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| The egregious errors of static statistics |
| The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. Lord Macaulay wrote this nearly two hundred years ago. His aphorism is particularly apposite of modern politicians, and also of the modern state itself, which is meant to be selfless in the interest of the common good. We can be certain that when a person moves from outside to inside the machinery of the state, he or she changes from representing the people to representing the state. Presumably therFriday, March 16, 2018 |
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| Alasdair Macleod - Finance and Eco. |
 One-year score card for Trump |
| We understand our politicians to be human, with much that that implies. In a democracy, politics is a competitive business, which means that generally well-balanced individuals tend to succeed, while those who are obviously unbalanced do not. And as for political power corrupting individuals, that is normally limited by the obligation to periodically seek an electoral mandate. That, at least is the theory, but in late-2016, the election of President-elect Donald Trump caused us all to question tFriday, January 12, 2018 |
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 | Clif Droke |
| U.S. economy at major long-term pivotal point |
| As the dust settles from the U.S. presidential election, multitudes of political analysts and news commentators continue to scratch their heads wondering “what went wrong?”The collective question they’re asking of course is in reference to the candidate who was elected President.This is the wrong question to ask, however.What they should be asking is what led millions of (mostly) middle class voters to rise up against the favored establishment candidate and voice their disapproval with the incumWednesday, November 16, 2016 |
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 | The Gold Report |
| China's Stranglehold on REEs Offers Opportunities |
| Richard Karn, managing editor of The Emerging Trends Report, makes the argument for investment in rare earth and specialty metals, and explains why one company is a particularly smart bet for investors.
A fundamental roadblock to globalization that we are far from overcoming is simply that different cultures and economic systems have different ways of conducting themselves and doing business.
Human nature is such that we tend to believe everyone thinksSunday, August 14, 2016 |
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| Clif Droke |
 The myth of gold price manipulation  |
| How eager are gold bugs to believe their ill fortune over the last four years is the result of sinister forces rather than a lack of prudence on their own part? The answer is easily seen in the writings of gold commentators over the last few months. References to organized manipulation and an official conspiracy to suppress the gold price abound among many analysts and their followers. The collective passion behind this belief has reached a fever pitch and has created something akin to mass hysFriday, August 7, 2015 |
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 | Jesse - Le Cafe Américain |
| Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - Somebody to Love |
| More!
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."
Samuel Johnson
The metals were held in place today, consolidating their recent gains at the top of the support and resistance channel.
I am sure that some day this protracted market manipulation and price rigging will collapse.
And I am also sure that some day we will bThursday, December 11, 2014 |
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| Rick Ackerman |
Some Tips for Traders  |
| [Day traders have been abandoning the game in droves because it supposedly has become too rigged to beat. In fact, the markets have always been rigged, and it’s never been an easy way to make a living. Yes, thinking machines programmed mostly by nerds who know little about the psychology of trading have added a new layer of complexity. But the nerds are hardly unbeatable. Below is the advice we gave traders in a column that originally appeared in the Sunday San Francisco Examiner. It has been mTuesday, June 24, 2014 |
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 | Bob Hoye - Institutional Advisors |
| American Authoritarians Are Winning |
| "World economic freedom has reached record levels. But after seven years
of straight decline, the U.S. has dropped out of the top 10 most economically
free countries."
- Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2014
"Planned Economy or Planned Destruction" - Chicago
Tribune, 1934
Key lines in the cartoon are:
"Depleting The Resources Of The Soundest Government In The World"
"Young Pinkies From Columbia And Harvard"
What appears to be Trotsky is outlining a radical agenda.
SinceThursday, January 16, 2014 |
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 | Gordon Long - Market Analytics |
| Why Things Are Falling Apart...and What We Can Do about It |
| To understand the reasons why our financial system, our economy and our present
policies are unsustainable, we need to come to grips with two simple truths.
First, the economy and government are an interconnected system. As such the
party attempting to steer it does not have controlling power over it. The second
fact is that "faster, better, cheaper" always wins, replacing the inefficient
and unsustainable. This is the reality within which the system operates.
The present foundation ofTuesday, December 18, 2012 |
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 | Ty Andros - traderview |
| TedBits Newsletter: October 2012 - Volume 1 |
| Counterfeit economies
Waves of Insolvency
Canaries in the Coalmine
Misery Spread Widely
Bombs...er...bonds, the ultimate Malinvestment
The Mayan calendar points to the end of the world coming in December. It may
not end on that date but major disruptions can be anticipated. CENTRAL banks
have fully uncorked the printing presses to meet the waves of insolvency set
to STRIKE the banksters, public servants and the elites. Transferring your
wealth to themselves and their something fFriday, October 26, 2012 |
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 | Frederic Bastiat |
| Natural and Artificial Organization |
| Is it quite certain that the mechanism of society, like the mechanism of the heavenly bodies, or that of the human frame, is subject to general laws? Does it form a harmoniously organized whole? Or rather, do we not note in it the absence of all organization? Is not an organization the very thing which all men of heart and of the future, all advanced publicists, all the pioneers of thought are in search of at the present day? Is society anything else than a multitude of individuals placed in juxFriday, August 26, 2011 |
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 | John Rubino - Dollar Collapse |
| If Only |
| Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
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| Crisis Watch - Dollar Collapse |
| If Only |
| Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
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 | Tom DiLorenzo - Lew Rockwell |
| Why Did This Happen |
| Thursday, February 5, 2009 |
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| Tom DiLorenzo - lewRockwell |
| Stimulating the Total State |
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Let us briefly review some of the more notorious behavior of the federal government in recent years that has spawned the current economic crisis. First, every law and government agency having anything to do with housing policy, from HUD toThursday, February 5, 2009 |
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| Tom DiLorenzo - Lew Rockwell |
| What Hamilton Has Wrought |
| Monday, October 6, 2008 |
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 | Douglas French - Lew Rockwell |
| Votes of Idiots |
| Tuesday, July 8, 2008 |
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| Crisis Watch - Lew Rockwell |
| Votes of Idiots |
| Tuesday, July 8, 2008 |
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| Etienne de la Boetie (1530-1563) - Etienne de la Boetie |
| The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude |
| States are more vulnerable than people think. They can collapse in an instant—when consent is withdrawn.This is the thesis of this thrilling book. Murray Rothbard writes a classic introduction to one of the great political essays in the history of ideas.In times when dictators the world over are falling from pressure from their own people, this book, written nearly 500 years ago, is truly the prophetic tract of our times.Étienne de La Boétie was born in Sarlat, in the Périgord region of southwesWednesday, July 20, 2005 |
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