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August 1, 2013 Trakai, Lithuania Today is one of my favorite days of the year. If you’re a long-time subscriber, you may know that I hold an annual ‘Liberty and Entrepreneurship Camp’ every summer in Lithuania. This year’s camp starts today. Overall it’s the seventh camp that I’ve participated in,
July 31, 2013 Vilnius, Lithuania Seven minutes. That’s how long it would take to crack one of the passwords I had been using for more than ten years, according to the crypto experts at Silent Circle. Let’s be honest. A lot of people use the same password over and over
July 30, 2013 Vilnius, Lithuania Is there such a thing as a ‘safe’ fiat currency? The term itself is as intellectually disingenuous as terms like ‘fair tax’ or ‘government innovation’. But as we’ve been exploring recently why modern central banking is completely dysfunctional, it does beg the question– is any
July 29, 2013 Kiev, Ukraine Here’s a question– if you’re in the Land of the Free, do you think those green pieces of paper in your wallet are dollars? They’re not. A US dollar was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 as 416 grains of standard silver. No, those
July 26, 2013 Kiev, Ukraine Over the past several decades, people around the world have become so brainwashed that few people really give much thought anymore to the safety of their currency. It’s not something people really understand… there’s apparently some Wizard of Oz type figure at the top of
July 25, 2013 Vienna, Austria Gold owners are almost universally familiar with the story of Franklin Roosevelt criminalizing the ownership of gold back in 1933. Executive Order 6102 was signed on April 5, 1933, and it forbade the “Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates within the continental
July 24, 2013 Dublin, Ireland We received a lot of questions from an article last week about obtaining residency from Portugal’s housing market. Let’s explore a bit further– If you have the means, having a second residency makes a world of sense. For one, if your home country goes down
July 22, 2013 Reykjavik, Iceland Without doubt, Iceland was the canary in the coalmine for the sovereign debt crisis that is unfolding across the world right now. It was the first place to go bust, crumbling under the weight of a credit-fueled boom that brought down most of the country’s
July 19, 2013 Reykjavik, Iceland Decades ago, John Maynard Keynes famously wrote in his book The General Theory: “If the Treasury were to fill old bottles with bank-notes, bury them at suitable depths in disused coal-mines. . . and leave it to private enterprise on well-tried principles of laissez-faire to
July 18, 2013 Lisbon, Portugal Yesterday afternoon while strolling around Lisbon, I happened upon a row of antique stores. Like most retail storefronts in the city, the proprietors were in a serious cash crunch and looking to quickly liquidate some inventory. I found this to be an exciting opportunity given
July 17, 2013 Lisbon, Portugal Portugal is often overlooked as a tourist destination for more famous venues like Spain, France, and England. But if you’ve never been before, I highly recommend it. This has long been one of my favorite places to be in Europe. There’s such an incredible amount
June 16, 2013 Lisbon, Portgual As far back as ancient times, whenever civilizations fell into great crisis, people in desperation have almost invariably turned to a single individual who promised them better times. Both the Greeks and Romans often conveyed dictatorial powers to someone in whom they entrusted people’s security
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