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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.

Democracy Is a Scam

The Deep State, along with its hangers-on, profiteers, and enablers, has goals of its own. It wants more power and wealth for itself.

The Dollar and Democracy Are Frauds

The money system is doomed. Today’s dollar is fake, with no firm connection to the real world of time, resources, and output.

All Major Economies Are Caught in an Inflate-or-Die Trap

What went around Zimbabwe, Argentina, and Venezuela will be coming soon to an economy near you.

Trump Encourages Spending Ahead of Next Election

The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is for the Fed to enable the boneheads in the White House and Congress to spend more money

Inflate-or-Die Traps Will Show up in Almost Every Economy

That country, too Argentina, is in an Inflate-or-Die trap. The pro-business
president, Mauricio Macri, tried to resist inflating. He died.

Violence Can Make or Break Civilised Society

There is always some grey area between violence and persuasion. But that is for others to figure out.

The US Economy Is Just Waiting to Crash

Today, we wonder when what went around to Zimbabwe and Venezuela will come around to the United States of America.

Markets Revert to the Mean Eventually

‘Nobody knows anything,’ may be Gospel Truth. But it doesn’t tell you what movie to watch or what stock to buy.

Monetary Policy Won’t Preserve Economic Expansion

In, 2009-2019, debt rose even more. Worldwide, it more than doubled, growing five times faster than GDP.

The Internet Age Distorted the Meaning of Wealth

An economy is a natural thing, evolved, not designed. It responds to billions of inputs…past, present, and future. The internet has changed our future.

History Shows That as Trade Zones Shrink, So Does Their Wealth

Under the Roman Empire, there was a great expansion of trade, technology, and wealth.

A National Living Wage Is Absurd

The do-gooders want to use other people’s money to raise the wages of the least well-paid, but they make no mention of their own wages.

Since the Turn of the Century, Government Corruption Has Become More Flagrant

Politics in the US have become meaner and more corrupt as the empire ages.

‘Free’ Money Destroys the US Financial System

Our beat is money. And in today’s money world, truth is rare; beauty can be found only in irony and mockery.

China Isn’t Ready to Be the World’s Leading Economy

‘China’s got a big advantage,’ began a friend after dinner. ‘It doesn’t have elections every four years.