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 …
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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 …
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Anarchy is understood by the mainstream to mean chaos and disorder, but that is not what anarchy actually means. All anarchy means is “no ruler,” not no rules. Anarchy is …
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Trump’s Capital Gains Tax Plan: Common Sense Reform Yet Derided by Liberals for “Helping the Rich”
President Trump has a new proposal to further reduce the tax burden on American taxpayers, but it’s being derided by liberals because it “helps the rich.” Trump is proposing to …
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One of the things that made America great was that members of each successive generation could hope that they would be better off than their parents. With a growing economy …
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Recent speculation that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) might pull back on its program of monetary easing led to a spike in Japanese bond yields. Yields soared from 0.03% to …
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Populists from all sides of the political spectrum think they know THE solution that is going to finally make the economy start working for the everyday masses of people. Trump …
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During a time in which knowledge and recognition of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin is at an all-time high, the past several months have exposed numerous ICO frauds and pump-and-dump schemes …
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Throughout the developing world, cryptocurrencies aren’t simply treated as securities or investments like many in the United States tend to treat them. In nations like Zimbabwe, where hyperinflation destroyed the …
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Billionaire Richard Branson Thinks US Government Should Give Out Free Money to Combat Inequality
One of the unfortunate characteristics of many successful businessmen is that they tend to believe that their business acumen gives them some insight into the workings of the economy and …