Posted on 28 December 2012. Tags: Compounded Interest, Debt Ceiling, Fractional Reserve Banking, Petrodollar, US Debt Crisis
The implications of the US debt crisis are not well understood in most circles, and it is not widely spoken about in the media and during important political debates. The irony is that the US debt is so significant that it plays a monumental role in finance and modern political strategy. The debt poses great […]
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Posted in Economic Crisis, US Dollar Collapse
Posted on 12 December 2012. Tags: Bank Bailouts, Bank of Canada, CDIC, Fractional Reserve Banking, Gold Reserves, Real Estate Bubble
Despite what is commonly understood, the Canadian banking system is as strong and resilient as most people might assume. According to the World Economic Forum, Canada is ranked #1 in the world for “the most sound banking system in the world”. I am not sure what world they live in, though. The Canadian banking system is no […]
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Posted in Economic Crisis
Posted on 27 October 2012. Tags: Banking and Money, Federal Reserve, Spanish Economic Crisis
Title: Fraud – Why the Great Recession Director: Amagifilms Year: 2012 [rate] Free markets are not to be blamed for the Great Recession. On the contrary, its origins rest upon the deep government and central bank intervention in the economy. Banks break the link between savings and investment, through the use of modern fractional reserve […]
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Posted in Economic Crisis, Videos
Posted on 26 August 2012. Tags: EUR/USA
An increase in the money supply through government intervention (i.e. quantitative easing) decreases the purchasing power of any local currency. However, When ECB pursues programmes like the “LTRO” (their version of money printing), this lowers their currency as well, although, investors in Europe send more money to the US as a result of its safe-haven […]
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Posted in Economic Crisis, US Dollar Collapse
Posted on 20 August 2012. Tags: Central Banks, Europe, Gold
The World Gold Council have recently published their second quarter 2012 report. The report indicates that the demand for gold reached 990 tons for the second quarter of this year. This figure is down 7% from the same quarter in 2011, and down 10% below the previous quarter. Although weaker demand was mainly contributed by […]
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Posted in Economic Crisis, Gold and Silver, US Dollar Collapse
Posted on 10 August 2012. Tags: China, Limited Government
In the media, “the rich” are depicted as self-centered, uber-greedy scoundrels, and while individuals like Gordon Gekko (“Wall Street”) certainly do exist, the vilification of the rich is not exactly warranted. Many successful–and indeed, rich–entrepreneurs use the law of compensation to further expand their businesses and stream of wealth. And because it is you, the […]
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Posted in Economic Crisis, US Dollar Collapse
Posted on 18 July 2012. Tags: Europe
In reaction to the European debt crisis, we have seen sophisticated and coordinated efforts by European leaders to come together to create more government and more intervention. More government, however, has been shown to only aggravate the current economic and political atmosphere. Why must government get out of the way? Limited government means limited power and […]
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Posted in Economic Crisis
Posted on 30 June 2012. Tags: ECB, FOMC, inflation, Interest Rates
As inflation was tame, stocks prices went lower, and unemployment higher, many investors thought that another round of Quantitative Easing would be on the top of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s to-do list. Instead the FED once again reintroduced Operation Twist where a swapping of short- and long-term bonds, would lower the longer term bond yields […]
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Posted in Economic Crisis, US Dollar Collapse
Posted on 16 June 2012. Tags: Bank Bailouts, Too Big To Fail
In our modern economic age of fractional reserve banking, bank bailouts are occurring at a global level, albeit with predominant frequency in Europe and the Unites States. The ideology that a bank can be bailed out and suffer little to no consequences is a fallacy which only undermines the general economy as a whole. There […]
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Posted in Economic Crisis, Gold and Silver, US Dollar Collapse