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Where To Go as Swiss are Shutting Out U.S. Taxpayers
For some years now, Swiss Banks have not been willing to take on U.S. clients because of the aggressive tactics of the U.S. IRS. …
In Istanbul:The Rise & Fall of Society
It’s Istanbul, not Constantinople, as the song goes. In this history is an omen for any powerful state (read: the U.S.). A somewhat obscure …
The Sequestration Boondoggle
Illegal immigrants will flood in! You will be stuck in security lines for hours! Children will go hungry! Planes will fall from the sky! …
Benny and the Monetary Jets
“My inflation record is the best of any Federal Reserve chairman in the postwar period,” said the great bearded one, a bit annoyed, responding …
Digits Won’t Destroy Music After All
What’s called the “music industry” — which really means the big players in recording and performance — just climbed over the mountain. Global sales …
Bubble Trouble: Is There an End to Endless Quantitative Easing?
The publication earlier this week of the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee minutes of Jan. 29-30 seemed to have a similar effect on …
Laws Tie Moving Companies in Red Tape
In 2004, Maurice Underwood was just a man with a van. When he made the decision to start his own moving company, Underwood was …
Top Alternatives to Paper Money
I leave Liberty Forum in New Hampshire, a three-day gathering of hundreds of people who are trying to find ways of living freer lives in times of despotic control. With me I have three types of nonpaper, nongovernmental monies. They all operate in competition with the government’s dollar. These include Bitcoin, the mind-blowing digital currency that has techno-geeks, edgy global traders, and even the World Bank buzzing about its potential to finally separate money from the state.
Forcing Ayn Rand on the Students?
John Goedde, chairman of the Idaho Senate’s Education Committee, introduced legislation a couple weeks ago that would require every Idaho high school student to …
The Case of the 5-Year Old Bubble Gun Terrorist
A few weeks ago in the Land of the Free, a five-year-old girl in Pennsylvania was labeled a terrorist threat. Fortunately for the citizens …
National Security and Your Digital Data
One of the most dangerous threats to liberty and privacy today is called the “Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act,” or CISPA. The activists …
To Drone, or Not to Drone?
Decent folk don’t need Dick Cheney to describe something as “a good policy” to know it’s probably a bad idea. But just in case …
The Basement Beneath the Wage Floor
There are certain sounds that tend to make people crazy. Think of nails on a chalkboard. An infant screaming nonstop on a long flight. …
The Future of Drones in America
Drones are wildly popular on the battlefield. Now they can claim victory elsewhere. The use of drones within U.S. borders — in car chases, …
The Drones Are Watching and Waiting
The topic of drones came up on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Advertising guru and pro-drone Donny Deutsch pushed back against a skeptical Joe Scarborough saying, …
One Hundred Years of Intrusions
Imagine a time when the government knew nothing about the money in your bank. It cared nothing about how much you made, where you …
The Four Signs of a Collapsing State
“This used to be a hell of a good country, I can’t understand what’s gone wrong with it.” said George Hanson in the movie …
The Fed’s Old Tricks in New Times
We’ve been telling anyone who will listen that the Fed has gone where the central bank has never gone before. Pre-crisis, the Fed’s available …
Jim Rogers and His Case for the Asian Century
What is the best single thing you can do for your children? Send them to Asia for school so they can get a good …
How Markets Fixed the Travel Problem
I was standing outside the hotel when a gigantic bus rolled up. It was a double-decker and seemed as long as a city block. …
Student Loans Going the Way of Housing
Colleges are good at getting people enrolled. They get kids lined up with education loans. The money goes to pay exorbitant prices on textbooks. …
The Gas Price Story of Hurricane Sandy
For those schooled in economics, the gasoline shortage during Hurricane Sandy last November was no surprise. Demand for gas goes up. Supply lines are …
How Digits Are Reinventing the World Order
Most people today use technologies without a clue to the larger picture of what is really happening to the structure of the world because …
The Patent Bubble and Its End
“Then they pop up and say, ‘Hello, surprise! Give us your money or we will shut you down!’ Screw them. Seriously, screw them. You …