- Billion-Trillion Derivatives Market Reform or a Blowup
Derivatives reform? We hardly think so ... First of all, nobody knows how big the derivatives market is and no one knows how many dollars are at risk. Those involved in making the regulations are also the largest players in the market. Whatever "refo…
- 3 days ago, 22 May 13, 12:08am -
- More Monetary Stimulation on the Way
Money printing works in ways that central bankers need it to work. More money is inflationary in a mathematical sense. That doesn't mean it can be quantified, but we can watch it at work. The most obvious place we can see it at work is in the stock m…
- 3 days ago, 22 May 13, 12:07am -
- Fedgov Is NOT Too Big
According to this editorial at USA Today, good intentions can triumph over power. We are supposed to ignore the insight that "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely," and embrace the idea that even the biggest government can be brought…
- 3 days ago, 22 May 13, 12:06am -
- Moral Bias at The New York Times
The headline said it all: "Confusion and Staff Troubles Rife at I.R.S. Office in Ohio." No mention of mendacity, of evil, of meanness, of vice. Nada. For liberals, their own pals are never morally amiss. They may make mistakes, be confused and have t…
- 3 days ago, 22 May 13, 12:02am -
- Easing Policies in Chaos After BIS IMF Attack
Is this more evidence that monetary policy is merely made up as it goes along? Now we have the spectacle of three of the largest central banks in the world expanding money printing while two of the largest monetary-policy institutions attack those sa…
- 4 days ago, 21 May 13, 12:08am -
- Strange Times Indeed Soros Buys the Miners
We learn in this short article that billionaire investor George Soros is betting on mining stocks. "Very bullish," for gold, the article tells us. Here's more: The Soros Investment Fund's 13F filing does indeed show the sale of 12 per cent of his tot…
- 4 days ago, 21 May 13, 12:07am -
- Stranger and Stranger The Chinese-Argentine Swap Gambit
We have a lot of trouble taking this at face value but first we should provide the background. Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez is in discussions with Chinese Vice-president Li to accept Argentine pesos within the context of yuan-peso swap. H…
- 4 days ago, 21 May 13, 12:06am -
- Can Europe Go Back
Another economist who was an early commentator on the euro-treaty has abandoned the idea of a currency union. The article is written by Wolfgang Kasper, and here is a short bio: Wolfgang Kasper is emeritus Professor of Economics, University of New So…
- 4 days ago, 21 May 13, 12:05am -
- Make Way for the Killers the Great Tax Haven Roundup
There are no scandals in Washington. There is simply a turnover. We are preparing for an escalation of the global financial war. The old team are simply being told to step aside. Make way for the killers. When G-7 concluded their emergency meeting in…
- 4 days ago, 21 May 13, 12:02am -
- Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns
Over the past month there has been a statistically improbable concurrence of events that can only be explained as a conspiracy to protect the dollar from the Federal Reserve's policy of Quantitative Easing (QE). Quantitative Easing is the term given…
- 4 days ago, 21 May 13, 12:01am -
- Keynes Hobson and Marx A Trilogy of Misinformation
This article gives us a concise insight into the theories of three great minds regarding the much discussed and maligned business cycle. Of course, these minds are "great" in a historical context. We don't consider any of them great within the contex…
- 5 days ago, 20 May 13, 12:08am -
- Washingtons Scandals The Internet Works Both Ways
On Saturday, we published an editorial with a title very similar to the one in this current Reuters editorial: "Scandal: And They Shall Eat Their Own ..." The difference between the Daily Bell editorial and the Reuters editorial is instructive. In ou…
- 5 days ago, 20 May 13, 12:07am -
- Chinas Blogging Culture Bringing Changes
This article tells of changes in China based in part on Internet exposure. It has become ubiquitous in the alternative media community to explain that the Internet is merely buttressing authoritarianism and making governments more efficient when it c…
- 5 days ago, 20 May 13, 12:06am -
- An Unpredictable Recovery
Since it has been speculated that Britain is headed back into a recession, this article raises questions for us. At the same time, it is quite predictable. Let's look at why. First of all, we don't think that Britain is anywhere near a "recovery," no…
- 5 days ago, 20 May 13, 12:05am -
- The IRSs Job Is To Violate Our Liberties
"What do you expect when you target the President?" This is what an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent allegedly said to the head of a conservative organization that was being audited after calling for the impeachment of then-President Clinton. Rec…
- 5 days ago, 20 May 13, 12:02am -
- The IRS Scandal and Moving Toward the Fuhrer
Listening to the White House on the Benghazi attack, the IRS scandal on targeting conservative groups and the Justice Department's snooping into AP reporters' emails, we can reasonably ask of another President of the United States: What did he not kn…
- 5 days ago, 20 May 13, 12:01am -
- Doug Casey on Conspiracies Gold and the Continuing Greater Depression of the Worlds Economies
The Daily Bell is pleased to present this exclusive interview with Doug Casey. Here's a snippet:Daily Bell: Nice to speak with you again. Let's jump right in. What's going on with gold? Why are mining stocks down? Doug Casey: I'm not concerned about…
- 6 days ago, 19 May 13, 12:08am -
- Scandal And They Shall Eat Their Own
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness ... – King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.) Commentator Peggy Noonan has written a Wa…
- 7 days ago, 18 May 13, 12:08am -
- Luxury Living Wiesmann Cars Have It All
Introducing The Daily Bell's weekly Luxury Living segment... because Memento Mori is a way of life. This week ... Wiesmann. "Wiesmann is the leading manufacturer of puristic sports cars. The name is well established in the luxury market and there are…
- 7 days ago, 18 May 13, 12:07am -
- The Failure of Retirement
In the dominant social theme, above, we've tried to illustrate the animosity that often accompanies the analysis of the "generations" in the US and abroad. Generations are fairly amorphous things, but because the schematic is repeated over and over a…
- 8 days ago, 17 May 13, 12:08am -
- Immigration Apparent Effort to Fashion North American Union Continues
In the US legislative system, elected officials decide who comes and goes throughout the country. It didn't used to be this way, though. The passport and visa system is only a post-War one. It seems strange but travel was a lot freer a century ago. I…
- 8 days ago, 17 May 13, 12:07am -
- The Gold Trend Remains Down
The repression of the gold price has turned into a timely dominant social theme, in our view. The lines are clearly drawn and insiders are signaling that the trend is down. They are talking it down, pushing it down and forecasting further down market…
- 8 days ago, 17 May 13, 12:06am -
- Africa the Next China
In the pantheon of absurd Economist articles, this has to rank as one of the most ridiculous. There is a reason why Africa is poor but it has little to do with this outrageous and misguided analysis. This article just appearing in The Economist is on…
- 8 days ago, 17 May 13, 12:05am -
- What TARP Boss Neil Barofsky Told Me Yesterday Should Shock You
The financial news is getting boring. The Dow goes only one way – up. But gold fell below $1,400 per ounce yesterday. Rather than trying to figure it out, yesterday evening we drove down to Zombietown. A friend in Washington had promised to introdu…
- 8 days ago, 17 May 13, 12:02am -
- Gangster State America
There are many signs of gangster state America. One is the collusion between federal authorities and banksters in a criminal conspiracy to rig the markets for gold and silver. My explanation that the sudden appearance of an unprecedented 400 ton shor…
- 8 days ago, 17 May 13, 12:01am -
- Shock CFR Floats Neo-Bretton Woods to Create a New Monetary System
The drums pound and a new global monetary pact moves closer. This is how it works way up in the rarified air of Big Money where top globalists dwell. This article is bylined by Benn Steil of the Council on Foreign Relations, a prime globalist facilit…
- 9 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:08am -
- Sure Well Unwind Dont Worry
Even top execs at JP Morgan dread the "unwinding" that Ben Bernanke has always said the Federal Reserve is capable of. We don't believe it. Just as Fed bankers don't know how much money is too much, so they don't know how much is too little. Central…
- 9 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:07am -
- Dont Dial Back Print Harder
Every now and then the mindset of Alexander the Great reemerges and people offer the simplest solution to the most complex of problems. This is one such case. Alexander the Great confronted with the Gordian knot didn't try to unravel it. He simply sl…
- 9 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:06am -
- Al Franken Wants Credit-Rating Reform Why
When global markets collapsed in 2008, it must have been quite a shock to the financial world's rating agencies, as many prestigious institutions teetering suddenly on the edge of bankruptcy had top ratings from the industry's various ratings agencie…
- 9 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:05am -
- Huffington Post The IRS Was Right
This is something of a novel concept. The IRS was correct to scrutinize Tea Party and conservative nonprofit applications more closely because these entities were anti-tax. According to this article, the basis of the IRS scandal is that officials lie…
- 9 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:04am -
- Lawrence ODonnell The IRS Was Just Doing Its Job
This video explains the statute under which the IRS was operating as regards the current scandal demanded that non-profit status be given only to those groups operating EXCLUSIVELY to promote public welfare. But for operative purposes – and presuma…
- 9 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:03am -
- Solari Story Moving the Money
This week's Solari Story from Catherine Austin Fitts is titled "Moving the Money." Here's a bit of the transcript: "During the '90s I had an investment bank in Washington, Hamilton Securities, and we were developing software tools and financial vehic…
- 9 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:02am -
- Dr Gary North Why the Internet Reformation Must Win
A leading hard-money economist of the modern era has just written an eloquent analysis about why what we call the Internet Reformation must inevitably have its day. We've never had any doubt that the Internet would mimic the Gutenberg press in tearin…
- 10 days ago, 15 May 13, 12:08am -
- Reuters Confusion Between Mises and Hayek A Flawed Analysis
In this editorial posted at Reuters we can see clearly how statists utilize the great mind of Austrian F.A. Hayek to buttress the modern Leviathan. Leaving aside the melancholy aspect of using free-market ideas to buttress what in some aspects is a k…
- 10 days ago, 15 May 13, 12:07am -
- Serious UK Difficulties Ahead as Cameron Struggles with EU Withdrawal
David Cameron, Prime Minister of England, is panicked about the emergence of the libertarian UKIP in Britain and the votes it is removing from the Tories. The conservative Tory party is indeed a "shambles" and in large part due to its position on the…
- 10 days ago, 15 May 13, 12:06am -
- US One Billion in Gold Has Just Been Shipped to South Africa
So gold is being shipped around the world – kinda' desperately, it would seem. We don't know for sure whether this report is true but for purposes of analysis we will take it at face value. The reason we do so is because it is obvious there are fun…
- 10 days ago, 15 May 13, 12:05am -
- BoEs King Leaving Upgrades Britains Outlook
The Bank of England's Mervyn King is leaving but he wants everyone to know that England has turned the proverbial corner on his watch.The nation has slipped into a third recession apparently, but Mr. King is upbeat about the country's prospects. Mo…
- 10 days ago, 15 May 13, 12:04am -
- Jon Stewart Understands Just How Destructive IRS Scandal Really Is
Jon Stewart is somewhat of an apologist for big government but he is also a very astute commentator and analyst for current affairs. In this video, we can see that he understands better than most what is going regarding the recent scandals with which…
- 10 days ago, 15 May 13, 12:03am -
- Back to Basics Please
In today's climate of political theatrics it isn't very easy to figure out where right stands versus wrong. As Ron Paul points out at The Daily Bell, the Benghazi fiasco pretty much amounts to an illustration of the folly of the American government's…
- 10 days ago, 15 May 13, 12:02am -
- Will Fracking Sink the Dollar and Bring on Global Currency
We're puzzling about why fracking has been applied now by the industry when the basics of fracking have been fairly well understood since the 1940s. We have an idea, and it is borne out of our analysis of dominant social themes ... and a tip of the h…
- 11 days ago, 14 May 13, 12:08am -
- Fracking Just in Time to Help the US Economy
In today's lead article we discuss the idea of whether fracking is undermining the petrodollar and aiding the birth of long-awaited global money. But there are other possibilities, as well. Those running central banks around the world are evidently a…
- 11 days ago, 14 May 13, 12:07am -
- G7 Sets Policy for Global Tax Regime
It will not be much noted by the mainstream press that this week's meeting of the G7 has attempted to harmonize tax collection worldwide. As we follow dominant social themes, we were suspicious of Cyprus's planned implosion a few weeks ago and believ…
- 11 days ago, 14 May 13, 12:06am -
- Correct Mayor Johnson the Real Problem is Not the EU
London Mayor Boris Johnson claims he wants a referendum on whether Britain is to stay in the European Union, but his rhetoric is lukewarm. This has been a problem all along for Mr. Johnson and has aroused suspicions in Britain among conservatives ove…
- 11 days ago, 14 May 13, 12:04am -
- Litigation The Alternative to the Mainstream Media That Must Be Considered
We continue to chart the downturn of the mainstream news media. In this case, it is the upfront ad fees that are slumping for television companies. But in the past, we have seen along with everyone else on the Internet that mainstream media of all ki…
- 11 days ago, 14 May 13, 12:03am -
- UN to World Eat Bugs
The United Nations is back with another ludicrous suggestion. Apparently those running the UN simply don't understand how out-of-touch they look when officers make sweeping statements about human behavior and what must be rectified. They have all the…
- 11 days ago, 14 May 13, 12:02am -
- The Federal Reserves Exit Strategy is Just More Monetary Manipulation
The recent media reports that the Federal Reserve has devised an "exit strategy" to reverse their nearly $3 trillion increase of the money supply over the last several years shows that the monetary central planners remain wedded to the philosophy of…
- 11 days ago, 14 May 13, 12:01am -
- Gold US1100
Is gold headed down in the long term? Possibly so. That doesn't mean it's a bad investment however. Perhaps if you want to make a quick profit it is a bad investment. And if you expect a near-term rebound, you might be disappointed. But long term the…
- 12 days ago, 13 May 13, 12:08am -
- Universal Basic Income Promotion Hits the Washington Post
We long ago identified the anti-usury/pro-central banking movement as part of a larger globalist messaging. Now it's hitting the big time – see above excerpt ... For lack of a better descriptive phrase, we have called it the "paper money hoax," and…
- 12 days ago, 13 May 13, 12:07am -
- Spains Problem is Europes Too
This analysis over at the UK Telegraph is probably accurate as far as it goes. Spain is technically broke and, more importantly, it seems something of a broken society. The monetary inflation that created a building boom on Spain's southern flank is…
- 12 days ago, 13 May 13, 12:06am -
- What No One Wants to Hear About Benghazi
Congressional hearings, White House damage control, endless op-eds, accusations and defensive denials. Controversy over the events in Benghazi last September took center stage in Washington and elsewhere last week. However, the whole discussion is ag…
- 12 days ago, 13 May 13, 12:03am -
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