Video: An Obama Shutdown: How Could We Tell?

YouTube Video from the Heritage Foundation

What Is Money? Part 11: The Great Default

by Gary North at LewRockwell.com

The governments of every major nation are going to default on their debts. There are two relevant questions: (1) How? (2) When?

Establishments around the world all deny this. They have gained power and wealth by means of the expansion of government. They have justified their success by insisting [...]

Gary North: Which Flation will Get Us?

WHICH FLATION WILL GET US? from garynorth.com

Date 9/8/2009

Issue 109

One of them will. That’s if things work out really well. Two or three will if things go according to the Austrian theory of the business cycle.

Americans have been living in the eye of the monetary hurricane. [...]

Shockwaves of the Dollar Collapse

The Five Financial Shockwaves to Expect When China’s Yuan Swaps Places with the U.S. Dollar | Overseas Stock Markets. | Overseas Stock Markets.

This article is from Australia, for goodness sake!  It’s written more for the viewpoint of investors, but will apply to everyone.  Obviously Australians can see past the brainwashing better than we Americans!

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Refuting “Economic Suicide”

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Refuting “Economic Suicide” Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon. These are the words of Milton Friedman in A Monetary History of the United States. The meaning of those words is that no matter what, inflation is a function of the amount of money available. Inflation occurs when more [...]

Dollar’s Days of Dominance Are Over

Dollar’s Days of Dominance Are Over

Seeking Alpha

by Jeff Neilson

Deflation Vs. Inflation: The Great Debate Rages On

Deflation Vs. Inflation: The Great Debate Rages On – Marc Courtenay — Seeking Alpha.

As we celebrate the 4th of the July in the USA we find ourselves at a tipping point that will impact our financial conditions and quality of life for many years to come. Most of you know I don’t create or [...]

FED FOCUS-Rise in US Treasury yields may trigger more Fed buying

Forbes.com — By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) – Rising U.S. government bond yields could force the Federal Reserve to expand a massive program to buy Treasury and mortgage-related debt, and if it does, it may need to be much more aggressive to be effective.

The Fed’s second-in-command Donald Kohn gave a clear signal [...]

Striker101: the well-deserved end of Digg.com

I have wasted most of this past 13 months on Digg.com, in futile jousting with immoral collectivists who do not and will not understand the morality of the personal right to life of each individual on this planet, who seek to use the Force of government to negate our right to property, and don’t give [...]

Iceland expected to turn left in weekend election

Nobody wants to mention tax rises just ahead of the elections,” said Thorolfur Matthiasson, an economics professor at the University of Iceland. “But if the budget deficit is 10 percent of GDP and the official debt is approximately what the nation can produce in one year, then the politicians will have to raise tax and [...]