Straight out of the dust bin of failed government policies comes the latest proposal from Obama to raise the minimum wage to $9/hour. Like so many other economic fallacies, at first glance it seems like a good idea — take the lowest group of wage earners and give them a raise. Not only does it
Serial currency destroyer Argentina is hoping to break its now 30% annual rate of inflation by mandating a two month freeze on the price of supermarket products. The Commerce Ministry has gone so far as to set up a hotline so that consumers can join the fight by reporting any illegal price increases. Unfortunately this
The writing is on the wall for anyone who cares to take a look. The world’s central bankers are going to print until their currencies break. It’s the only way out of this global system of unsustainable debt. History tells us so, human psychology tells us so, and if you pay attention to the financial
In this must watch video, British MEP Daniel Hannan addresses the Oxford Union as part of its debate on the Occupy Wall Street movement. The act of bailing out the banks with the taxpayer’s money, he says, will one day be viewed as a generational crime. The Occupy movement was correct in that something had
The pure fantasy involved in Paul Krugman’s great scheme to save the economy jumped out in one of his recent blogs where he stated: “It’s true that printing money isn’t at all inflationary under current conditions – that is, with the economy depressed and interest rates up against the zero lower bound. But eventually these
Regardless of what you see as the biggest problems facing the US – endless deficits, corporate bailouts, the welfare/warfare state – they are all either enabled by, or exacerbated by, our system of fiat money. By giving a central bank the sole legal right to create new money at its own discretion, and for its
Would you buy a stock that you believed would be worth less in the future? To most, that is a silly question with an obvious answer. But what if I asked, would you agree to be paid in a currency that would be less in the future? To most, that is a question they
If you’re reading this, I suspect that you already have a good understanding of the fraudulent nature of our monetary and banking system (or are well on your way to figuring it out). But how do you communicate that knowledge to someone who has no idea? If you’ve ever tried, you know it’s not easy.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is the classic text from 1841 by Charles Mackay that addresses the mass psychology that enables financial bubbles and their inevitable collapses. The entire book is available here as a free pdf in the Essential Readings section of the site. Grant Williams follows this theme
“The Federal Reserve System is nothing more or less than a banking cartel” says G. Edward Griffin, author of The Creature From Jekyll Island, in this excellent clip from a recent Casey Research Conference. He’s right. Prior to the passing of the Federal Reserve Act in 1913, US banks still operated under the fraudulent system