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Is There an Infinite Amount of Money Available to Fund U.S. Debt?
I am often asked, “How can anyone not see the problems of growing debt in the U.S.? Why can’t we get a consensus to …
Gold and the Wacky Human Mind
The voting machine that is the market deemed an ounce of gold to be worth $1,600 a few days ago and then, whoops, two …
The Company That Owns Your Genes
The Supreme Court — a politically appointed gang of black-robed lawyers — is soon going to decide on one of the most contentious issues …
Gold Sell-Off: There Is Only One Question That Matters
Last Friday, I participated in a short debate on BBC Radio 4’s Today program on the future direction of gold. Tom Kendall, global head …
Banks Must Innovate or Die
Change is inevitable. Conditions are never frozen in time. As the clock and calendar move forward, people and organizations must adapt to different circumstances. …
Taxed for Life
The least of the problems with the income tax is that it takes your money. The really big problem is that the income tax …
An Anarchist Squint at the Jobs Report
So the jobs report came out last week and rattled the market a bit. But there is a different perspective to this whole thing …
A Caveman’s Account of “Civilized Society”
Emblazoned across the lucre-basted exterior of the Internal Revenue Service Building in Washington, D.C., is one of the most intellectually polluted quotes any free …
What Bitcoin Is Teaching Us
“Thanks to Bitcoin, I am now living debt-free, just today managed to pay off all of my credit card debt!” — so reports a …
Japan’s Bold Move of Nothing
Stop the presses! Japan will make a bold attempt to stop falling prices. Making the yen worthless at a 2%-per-year clip is the promised …
What Maslow and Rand Would Tell Investors Today
I have always been fascinated by what motivates people. What motivates Tiger Woods to pursue the goal of being the world’s greatest golfer? What’s …
Bitcoin for Beginners, Part II
In March, I was at a conference in New Hampshire when a few Bitcoin businessmen sat me down to lunch. It seems like the …
Bitcoin for Beginners
Understanding Bitcoin requires that we understand the limits of our ability to imagine the future that the market can create for us. That is …
Good Riddance to Deposit “Insurance”
Once the public furor and shrill media coverage have died down, it will become clear that events in Cyprus did not mark the death …
Where (in the States) Can You Find Freedom?
If you’re looking for freedom, which state should you live in? Government oppression at the state level comes in various forms and levels. Since …
Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Fall of America
“The United States was lucky to have George Washington as a Founding Father, because he had that same civic virtue, and of course he …
Bitcoin’s Moment
Bitcoin may reach $100 today. That brings the total value of the existing Bitcoin stock (10,960,500) to more than $1 billion. It was only …
Your Guide to the Profitable World of Offshore Oil…
[Ed. Note: Our resident Harvard-trained geologist and ex-naval officer Byron King is back yet again. Today, Byron is exploring the sizeable risks and handsome …
A Meeting at 30,000 Feet
I’m looking out the airplane window, marveling that the clouds are below me. My computer is out and I’m surfing online. As usual, I …
Invest in Gold or Your Bank Account Could Be ‘Cyprused’
Stocks continued mostly going up last week. Gold bounced up and down… but held above $1,600. Most people would much rather have stocks than …
Israel’s Iron Dome, and the Ongoing Energy Revolution
The Middle East mess affects all manner of scenarios for future price and availability of oil in the world. And later on, I’ll discuss …
What Does Liberty Really Mean to You?
For some time now – years actually – I have pondered the nature of liberty. Or more specifically, what liberty actually means to me. …
Deja Vu…All Over Again!
News hit the wires over the weekend that the Republic of Cyprus would begin stealing money from depositors in order to resurrect confidence in …
Deposit Taxes: Should We Prepare?
There’s no way it could happen in the United States. That’s the conventional wisdom on this side of the pond about the ECB’s bailout …