By Tyler Durden, ZeroHedge
For most of modern history, the gold trade worked one way: emerging-market mines dug it up, shipped it out (often as cheap ore, more often through
For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says
Etienne Note: See our new book: The Greatest Theft in Human History – How the
Travel teams, high-end gear and specialized training are turning America’s pastime into a sport for rich kids
Etienne Note: One reason families can’t afford baseball for their kids
Understanding the (Mostly) Invisible Theft: Inflation from Fractional Reserve Banking + Government Taxes + Social Security COLA UnderpaymentEtienne de la Boetie2
By Etienne de la Boetie2 Founder, Art of Liberty Foundation
With
Understanding the (Mostly) Invisible Theft: Inflation from Fractional Reserve Banking + Government Taxes + Social Security COLA Underpayment
By Etienne de la Boetie2 Founder, Art of Liberty Foundation
With research assistance from
By Fred Imbert, Sean Conlon, Chloe Taylor and Saudah Khaimiya, CNBC
Treasury yields were trading at multidecade highs on Thursday, as investor bets on another rate hike from the Federal
Etienne Note: I illustrated this Mises article on the K-shaped economy with some visualizations from our new book that we are announcing THIS WEEK: The Greatest Theft in Human History
By Dorothy Neufeld, Visual Capitalist
The 10-year Treasury briefly poked above 5% this week - peaking at 5.04% on Bloomberg's tape, the highest since 2007 - before
Social Security, once seen as ‘old-age insurance,’ will eventually disappear, this author predicts
Etienne Note: How could the wealthiest country in the history of the world now be dead broke
Norway’s mammoth wealth fund wants to cut its holdings of government bonds, chiefly affecting U.S. Treasurys, as it seeks greater returns elsewhere.
Key Points
* Norway’s mammoth wealth
Charles Hugh Smith via Of Two Minds
Etienne Note: Under REAL Freedom (voluntaryism) there is a free market in money and no central bank to manipulate interest rates, create unlimited