Boniface (Sunday) Recently I was given an essay assignment about whether we should restrict foreign imports of cars and other products. The final essay I wrote was quite dry, so I am going to use this article to address this problem in more depth, on a platform where […]
Insider Hi, welcome back to Insider Weekly, a roundup of some of our top stories. This is Spriha Srivastava, filling in for Matt Turner. I am Insider’s London bureau chief and international executive editor. I oversee our London and Singapore newsrooms and help Insider drive international expansion. We’ve […]
The Corbett Report by James Corbett corbettreport.com October 15, 2022 There are 3 types of people in this world. There are those who read that SWIFT has “solve[d] the significant challenge of interoperability in cross-border transactions by bridging between different distributed ledger technology (DLT) networks and existing payment […]
Fortune Earlier this week, I attended Fortune‘s 24th Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, Calif. It was electric, buzzing with top executives across venture, politics, finance, and technology. In a conversation with Marne Levine, Meta’s chief business officer and highest-ranking woman, we discussed Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse future […]
Insider Today Emily Cohn October 14, 2022 Hello, readers! This is Emily Cohn, Insider’s deputy editor in chief, filling in for Nicholas Carlson. It’s been an exciting and busy week for our team. We launched this newsletter with a story about how the pandemic turned us all […]
Video playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. People STRIKE BACK Against PayPal! (and alt media) – #NewWorldNextWeek The Corbett Report SHOW NOTES AND MP3: https://www.corbettreport.com/nwnw20221013/ This week on the New World Next Week: SWIFT announces the next step in the creation of the cross-border CBDC […]
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Money Metals The global fractional-reserve banking system is teetering on the brink of failure. Financial strains are exposing major banks as under-capitalized and ill prepared to weather additional strains from high inflation, rising interest rates, and a weakening economy. Banks operating outside […]
Fortune List for 2022 Fortune’s 2022 Change the World List Small companies, big impact: Why startups loom large on the Fortune Change the World list this year The companies combining profit and purpose on Fortune’s Change the World list Companies that focus on the human impact of the […]
Innovation, invention, change, all depend on the freedom of the individual to stand on his own two feet. — George Winder HORNBERGER’S BLOG October 13, 2022 Federal Regulatory Corruption When America’s free-market system got converted to a welfare-state, regulated-economy system, the idea was that the federal government would […]
How do politicians get away with blaming others for the consequences of their policies? Michael Shellenberger In response to $6 per gallon gasoline prices, which are nearly 70% higher than the $3.81 national average, California Governor Gavin Newsom will convene a special session of the state legislature in […]
Nicholas Carlson October 12, 2022 Hello! Welcome to the second edition of this newsletter. Today I’m thinking about the report that Elon Musk blocked Ukraine from using Starlink in Crimea, apparently out of concern that a Ukrainian effort to retake the area could lead to a nuclear […]
Money Metals Exchange Money Metals Washington, DC – America’s currency would regain stable footing for the first time in half a century if a bill just introduced by U.S. Representative Alex Mooney (R-WV) becomes law. Referred to as the “Gold Standard Restoration Act” by sound money activists, H.R. […]
The world desperately needs energy and yet President Joe Biden is preventing sufficient quantities of oil and gas from being produced. Michael Shellenberger Below is the written transcript of the above video. Additional slides and graphs are in the video. Many people in the U.S. are still unaware […]
By Avery Hartmans Insider Elon Musk said “full-on communism” taught in schools led to his estrangement from his teenage daughter. There’s “a general sentiment that if you’re rich, you’re evil,” Musk told the Financial Times. Musk’s daughter recently filed to change her name, saying she doesn’t want to […]
Alyson Shontell, Fortune In 1998, when Fortune published its first list of the Most Powerful Women in Business, only two women ran Fortune 500 companies. So we spotlighted other women on the rise, and Carly Fiorina, then group president at tech pioneer Lucent Technologies, earned the top spot. “Women, […]
As Europeans burn garbage to stay warm, climate activists step up the war on natural gas Michael Shellenberger Members of Extinction Rebellion called on African leaders to end the production of natural gas in Cape Town, South Africa on October 4, 2022. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via […]
By Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Money Metals Gold and silver markets are kicking off trading for the fourth quarter with a long-awaited rebound, although they are giving back a good chunk of those gains here today on a better-than-expected jobs report and fears of more rate hikes. […]
by Peter Zeihan on October 6, 2022 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia announced yesterday that they would be cutting back daily oil production to the tune of about two million barrels per day to help shore up oil prices. I would be more concerned […]
Business Insider Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel says he’s disturbed by the Fed’s groupthink as there are no members who have dissented with Powell’s hawkishness “Their talking points are getting them into the feeling that the only thing we have to do now is kill inflation no matter what […]
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Business Insider Home prices are falling in 6 major US cities and still rising in 14. Here’s how the major markets are faring as buyers adjust to the end of the boom. Metropolitan hubs in California, Florida, Oregon, and Washington are the first to show the housing market […]
By Justin Murphy I’m constantly hearing about California’s acute mismanagement problems, but I haven’t heard any good, general theories of what’s going on. Until recently. Many of California’s issues have become nation-wide talking points: Extreme homelessness, high taxes causing migration to Texas and Florida, viral videos of mobs […]
Workers, angry and resentful after decades of frozen real wages and merciless downsizing, are becoming demanding. Ted Rall LA Progressive Give Jerome Powell credit for candor: the Fed chairman admits that his policy of increasing interest rates to fight inflation might push the economy into a recession. “No […]
Fortune You really don’t understand how bad it could get in Europe this year Health Tech startups are booming. These 11 VC investors are behind some of the hottest deals ‘Poison’ Ivy Zelman—the analyst who predicted the 2008 housing bust—sees U.S. home prices falling in both 2023 and 2024. […]
Business Insider OPEC is mulling an oil-production cut of more than 1 million barrels per day, and the move is exactly the opposite of what the US wants right now The US is pushing for higher oil production and lower costs, aiming to hit hard at Russian oil […]
It turns out that many of today’s billionaires are selfish, lonely men fantasizing about how they will survive the end times they have played a part in creating. Sonali Kolhatkar LA Progressive In mid-September, for just a few days, Indian industrialist Gautam Adani entered the ranks of the […]
Business Insider Howard Schultz is stepping down this month as Starbucks CEO. He joins a growing list of executive departures in 2022, including Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg and a slew of retail CEOs. Howard Schultz is just one big-name executive who announced they’re quitting this year. See some others, […]
by Peter Zeihan on October 3, 2022 Last week (when the following video was recorded) saw the British Pound get pummeled by global markets following the announcement of the Truss’ governments “mini-budget.” The Bank of England intervened to help support the currency while newly-instated Prime Minister Liz Truss […]
Greenside Cricket Club is one of 65 venues across the borough of Gateshead that have signed up to be “warm spaces” for people – similar schemes have been set up all over the UK sometimes with different names but all doing the same sort of thing. Tom Parmenter […]
Business Insider Amazon analyst said he ‘fell asleep’ watching the company’s LOTR ‘Rings of Power’ TV show, making him even more worried the $1 billion project may be a bust Amazon’s ‘Rings of Power’ series has received poor reviews from users online, though some of that has been […]
By Shontel Alyson, Fortune October 1, 2022 A NOTE FROM OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALYSON SHONTELL Nearly half of Americans are stuck in the middle—caring for their own children along with their aging parents. Members of this so-called “sandwich generation” are shouldering greater financial burdens and bearing the emotional […]
Amazon analyst said he ‘fell asleep’ watching the company’s LOTR ‘Rings of Power’ TV show, making him even more worried the $1 billion project may be a bust Amazon’s ‘Rings of Power’ series has received poor reviews from users online, though some of that has been ‘review bombing.’ […]
The one group of people in Britain in whose views and opinions neither the government nor opposition is interested is the white working class.
0:00 – Topic blast from the past 1:32 – Epoch Times 2:48 – The problems of mixed workplace 4:06 – Solution on a personal scale 4:44 – Impostor syndrome and its causes 5:56 – Diversity quotas 7:32 – “Barbarians” example 8:34 – The dichotomy for professional women 10:38 […]
By Mike Gleason Money Metals Another tumultuous week of trading in asset markets is raising hopes for a peak in the U.S. dollar and a bottom in precious metals. The Federal Reserve note spiked again versus the euro and other troubled foreign currencies on Monday before pulling back […]
By Joel Kotkin There’s much talk today, from left and right, about threats to democracy, yet little focus on the social dynamic critical to its survival. In this respect, we may see the current, and troubling, escalation of violent political rhetoric, and even political violence, not so much […]
Business Insider Newly revealed private texts show Jack Dorsey tried to get Elon Musk involved with Twitter at least a year before the $44 billion deal. ‘I trust you,’ Dorsey wrote. A trove of private texts between Elon Musk and notable figures in business and tech is part […]
The Signal What’s wrong with China’s economy? Jeremy Mark on the property crisis, income inequality, and the need for a new economic model. Raj It’s a brutal year for most countries’ economies, as inflation rises to highs unseen in decades and lingering pandemic disruptions create financial uncertainty for […]
Imagine booking a flight and then crossing your fingers that the airline is going to honor it or not. This is an all-out war now. These corporations are beyond pathetic.
Fortune Learn more from Fortune’s Women in the Workplace coverage 4 ways to create workplaces women won’t want to leave 100 Best Large Workplaces for Women Women are reentering the workplace, but employers will have to do more for them to stick around 25 Best Small and Medium […]
By Jon Forrest Little, Money Metals Exchange Money Metals “All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once fraud is exposed, they must rely exclusively on force.” — George Orwell With markets in turmoil, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that systemic economic risk is rising. What’s less obvious – […]
We are not closing, We are working. We’ll make it super fun for the kids!” by Paul Blest Vice The CEO of a Florida-based company downplayed the Category 4 hurricane headed directly for the area in a meeting with employees, and even told them to bring their kids […]
Gen Z’s 6-figure side hustles should scare companies more than quiet quitting, says Gary Vaynerchuk: ‘There’s so many goddamn options for these kids to make money on the internet’ “Companies are going to have a tough time getting people in for under $100k,” investor and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk […]
The fallout from the pound’s crash prompts UK banks to pull mortgage deals as they brace for interest rate hikes UK mortgage lenders like Virgin Money and Halifax are suspending deals on anticipation the pound crash will prompt the Bank of England to raise interest rates READ MORE […]
Even if the 4 day work week only kept productivity the same is still increases efficiency.
Fortune Elon Musk just said this savage critic of the Fed is ‘obviously correct.’ Here’s what he said about a recession We spent the day with Larry Summers, the economist who predicted inflation would spiral out of control. He’s still afraid. A ‘classic moment of failed technocracy’ is […]
Business Insider American Airlines passengers report ‘unnerving’ groans and moaning noises from PA system that sound ‘somewhere between an orgasm and vomiting’ Passengers on at least three separate flights say they experienced the bizarre noises on recent trips, and the airline is currently investigating. READ MORE A 44-year-old […]
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has taken a turn to the dark side. After years of pleasing everyone on Wall Street and in Washington, D.C. with ultra-loose monetary policy, Powell has, for now, decided to recast himself as the villain. He now […]
The climate crisis and the energy transition are exacerbating inequality, putting those least responsible in the worst position Leaders gathered for the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week blamed the climate crisis and the energy transition for fanning inequality. READ MORE A 44-year-old mom of 3 made […]
Humanity needs to unite against the ruling class regardless of political affiliation.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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