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November 28, 2012 Santiago, Chile We don’t have control over the circumstances of our births. And let’s face it, some people hit the lottery right out of the gate, born into loving families, big inheritances, or well-developed countries full of opportunity. When I was a kid, the United States was
Reporting from: Hong Kong [Editor’s Note: Sovereign Man Chief Investment Strategist Tim Staermose is filling in for Simon today.] In another absurd example of what happens when unrestrained money printing meets idiotic government taxes, the price of parking spaces at a suburban apartment complex some 40 minutes from central Hong
November 26, 2012 Sovereign Valley Farm, Pencahue, Chile Demographers estimate that there are 7 billion people on the planet. It’s safe to say that most of them probably don’t share your values. For proof of concept, one need only browse a sample of Black Friday shopping mall videos where,
November 23, 2012 Hong Kong [Editor’s note: Sovereign Man Chief investment Strategist Tim Staermose is filling in for Simon today.] The Philippines is richly endowed with minerals. So rich, in fact, that individuals can make an excellent living by mining illegal claims through dangerous, primitive methods. Like most places, unfortunately,
November 21, 2012 Santiago, Chile The Chilean economy is booming right now. Full stop. From agriculture to retail to construction to mining. Everywhere you look, it’s happening. This isn’t pretend economic growth, conjured out of thin air by central bankers who drop freshly printed currency from helicopters. It’s the real
Reporting from: Santiago, Chile Tax policy really tells you a lot about a government… what politicians’ values and priorities are. People can SAY anything, but in a way, tax policy is putting their money where their mouths are. For example, politicians like to talk about technology, efficiency and transparency. But
November 19, 2012 Santiago, Chile In 1936, the US government began circulating a series of pamphlets to explain its brand new Social Security program, plus the associated taxes. Initially, the Social Security tax was set at 2%. The government promised it would rise to 3% in 1949, with no additional
November 16, 2012, Santiago, Chile. There are only a few people who get it: the era of cheap food is over. Global net population growth creates over 200,000 new mouths to feed ever single day. Yet supply of available farmland is diminishing each year due to development, loss of topsoil,
November 15, 2012, Santiago, Chile. In his farewell address to Congress yesterday, Ron Paul blasted the dangers of what he called ‘Economic Ignorance’: “Economic ignorance is commonplace. . . Believers in military Keynesianism and domestic Keynesianism continue to desperately promote their failed policies, as the economy languishes in a deep
November 13, 2012, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. [Editor’s note: Sovereign Man Chief Investment Strategist Tim Staermose is filling in for Simon today.] Surabaya in East Java is a glamorous old city that became a colonial stronghold during the time of the Dutch East Indies. It was also the starting point
Here’s something crazy to think about: Roughly 200,000 people were born today. That’s net world population growth, births minus deaths. Each one of them constitutes a new mouth to feed. And when they come of age, those 200,000 people will consume, conservatively, about 1,250 Calories per day. Collectively, that’s 91.25
November 9, 2012, Santiago, Chile. According to Google’s trend analysis, keyword searches for terms like “renounce citizenship” have soared in the past week. Is it any wonder? Millions of people are disconcerted, dismayed, or outright disgusted at President Obama’s victory, and they sense a continued decline of civil liberties and
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