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Quick: Name an industry that’s grown from a value of 0 to around $1.7 trillion in just over a decade. One that, in the next year or two, could be poised to grow by a few more trillion… maybe even more. And unless you’re surrounded by finance or tech junkies, this industry is
Thursday, November 29, 2001 felt like any other day in Argentina. People woke up, went to work, and lived their lives. There was nothing really unusual about that day, everything seemed fine. Sure, Argentina’s economy had been in a severe recession for three years, so life was difficult. But it was still normal.
In the year 1218 AD, Genghis Khan was knee-deep in a bloody war with the Jin Dynasty of northern China– a conflict that would last for more than two decades. The Khan knew that China was a powerful enemy, so he took careful steps to make peace with his neighbors so that he
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. National Institutes of Health Injected Puppies With Cocaine Through a Freedom of Information Request, a watchdog organization revealed that the National Institutes for Health
Charlotte Bellis is a journalist who was based in Afghanistan during the US withdrawal. She covered the Taliban’s first press conference after it took control of the country last summer, and asked, “what will you do to protect the rights of women and girls?” Now Bellis, a New Zealand citizen, could ask the
The year 238 AD began with Maximinus I as Emperor of Rome– a former peasant who had worked his way up through the ranks of the military before being chosen as Emperor by his troops. By August of that year, Maximinus was dead, and five other men had briefly held the title 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. Nova Scotia Bans Cheering Truckers Along Highways Canada’s “Freedom Convoy” is a group of thousands of truckers who have flooded Ottawa for the past
Every Tuesday, the Sovereign Man editorial team holds our weekly meeting at 8am, 10am, 11am, 3pm, and 4pm. No, it’s not some form of professional self-flagellation— it’s one meeting. But we have team members video-calling in from the US , Puerto Rico, Chile, Spain, Croatia, South Africa, and often other locations around the
[Editor’s Note: This letter was written by Joe Jarvis, a Sovereign Man team member based in Puerto Rico.] Here in Puerto Rico people instinctively understand why they need to prepare for disaster. Why have a backup generator or off-grid solar system? Because the power was out for months after Hurricane Maria in 2017.
On December 21, 1789, just as France was in the very early days of its chaotic revolution, the country’s brand new “Constituent Assembly” passed a desperate decree aimed at preventing economic disaster. France was already on the brink of financial ruin; the national debt was so large that the annual interest payments were
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. TSA Accepts ARREST WARRANTS as ID for Illegal Immigrants Responding to a recent Congressional inquiry, the TSA said that it allows illegal immigrants to
On the morning of October 5, 1789, dozens of women were looking for food at an outdoor market in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine neighborhood of Paris. But the store shelves were nearly empty. Bread in particular– a staple of the French diet– was in critically short supply. And what little bread the shops did
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. Hong Kong Will Execute Thousands of Hamsters to Prevent COVID Because China is subjecting Hong Kong to its zero COVID policy, health authorities in
On the evening of March 16th in the year 37 AD, one of the most controversial emperors in Roman history appeared to be dying in his bed. Friends and family gathered to pay their final respects to Emperor Tiberius, who had ruled for more than two decades. For some Romans, Tiberius was literally
On July 27, 1656, senior leaders of the Jewish community in Amsterdam issued a writ of cherem— the Hebrew term for expulsion and excommunication. Their target was a young, 23-year old Dutch/Portuguese intellectual named Baruch Spinoza, himself a Jew, whose dangerous crime was questioning the unquestionable teachings of the faith. The Jewish elders