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Bill Bonner

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Since founding Agora Inc. in 1979, Bill Bonner has found success and garnered camaraderie in numerous communities and industries. A man of many talents, his entrepreneurial savvy, unique writings, philanthropic undertakings, and preservationist activities have all been recognized and awarded by some of America’s most respected authorities. Along with Addison Wiggin, his friend and colleague, Bill has written two New York Times best-selling books, Financial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt. Both works have been critically acclaimed internationally. With political journalist Lila Rajiva, he wrote his third New York Times best-selling book, Mobs, Messiahs and Markets, which offers concrete advice on how to avoid the public spectacle of modern finance.

Trump Shouldn’t Take Credit for the Last Few Quarters of Economic Expansion

Everybody loves an economic expansion. Probably none more so than Trump. But is he actually overreaching by taking credit for it?

The European Central Bank Is an Aggressive Manipulator

A central banker should be passive…unnoticeable…and immovable, like a rock…dumb and reliable. But the European Central Bank is breaking all these rules.

Our Financial Situation Could Always Be Worse

Let’s face it: our financial situation is bad, and it’s getting worse. Neither the president nor the people aiming to replace him have a good plan.

The Fed Must Offer More Repo Credit as More People Take It

This morning, Thanks to the Fed, there will be more money than there was yesterday. And yesterday, there was more than the day before.

How Long Before SoftBank Blows Up Too?

In the news is word that Mr Neumann has been let go. The poor man is on his own, after SoftBank took control of his company.

This Year’s Winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics Didn’t Deserve It

The Nobel Prize receives a great deal of press and attention. But is it really all that it’s cracked up to be? Here’s why this year’s winners are overrated.

The Feds Add Liquidity to Sustain Economic Expansion

Are you hoping to retire on the new money coming from the Federal Reserve? Well, guess what. You are likely to be seriously disappointed.

The Feds Interfere in Markets and Multiply Corruption Opportunities

The amounts are staggering. But the process is old and familiar. As the feds interferes in markets, opportunities for corruption multiply.

The Fed Is Back to Robbing the Middle Class to Reward the Rich

The Fed is injecting money into the system as part of its ‘reserve management’ programme; it began this week with $7.5 billion.

Rigging the Federal Reserve Made the Rich Richer

The feds had their funny money; they weren’t going to give it up. And they weren’t going to back off from any of their spending.

Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump Are Not Real Capitalists

‘I’m not [a capitalist],’ Bernie reassured voters. But Ms Warren is not a capitalist either. And neither is Mr Trump.

Global Authorities Aren’t Waiting for a Crisis to Move Toward More Debt

Warren Buffett says you can never go right by betting against a US business. But so far this century, that bet has been a winner.

The Rich Will Be Scapegoats for the Next Financial Crisis

In 2007, total US debt, public and private, was under $50 trillion. Today, it’s over $73 trillion.

China May Decide When the Next US Financial Crisis Comes

Donald Trump needs to claim victory in t the Chinese trade war. But the Chinese may have hold of him.

Inflation Will Eliminate Excess Debt

The good news is that if inflation is what they want, inflation is what they’ll get. But not necessarily the tame, friendly, housebroken inflation.