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Republished from detlevschlichter.com I, too, was shocked yesterday morning. Not so much by the news that depositors at Cypriot banks would face a haircut, or a ‘levy’ or a ‘tax’, on their deposits as a contribution to yet another Eurozone bailout

The Cypriot people are in an uproar and very rightly so. While the details may yet change, the government of Cyprus is proposing a tax on depositors as part of a bailout package to save the country’s banks. Deposits of

Republished from No Frakking Consensus Greenpeace envisions a new system of global governance – in which unaccountable UN bureaucrats gain “real powers.” The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) publishes a magazine called Our Planet. The February 2013 edition may be downloaded here.

Republished from Economic Policy Journal Paul Krugman is at it again. He writes this morning (my highlight): Substance aside — not that substance isn’t important — Austrian economics very much has the psychology of a cult. Its devotees believe that they have access

Reprinted from Mises.org As a single, 21-year-old guy living in north Florida, I have found it hard to pick up girls by talking about economics. Perhaps it was an overdose of supply-and-demand charts in high school, but any mention of

Reprinted from PeterCEarle.com …in the knife fight known as the global currency war is Venezuela, which just an hour ago announced that it would devalue its Bolivar Fuerte (looking rather débil today) to 6.30/dollar from 4.30/dollar. In one move, consumer purchasing power has

I miss my friend Jacob, God bless his soul. Don’t worry, he’s not dead—though he might as well be. He is, what my brother would classify as “POW: Prisoner of Woman.” Jacob’s present state prevents him from engaging in the

Now that he is totally unleashed from the burden of campaigning for a seat in the den of thieves known as Congress, former representative Ron Paul recently took to the social media network Twitter to speak on the death of

Reposted from Zero Hedge Up until now, Argentina’s descent into a hyperinflationary basket case, with a crashing currency and loss of outside funding was relatively moderate and controlled. All this is about to change. Today, in a futile attempt to halt inflation,

Understanding today’s convoluted domestic and international fiat monetary system frankly requires a great deal of time and study.  One must understand fractional reserve banking, which requires that one understand the concept of fractional reserves and the way this system affects

A must see interview with Nassim Taleb Published on 20 Jan 2013 Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a former trader and hedge fund manager, a best-selling author, and a groundbreaking theorist on risk and resilience. Taleb drew wide attention after the 2007

Saturday, January 19, 2013 10:00AM-4:00PM Co-hosted with the Institute for Liberal Studies. This free, one-day will feature author and economist Edward Lopez talking about his new book “Madmen, Intellectuals, and Academic Scribblers: The Economic Engine of Political Change.” We’ll also

Republished from Zerohedge.com When we first heard about it, we thought Handelsblatt had gotten something very wrong. The implications were just so staggering. Turns out the news was spot on. Here is the official announcement from the Bundesbank, which roundly

The traditional clamor of family gatherings, feasts and gift exchanges that accompany the Holiday Season have of late been augmented by local and regional police squads with the widespread application of R.I.D.E.  The “Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere” (R.I.D.E.) program, which