Tag Archives: Bank of England
How the rich got richer and continue to do so: evading risk.
On the most recent episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy open the show with a discussion of the chart below, which shows that the top 1 percent of the world’s population owns half of the world’s wealth, and … Continue reading
Where is the money gonna come from to pay for all that “free stuff?” From thin air, of course—time to accept the truth.
NOTE: This is not an article about, or necessarily in support of Bernie Sanders. Please don’t read it that way. He is just emblematic of the larger point being made herein and therefore has to be referred to multiple times… … Continue reading
Slavery and Secession: Old vs. New—TPP Edition
I was chastised last night on Facebook for constantly posting about the reasons why I believe that the rebel flag should be removed from Mississippi’s flag and from South Carolina’s capitol. And of course, trying in vain to promote my … Continue reading
Money Is Fake—People Are Waking Up
A great article from Charles Hugh Smith appeared on Zero Hedge today. It’s titled “The Changing World Of Work 2: Financialization = Insecurity,” which perfectly encapsulates the entire problem faced by society. That is, financialization is the enemy of the … Continue reading
BANK ADMITS: MONEY IS FAKE, FICTIONAL, NOT REAL
An anniversary repost, originally appearing March 31, 2014 at my other blog, The Air Standard: The very essence of what this blog is all about has been spelled out and confirmed in an article by the Bank of England: “Commercial … Continue reading
BANKS PUT ALL RISK ON US, THEN TAKE ALL THE REWARD AND PRETEND THAT IS CAPITALISM
We all know that all fiat money, such as the U.S. dollar, is created out of thin air not by banks but by the people and only has value because said people ultimately have “faith” in it. This is uncontroversial … Continue reading
DOES MONEY EXIST?
To answer the question in the headline–money exists as much as anything else that is completely made up out of nothing… Indeed, check out the above video from Time Magazine’s website. What Time’s Justin Fox tells us at approximately 1:47 … Continue reading
INSTEAD OF BANNING CASH, GO TO SELF-ISSUED CURRENCY
Apparently Kenneth Rogoff doesn’t think the banks and their kept governments have enough ways to screw us all over, so he is proposing a ban on cash: “Has the time come to consider phasing out anonymous paper currency, starting with … Continue reading
NOT NEGATIVE, JUST TRUE: “EXPENSES SOAR, WAGES STALL”
A few days ago, the website of The Washington Post ran a story with this headline–“Happy Days No More: Middle-class families squeezed as expenses soar, wages stall.” No shit, Sherlock. The article tells us the following: “Wages for millions of … Continue reading
THE SOLUTION: SINCE THE MONEY ISN’T REAL, THE DEBT ISN’T EITHER
Very interesting commentary from David Graeber (Occupy movement leader and author of “Debt: The First 5,000 Years“) on the Bank of England’s recent admission that money is created out of thin air. Graeber sounds as excited as me in describing … Continue reading