Category: Inflation
The Real State of the Union
Americans are now among the most heavily policed people in the advanced world. There were three federal crimes in 1789; there are more than 4,000 today.
Trump Missed His Last Great Opportunity
What kind of a Commander in Chief would describe brave and heroic achievements from more than half a century ago, but lack the courage to confront an ongoing pattern of wasted lives and wasted trillions?
Should We ‘Abolish Billionaires’?
Whenever you see the ‘we should do this’ or ‘we should do that’ in the public media, it is always followed by something that is idiotic or immoral.
What the Super Bowl and the Crusades Have in Common…
Mounting auto inventories and slumping house sales suggest that the expansion may be reaching its end. This is nearly the longest recovery ever recorded; a recession can’t be long coming
The Deep State Has Tamed Donald Trump
Since entering the White House, Mr Trump has been partially, but not completely, tamed by the Deep State. He no longer sees any evil in bubbly stock prices. He no longer hears any evil in the Pentagon’s overseas misadventures.
Bill Bonner’s Grand Strategic Plan Revealed
We cannot remember, understand, or keep track of complicated investment tactics. We have to keep it simple.
Investors Will Fight This Trend…And Lose
After a 38-year boom, the fundamentals have reversed. Day is night; night is day. From lower and lower interest rates, we see rising ones.
The Real Problem with AOC’s Tax Hike
Americans seem to be getting on board the ‘tax the rich’ train faster than they can sell tickets for it. Envy is readily disguised as ‘virtue signalling,’ and larceny is easily confused with reducing ‘inequality.’
Venezuela’s Great Dream Was Always a Scam…
You put a pot on the burner. Eventually, it boils. Government is always a way for the few to exploit the many. But it’s not always the same few.
The Billionaire Backlash Is Coming
What happens to the money the feds tax away from the elite? Where does it go? Back to its rightful owners? Does it boost working-class wages?
Bill Bonner: Seeing Eye Human
Untying the US economy from China is not possible. The relationship is sick…but symbiotic. The US provides the fake money. China provides the cheap stuff.
Donald Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Will Join Forces
The private sector faces a recession. Wall Street sees a bear market coming. In Washington, tax receipts will fall…as costs continue to rise.
Trillion-Dollar Deficits From Here to Eternity
In America today, it is almost impossible — politically — to cut government spending or to raise taxes. That leaves debt as the only way forward.
Mr Market Will Have the Last Laugh
The US government funded the boom of the last 30 years with debt — which increased, year after year, 2-4 times faster than the GDP needed to pay it.
The Most Absurd Myth of the 21st Century
Assets, markets, companies, and empires rise and fall. But now comes the most absurd myth of all — that the feds can ‘manage’ and ‘guide’ the economy,