Sprott Money's blog

For years, a rather pointless argument has been ongoing amongst economists - that of inflation vs. deflation.

Consumer debt culture has completely and utterly taken over the West.

If you’re sophisticated and have a bit of luck, you could end holding your gold exposure at zero or even make a profit.

In the early 2000’s, I began to advise friends and associates that much of the world would likely be entering a depression before the decade was out.

Free trade, as a matter of practicality, can only exist where all trade partners exist on a perfectly “level playing field”

In the real world, any casino (legal or otherwise) which refused to pay when the “house” lost would quickly be driven out of business

What do Big Businesses do best?.....Corporate Blackmail

Clearly the title to this piece will be viewed as controversial, if not entirely heretical, by many readers. However, the facts (and more importantly) the economic principles here are unequivocal. “Bigger” is not better.

First we had “too big to fail”. Then came “too big to jail”. Now, finally, the U.S. Department of “Justice” is letting us know what it really thinks: U.S. Big Banks simply have a license to steal.

For longer than any of us have lived, we have been brainwashed via financial advertising (and our, own, beloved “financial advisors”) to believe that life insurance represents the best way for a responsible wage-earner “to protect his or her loved ones”. 

If you were to tell someone that the life insurance they had purchased was “a bad bet” or (even more judgmentally) “sheer stupidity”, almost certainly that person would feel insulted. 

It can't continue indefinitely, and there has to be a terminal point, and I think obviously we're much closer to that.

A repetitive flaw continues to circulate throughout much of the media – mainstream and Alternative, alike

As the situation in China continues to move into the realm of a full-blown crisis, you have to wonder how much more of their massive stockpile of treasuries are they willing to dump on the market?

In the past, readers have been alerted to numerous “impossible” trends in our markets and economies, all manufactured by the Western banking crime syndicate. Here are just a few of those highlights (low-lights?)