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…

It’s no surprise that Americans aren’t the best at saving money. It’s drilled into our heads from an early age through advertising and peer pressure that spending money is the…

Who pushes society forward the most? Who is it that creates technology and valuable goods and services for the masses of people? Who is it that enhances society’s knowledge and…

When the Federal Reserve began its massive money printing programs called quantitative easing, some conservative and free market-minded economists warned of high inflation as a result of this money printing.…