When Stock Markets Are Wrong A soaring stock market is celebrated as a sign of American economic health. Economic history shows this is an error.
Ditch the Dollar, Save the Planet? Reasons to be Cheerful: Eco-activists should welcome the failure of the US dollar as world reserve currency.
The Sedan Chair Economy Think of the world economy as a sedan chair in which the America's government and consumers are carried by the world's producers.
Is Britain Bankrupt? Boris Johnson's illicit booze, illegal cakes, and other dramas distract from the United Kingdom's dire economic future.
How to Rule the World: Part 2 (Commerce Brings Peace) 3 big visions for a prosperous Eurasian future.
How to Rule the World: Part 1 (The Old Way) Halford Mackinder's geopolitical strategy helped the Anglosphere nations dominate Eurasia. Now that era is coming to an end
How to Kill a Cryptocurrency Today the People's Bank of China banned crypto transactions. The US and EU will likely follow.
9/11: 20 Years Later On September 11th 2001, I was in a dentist’s waiting room on Kingsland Road, east London. The TV was tuned to BBC News 24 and there were early reports that a light aircraft had flown into one of the twin towers. The dentist came to watch just as the second plane hit. We gawped …
50 Years Ago Today A quick note on a 'golden jubilee'. August 15th 1971 was day the US government refused to pay its debts, fixed the world monetary system in its favour, and blew the US dollar Superbubble we inhabit today.
Follow The Giants Purchases, repatriations, audits … Major central banks are demonstrating ownership of physical gold.