Property Rights Gone Wrong
Dylan Ratigan Huffington Post Most mortgages in America are now backed by our government. And in order for a bank to get that backing from…
Economy
Feds order HSBC to boost money-laundering controls
Eileen AJ Connelly Associated Press NEW YORK — Federal regulators on Thursday said HSBC North America Holdings Inc. has been ordered to improve its compliance…
Cash-Strapped States Resurrect “Debtors’ Prisons”
Nadia Prupis Truth Out Two reports published by NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reveal a rising trend of…
Secretly-passed bill to provide foreclosure cover to banks on Obama’s desk
Dees Illustrations Scot J. Paltrow Reuters A bill that homeowners advocates warn will make it more difficult to challenge improper foreclosure attempts by big mortgage…
Fed Ditching Goal of “Price Stability” in Favor of “Moderate Price Inflation”
Dees Illustration Peter Schiff Lew Rockwell NY Fed President William Dudley’s outrageous statements today closely conform to recent pronouncements from other Fed officials and confirm…
Fed Officials Mull Inflation as a Fix
Lewrockwell.com War and Inflation Sundeep Reddy The Wall Street Journal The Federal Reserve spent the past three decades getting inflation low and keeping it there. But…
Dollar set for sharp decline, Goldman forecasts
The dollar will embark on a sharp decline over the next 12 months, Goldman Sachs forecast on Wednesday, as policy makers in Washington look poised…
Frightening Charts Show Record Low Revenue, Worst-Ever Austerity Measures For US Cities
Image: National League of cities Gus Lubin Business Insider Municipal pain is at its worst level on record, according to annual report from the National…
The Essence of the Banking Industry – To Make Us All Debt Slaves
Congressman Grayson: “Breaking and Entering Does Not Become Legal Just Because a Big Bank Does It. The Rule of Law Must Apply Equally to Everyone”
Washington’s Blog Congressman Alan Grayson’s office sent me the following statement by the Congressman on the rampant foreclosure fraud, and the unlawful breaking and entering…
No Way Out
Doug Casey Casey Research I really dislike sounding inflammatory. Saying that things are going to go terribly wrong runs a risk of being classed with…
Gold hits another record as inflation fears grow
Christopher Leonard Associated Press Gold prices hit a new record Wednesday and silver prices surged as investors bought up the precious metal to hedge against…
Banks Breaking Into Occupied Homes In Foreclosure To Change Locks
Dees Illustration Huffington Post In their zeal to complete foreclosure proceedings, some banks send representatives to change the locks on properties in foreclosure, even as…
Could California’s Prop. 19 Lead to Pot Legalization Across the U.S.?
Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Adam Cohen Time The cult movie Reefer Madness, released in 1938, warned of the horrors of marijuana — or, as a…