Births in Japan are at their lowest level since 1874 when the population was about 70% smaller. Meanwhile, deaths are some 60% higher, and expect to hit the highest level since the end of World War II.
2019 was a rough year for anyone in favor of an economy and society guided from the bottom up by people with the freedom to exchange, cooperate, and think as they choose...
As the last holiday shopping season of the decade is now in the books, we are getting a clearer picture of how retailers fared during the busiest shopping season of the year...
China is trying to make it seem like it's some grand trade concession. It's not, and it merely confirms just how desperate China is becoming as food hyperinflation ravages its middle class.
The world over people are told that central banks pursue “price stability” by making sure that consumer goods prices do not rise by more than 2 percent per annum. This is, of course, a big sham...
Negative rates are the destruction of money, an economic aberration based on the mistakes of many central banks and some of their economists who start from a wrong diagnosis...
"...they threw the sink at this economy when it comes to Keynesian stimulus, monetary and fiscal, and they were not able to deliver above-average GDP growth."
Daune Nason, founder of the Folsom-based Citizens Again, released details of his plans for an estimated $3 billion private city equipped with amenities and services for a 150,000 “high-needs” population. He also launched a $50,000 online panhandling campaign...
...it was Volcker who masterminded the program that Nixon announced in August 1971, which unilaterally suspended gold convertibility of U.S. dollars held by foreign governments and central banks...
