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By the turn of the century in the year 1600, the City of London was booming. It was the Age of Shakespeare and Francis Bacon (the father of the scientific method). And London’s population had doubled in the previous 25 years. London’s fast growth, however, was totally unplanned. And many
In the year 1804, only a few months before he proclaimed himself Emperor of France, 35-year old Napoleon Bonaparte stood before the State Council to discuss war with Great Britain. By then Napoleon had already become the most powerful person in France; he had led the Coup d’etat against the
Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. MSNBC Calls Black Lt. Gov a White Supremacist The outgoing governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, was pictured in his college yearbook
During a recent episode of the Knowledge Series we unpacked Malta’s residency program for pensioners. Today, we look at how you can enjoy Mediterranean island living — along with attractive tax benefits — as a non-retiree. Let’s get into the details below… Malta: Far more than just a retirement destination
In the year 552 BC in the province of Persis in modern day Iran, a local sheepherder started a revolt against his ruler, King Astyages of the Median Empire. The sheepherder’s name was Cyrus, though he would become known to history as Cyrus the Great. Cyrus led the rebellion against
More than four thousand years ago around 2112 BC, King Ur-Nammu of ancient Sumeria gathered his scribes together to dictate a series of royal decrees, all of which were chiseled onto cuneiform tablets. A handful of these tablets were discovered and translated in the 20th century, making the Code of
Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Woke 401(k) rule quietly moves forward Almost exactly one year ago, the US Department of Labor issued a regulation requiring that
Few people — if any — would consider having a baby overseas. But if you are having a baby, or you’re considering it… The following two countries will give your child immediate citizenship, and you, as the parents, can get permanent residency and expedited citizenship if you travel there to
Got Portuguese parents, grandparents or earlier ancestors? In today’s episode, we unpack how you can get Citizenship By Descent in Portugal — for next to nothing… Join Sovereign Confidential to… Getting Portuguese Citizenship By Descent In a recent Knowledge Series episode, we looked at Greece as a Citizenship By Ancestry
How many times now have the ‘experts’ been desperately, woefully wrong about elections over the past several years? They were wrong about Brexit. They were wrong about the 2016 US Presidential election. And they were hilariously, historically wrong about the 2020 election. In fact, according to a report from the
It’s been nearly 11 years now that Ben Bernanke, who was then Chairman of the Federal Reserve, sat down for a rare TV interview with 60 Minutes back in late 2010. As he sat across from journalist Scott Pelley, Bernanke appeared shaken, but not stirred; he was visibly nervous, but
It was late spring of 1348 when a small ship departed from the port of Gascony in Southwestern France, destined for Dorset County on the English Channel. The ship was carrying basic provisions and goods for trade. But unknown to the sailors, dockworkers, and the locals in Dorset County, the
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