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When I was a kid, I used to proudly wear around a T-shirt explaining different economic systems using ‘two cows’ as a metaphor. It started off like this: Socialism: You have two cows. Give one to your neighbor. Then Communism: You have two cows. The government takes both and gives
I’ve long-stated that the government of the United States is completely insolvent. And that is 100% true statement. The government’s own numbers show that official liabilities, including debt held by the public and federal retirement benefits, total $20.7 trillion. Yet the government’s assets, including the value of the entire federal
The Road to Ruin, as they say, is paved with good intentions. So I suppose the road to hell is paved in the best of intentions. And that’s how most laws often start: with the BEST of intentions. That was certainly the case when Barack Obama signed the HIRE Act into
When I was a kid growing up in the early 80s, the United States was the undisputed dominant superpower in the world. The US dollar was awe-inspiring; on a trade-weighted basis, the dollar index was at an all-time high, and had never been as strong ever before… or since. And
[Editor’s note: This letter was written by Tim Price, London-based wealth manager and editor of Price Value International.] Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first pay too much. How else to account for the astonishing $200 million lawsuit filed last week by billionaire bond investor Bill Gross against
I just got back from Caracas, Venezuela, a city so dangerous that every time I left my hotel, the staff would warn me against even going outside. It’s an incredibly difficult reality to reconcile. People hate the fact that they may get robbed or killed just steps from their front
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