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How to Shield Yourself from the Next U.S. Debt Crisis
Let’s head back in time… In 2004, a mere decade ago, the US national debt rang the register at $7.4 trillion. That represents “debt …
Will Mandates for Doctors Come Next?
John Foust, a Democrat running for the 10th congressional seat in Northern Virginia, is — like Gov. Terry McAuliffe and other state Democrats — …
No Matter Who Wins, a Sociopath Is Elected
The midterm election season is upon us, and it’s a tossup whether the Republicans will win the Senate, or if President Obama, seemingly oblivious …
Linking The Dollar To Gold: The Recipe for an American Economic Boom
Alexander Hamilton was America’s first Secretary of Treasury under President George Washington. When he first entered office in 1789, America was an agricultural nation …
Don’t Ignore These 3 Big Sells
Remember that correction we’ve been quietly talking about over the past couple of months? Well, it might be right around the corner. Stocks waited …
Why You’re Probably on an NSA Watchlist
I was talking with one of my colleagues the other day, and he raised a very interesting question, one that deserves consideration by anyone …
The Bitcoin Dinner Solution
A great technology solves a problem that we didn’t know we had. It makes us aware of deprivations we didn’t know existed until we …
Advance Notice of the Next Market Crash
Fifty years after the 1929 crash, a group of money managers and investment thinkers put together a collection of essays looking back at that …
Obamacare… A Caring Solution for Opting Out
Although the mainstream media have turned its attention away from the wreckage of Obamacare, don’t think for a second that all is well. As …
The Battle Against Economic Stupidity
Turn on the tube and economic ignorance seems to be everywhere. There is constant shilling for more government. Business is demonized. Man is said …
Smart Apps vs. Obamacare
Health care costs in the U.S. have been rising so steadily for so long that containment barely seems possible. Even optimists don’t dream of …
The Dollar’s 70-Year Dominance Is Coming to an End
In early July 1944, delegates from 44 countries gathered at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. A three-week summit took place, …
Free Market Capitalism v. Crony Capitalism
In the minds of many people around the world, including in the United States, the term “capitalism” carries the idea of unfairness, exploitation, undeserved …
The Bitcoin Billion-Dollar Discount
When you type a website address into a browser, you might have noticed that the letters “http” appear at the front. “HTTP” stands for …
Big Banks Look To Cash In Using D.C.’s Revolving Door
Some people are saying it is just what the doctor ordered. Others are saying that the cure is worse than the disease. The Affordable …
The Only Prescription for a Real Economic Recovery
In 2012, money mandarins running the European Union chose stagnation over restructuring. Here’s a consequence of that choice: expectations for a self-sustaining economic recovery …
Predicting A Future Free Of Dollar Bills
Picture the scene. It’s 2020. You’re at the checkout in a convenience store with a carton of milk. But you’ve got no cash and …
Foreword to The Idea of America
“In the beginning, all the world was America.” — John Locke “The Garden of Eden was a perfect place,” my friend Manuel explained. “Man …
Sensible Vices
One issue I have with our modern lifestyle — of many — is the emphasis on perfection. Newer, slimmer, bigger, better, faster: the message of …
The Family Is A Machine For Destroying Wealth
People jacked up about income inequality can find a new hobby. The 1% are victims of a doomsday machine, and the countdown is ticking. …
Look Who’s Taking Credit for the U.S. Shale Boom
After a week of reckoning about the American oil and gas boom… I’ve got to get something off my chest. I can’t stand it …
The Latest Major Legal Challenge to Obamacare
It might sound like the latest new product from Apple, but IPAB is actually the newest major legal challenge to Obamacare. Recently, a three-judge …
Freedom, the Income Tax, and the Welfare State
Americans have come to believe that the IRS and the income tax are inevitable parts of our lives. After all, most everyone alive today …
The Dollar Will Be King Longer Than You Think
Here’s a fun fact: Although we all hate the U.S. dollar, as it continues to hemorrhage wealth, its foothold as the world’s reserve currency …