Political division is higher than ever nowadays. Left-wingers and right-wingers hate each other to no end and they both believe that the opposing side is what is standing in the …
Category:
Money
-
-
It used to be that everyone had the same vision of the American Dream. Everyone wanted a good, well-paying job for life, a nice house in the suburbs with a …
-
It is commonly understood that government regulations are good because they protect workers and consumers and they keep greedy businessmen in check. But that’s actually not the case. Regulations almost …
-
After the unraveling of the previous housing bubble during the 2008 financial crisis, many people drew the natural lesson that loaning money to people who were poor credit risks was …
-
Nearly every country on earth backs its paper currency with US dollars. Now you may wonder, why would anyone do that? Or why does that even matter? Here’s why. “Why …
-
Fed up with what it sees as US bullying in the world financial system, the European Union plans to develop new payment systems to allow the EU to divorce itself …
-
Anyone who has followed politics at all over the past decade probably remembers Jimmy McMillan, a.k.a. “The Rent Is Too Damn High” guy. His appearance in the 2010 New York …
-
A common piece of investing advice is to do the opposite of what everyone else is doing. If everyone is piling into one asset, there’s a good chance it’s overvalued …
-
One of the highlights of the mid-2000s housing bubble was the large amount of house flipping that went on. Housing prices were rising so high so fast that many amateur …
-
If you’ve been following the precious metals market at all during the last 8-10 years, you’d know that gold bugs can be dogmatically bullish with their continual predictions that gold …