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August 21, 2014 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia By the late 1920s, Joseph Stalin became the unchallenged leader of the Soviet Union after having eliminated his opposition. He topped it off in 1929 by serving a decisive blow to anyone that would dare to oppose him by outlawing private gun ownership in the country. From
August 20, 2014 Frankfurt, Germany Sometimes I am convinced it was completely by design, and not a weird little coincidence, that one of Germany’s most sprawling red light districts is just steps away from the European Central Bank. This fact becomes comically obvious right around happy hour… as self-congratulatory ECB economists and their
August 19, 2014 Rome, Italy Imagine yourself hanging off a cliff, clutching to a single rope. There you are, dangling over the abyss, completely dependent on the strength of that rope. The rope could fray or it could be cut, and there you would go, tumbling straight down. So to be safe, you
August 18, 2014 Spoleto, Italy The sniper took a breath in as he put the fleeing form of Peter Fechter into the crosshairs of his rifle. As he exhaled, he squeezed the trigger, landing his bullet squarely in the young boy’s back. Watching Peter’s body fall, he mentally congratulated himself on what he’d
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August 15, 2014 Spoleto, Italy Back in March serious allegations came out of the Senate that the CIA was monitoring and even hacking Senate computers. They were denied vehemently at the time by CIA director John Brennan, who went so far as to say “that’s just beyond the scope of reason.” Unsurprisingly, of
August 14, 2014 Spoleto, Italy Remember in the first Bourne movie when Jason wakes up after being rescued from the Mediterranean Sea? Suffering from amnesia he doesn’t remember who he is, or what had happened to him. The only clue he has is a tiny surgically implanted projector that displays a safe deposit
August 13, 2014 Spoleto, Italy For hundreds of years the Byzantine Empire coined the most popular reserve currency in the history of the world. Merchants all over Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and further, used it in trade for centuries. It was called the solidus, and was introduced by Constantine I in
August 12, 2014 Spoleto, Italy If you’ve been a reader of Sovereign Man for any length of time you’ve probably read about our annual youth camp. Each summer, we bring students from all over the world to a beautiful lakeside resort in Lithuania where my colleagues and I coach them about liberty, investing,
August 11, 2014 London, England [Editor’s note: Tim Price, frequent Sovereign Man contributor and Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management, is filling in while Simon is teaching at his entrepreneurship camp.] On September 9th, 1965, US Navy pilot James Stockdale was shot down over North Vietnam and seized by a mob. He
August 7, 2014 Vilnius, Lithuania In an unbelievable display of arrogance and self-importance, the Australian government recently announced the most sweeping changes to their national security legislation since 9/11. The new laws will give the Australian government more powers to monitor all types of communication, both phone and internet. What’s more, telecom companies
August 6, 2014 Vilnius, Lithuania When you think about “strong banking”, what country comes first to mind? A few years ago, the most obvious answer would be Switzerland. Today, however, Switzerland’s reputation for banking is nowhere near where it once was. Starting in 2009, the US, as chief financial bully, led the charge
August 5, 2014 Vilnius, Lithuania Roughly a month ago, my colleague Tim Price wrote an article exposing CYNK Technology Corp. The day we published, the stock (OTC: CYNK) had a market cap in excess of $1 billion; it rose to more than $6 billion at its peak. All this with one employee, no
August 4, 2014 Kiev, Ukraine There’s nothing more permanent than a temporary government measure, as the old saying goes. I was reminded of it when I came back to Kiev over the weekend and that the Ukrainian government imposed a series of “temporary” taxes to help the war effort. And boy does this
“Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on that strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of
August 1, 2014 Tallinn, Estonia What a disaster. For the second time in the last fifteen or so odd years, Argentina has defaulted on its debt. And as we reported a few weeks ago, there was no easy way out. Years ago, most of the creditors that Argentina had stiffed in 2001 agreed