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HOW FAKE MONEY BECAME LEGAL MONEY: THE AFFIRMATION OF THE NIXON SHOCK

Forty-three years ago today in what is now not-so-commonly known as the “Nixon Shock”, Richard Nixon ended the Bretton Woods system by ending the convertibility of Federal Reserve Notes to gold, thereby putting the United States—and the world—on the road … Continue reading

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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

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NO, IT’S NOT YOUR IMAGINATION: YOUR REAL WAGES ARE GOING DOWN

You know that cold dread that drops into the pit of your stomach when you check your balance and see that you’re down to your last few dollars and payday is still a week away?  Too much month at the … Continue reading

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PART 2: WHAT “RECOVERY”? WHO CAN AFFORD ANYTHING?

Who can afford anything? Not many people, it seems. As noted in yesterday’s post, half of America cannot afford the house they are “buying,” while at the same time rents are skyrocketing, with the number of people who pay half … Continue reading

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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

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BANKS GET FREE MONEY, YOU GET JACK-OLA

“Quantitative easing” (QE) is a fancy, bullshit banker term for “We’re going to give free money to banks and it’s going to come out of your pocket.”  Of course, as we all know by now, the money that was and … Continue reading

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7 CEOS WHO SHOULD BE IN JAIL INSTEAD OF MARY MCCULLEY

So Mary McCulley is posting on Facebook again! Well, not actually Mary, but a friend of hers, who posted this: “Truth is no longer the soul of justice because justice no longer has a soul.” — Mary McCulley, May 1, … Continue reading

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WAKE UP: “ENTIRE STATUS QUO IS RIGGED”

Charles Hugh Smith gets it exactly right in this excerpt below.  The emperor is naked, and you can see it with your own eyes, if only you will open them and wake up!  Smith’s commentary: The stock market is only … Continue reading

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BANK SAYS: IF YOU BELIEVE BANKS LEND DEPOSITS, YOU ARE WRONG

This is NOT an April Fool’s prank.  Indeed, the Bank of England wants you to understand that when it comes to money creation, everything you “know” is wrong (cross-posted at The Air Standard)… In its recent press release, the BoE … Continue reading

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WHY DOES EVERYTHING COST SO MUCH? SCHIFF EXPLAINS

The simple answer is, of course, inflation. The powers that be are trying to convince us that inflation is a good thing, a healthy thing, as Peter Schiff notes here: “It is no accident that the concept of ‘inflation’ has … Continue reading

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