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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …