Doug Casey Interview on Ron Paul Liberty Report
Tim McGraw wrote: Young men in America today are lost in computer space.
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Doug Casey on the Global Push for a Digital ID—and Its Threat to Freedom
International Man: Recently, the State Bank of Vietnam deactivated more than 86 million bank accounts as part of its shift toward a new national digital ID system. Officials call it a ‘security upgrade,’ but it effectively cut off millions from their own money overnight. In Thailand, we’ve seen a similar push […]
Doug Casey on the Fed’s Quiet War Against the Middle Class
International Man: The Federal Reserve recently cut interest rates. What does it signal about the current state of the US economy? Doug Casey: Let me introduce the subject with a joke. Einstein dies and goes to heaven. St. Peter greets him effusively and says, “Unfortunately, Mr. Einstein, because we’re a centrally planned […]
How We Got Here: A Brief History of America’s Banking System
President Reagan famously said that the closest thing to eternal life on this earth is a government agency. Surely that aphorism applies to the Federal RESERVE. And most especially when you put a Trumpian ALL CAPS focus on the “reserve” part of its title. That is to say, the purpose […]
Doug Casey on Trump’s National Guard Deployment and the Future of Liberty in America
International Man: Donald Trump has already deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles and Washington, DC, and threatened to send them into more cities. Is this a legitimate use of executive power, or a dangerous escalation? Doug Casey: Once upon a time, that wouldn’t even have been a question, because the Posse Comitatus Act […]
Why the Hardest Money Always Wins
French Emperor Napoleon III reserved a special set of aluminum cutlery for only his most honored dinner guests. Ordinary guests had to settle for gold utensils. In the mid-1800s, aluminum was rarer and more coveted than gold. As a result, aluminum bullion bars were included among France’s national treasures, and […]
Doug Casey on Why Trump’s Policies Are Right Out of Mussolini’s Playbook
International Man: The US government recently took a 15% stake in MP Materials and a 10% stake in Intel to counter China’s dominance in rare earth elements and revive the domestic semiconductor industry. Are these national security necessities, or a fundamental break from free-market capitalism? Doug Casey: First, whenever you hear the […]
Operation “Let’s Grab the Oil”
It’s back on track. I don’t know if you remember it, but last year I hypothesized that the Trump administration would focus their attention on a North/South axis of power… and less on an East/West. Part of this is down to the fact the US Military is stretched globally, and […]
Doug Casey on the Shadowy Forces Behind JD Vance’s Rise and Grooming as MAGA Successor
International Man: JD Vance’s early political rise was fueled by over $13 million from Palantir co-founder and current chairman Peter Thiel—support that far outstripped grassroots contributions. What do you think drove Thiel to pour big money into launching the political career of someone virtually unknown to the public? Doug Casey: I’m innately […]
Doug Casey on the Failures of the Justice System and a Viable Solution
International Man: What is the role of a justice system in a society, and what should the State have to do with it? Doug Casey: In my view, what really holds a society together isn’t the laws enacted by legislatures or dictators, but peer pressure, social opprobrium, and moral approbation. […]