Will 2026 be a year of great shaking for the United States? Coming into 2025, I thought that seismic activity would be a major global theme, and that has certainly turned out to be the case. This has been an extremely unusual year for earthquakes along the Pacific Ring of Fire, and […]
As we trek toward the New Year, the affordability crisis is becoming too difficult to ignore. Housing and food prices are a major concern for a majority of Americans, as many decide whether they are going to pay their electricity bill or buy food. The affordability crisis that is making […]
This article first appeared on the Mises Wire May 11, 2021. In a recent issue, Time Magazine boldly declared, “The Free Market Is Dead,” and then added: “What Will Replace It?” Of course, one always can expect Time to be disingenuous at best and dishonest at worst, and as an academic economist, I have come […]
Rack and Stack The 2026 fiscal year started on October 1. The Treasury, so far, has reported its spending for the first two months. The dismal results should come as no surprise. The U.S. government has already run up a deficit of $458 billion – and there’s still 10 more […]
Gold is hovering near $4,400 while silver has cleared $60. Yet U.S. investors remain historically underweight in precious metals. Here’s why this price action isn’t a rally – but rather a fundamental reassessment of the price of risk… Your News to Know rounds up the most important developments in precious […]
Government spending per person in the United States has soared nearly 10,000 percent over the last century, as reported by the Federalist. The number is staggering, but the true question isn’t how much has been spent but what was bought and why the US government needs to spend at such a […]
Visualizing the Cost of the American Dream in 2025 See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways The American Dream isn’t cheap. Owning a home, raising a family, and […]
The glory that was Greece is of another day. The EU is dominated by LEFTIST all following Marx and assume that they can just order people to comply under penalty of one thing or another. Greece has implemented laws requiring taxpayers to provide proof of spending 30% of their annual income through electronic payments, […]
This article was written by Brandon Smith and originally published at Birch Gold Group In a system dominated by Keynesian economics the word “deflation” is considered taboo; like saying Donald Trump’s name out loud in a crowded Seattle yoga studio. The screeching reaction you will get is rarely worth the effort […]
Do you remember all of those people over the years that warned us that the cost of living would eventually spiral out of control? It turns out that they were right. Our leaders flooded the system with trillions upon trillions of new dollars, and now we have a real life […]