They Have the Money, We Have the Numbers
For better or worse, authoritarianism has happened many times in history — it’s kind of the human default. The original state.
How the US Government Turned on the People
The catastrophic mismanagement of Hurricane Helene relief is showing the American people that Washington’s dysfunctional but, worse, it doesn’t even seem to be trying to serve the people. Instead, we serve it. Like livestock. So how did we get here?
Recession Since 2022: US Economic Income and Output Have Fallen Overall for Four Years
In this study we aim to quantify some of the more egregious biases in inflation statistics in order to get us closer to a true understanding of inflation since 2019, hence of true economic growth since 2019.
China Enters the Economic Doom-Loop
China’s ruling Politburo held an emergency economic meeting and decided to crank up the money printers to 11, pumping money to consumers, to banks, to property developers, basically to anybody who might spend it.
The “Financial Coup” That Seized America
In the wake of the 2008 Financial Crisis, former chief economist of the IMF Simon Johnson warned that the same dysfunctional policies he saw in his basketcase banana republics had taken hold in the United States.
Migration, Assimilation, and the Limits of Compassion
Neither Europe nor the United States can admit all who want to come or support those who manage to infiltrate the nations unlawfully. European and North American nations cannot absorb the large-scale and growing immigration numbers.
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The Carbon Alarmists Are Silent about This
If carbon dioxide production by evil humans is the culprit, we should be hearing about new data showing 1) reduced CO2 during lockdown and 2) a flattening or direction change of “climate change” temperature curves.
Grocery Rationing within Four Years
There is likely another wave of inflation coming. This time it will meet with a promise to use every coercive power of government to prevent increases in prices on groceries and rents.
Victoria’s Covid Lockdown Debt Bomb
Walker said “difficult decisions need to be made” about government spending going forward, as a looming credit rating downgrade would direct more state funds towards paying off higher interest fees on debt, potentially sending welfare programs to the chopping block.
Housing Versus “Housing” in Fed Data
The Fed’s vaunted pro-inflation policy of 2.00% or higher annually is not an equal opportunity punisher. The interest cost of a standard mortgage on a median-priced home went from one-eighth of pre-tax wage to nearly two-fifths.
Fifty Shades of Central Bank Tyranny
Each layer of our digital currency system peels back the seductive mask of freedom, revealing progressively darker shades of control. As we delve deeper, what seems like autonomy is only an illusion where more pervasive forms of dominance lay hidden.
This Is Not Capitalism
Just because something is available in the consumer marketplace does not necessarily mean that it is a product of the voluntary matrix of exchange that would otherwise profit in a genuinely free market.