed to force Silicon Valley’s … Read more
Image by Flickr/ILRI From CNBC: The 2008 financial crisis led to the Great Recession and millions of jobs lost. It took years for America to recover and many citizens still feel the ripple … Read more