Economy
Monsanto and Walmart Influence Secret TPP Negotiations
Giant corporations participate in the secret TPP negotiations set to continue later this month in Washington, though U.S. congressmen are barred from inclusion....
Jackson Hole Conclave: Central Bankers Plan Global Theft, Massive Pain
Investing legend Jim Rogers: “They’re going to take our bank accounts and retirement accounts.” ...
Read moreJPMorgan Chase Hit With China Bribery Probe
The banking giant with insider connections to the Fed is facing a new scandal, on the heels of its $6.2 billion "London Whale"...
Read moreFederal Court Rules That the Bitcoin Is Money
The federal court ruling that bitcoins are money is just one more step toward full and wide acceptance of the digital currency as...
Read moreDeclines in Trust, Revenues Force Sales and Spinoffs of Newspapers
Back-to-back sales of prominent newspapers this week continues a trend at least a decade old as their readers increasingly get their news from...
Read moreJobs Reports: U.S. Turning Into a Part-time Worker Economy
The gradual conversion of the American economy into one of part-time workers continues apace. The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
Read moreHome Ownership Rates Continue to Fall; New Plans to Reflate Bubble
In the face of evidence that home ownership rates continue to fall, bureaucrats are trying to soften rules that were written to keep...
Read moreTaxpayers, Economic Outlook to Lose Big on the Auto Bailouts
Despite surges in revenue and a catalog of new vehicles from the U.S. auto industry, taxpayers are still suffering from the auto bailouts....
Read moreWalmart Shrugs: Pulls Plans to Build Stores in Washington, D.C.
If Washington D.C.'s Mayor Vincent Gray doesn't veto a discriminatory minimum-wage law targeted at Walmart, the retailer is likely to shrug, and find...
Read moreFederal Regulations Cut Standard of Living by 75 Percent Over 56 Years
There are political costs as well, but the 75 percent reduction in Americans' standard of living shows just how costly the regulatory state...
Read moreTaxpayers, Rockefellers Fund “Sustainable” Plot to Undermine Market
The Rockefeller Foundation, mega-banks, and even taxpayers via the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have provided millions of dollars toward pushing a...
Read moreDetroit Creditors’ Haircut: 90 Percent
Detroit's Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr gave just two options to those creditors gathered in downtown Detroit on Friday: Go along with my proposal...
Read moreCentral Banks’ Bubble Bursting, Sending Markets Down Worldwide
Central banking and Keynesian ideology make a toxic brew, the consequences of which are beginning to show up around the world. ...
Read moreFirst Time Since 1995: U.S. Produces More Oil Than It Imports
The confluence of numerous factors in both Texas and North Dakota is working to help the United States wean itself from dependence on...
Read moreSlowing Economy Confirmed
There are always unintended consequences when using Keynesian economic theories to try to jumpstart an economy. One of them is the freezing of...
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