Category: Interest Rates

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Bill Bonner Takes Feedback, Responds to Criticism

Over the last few months, our readers have written in with criticisms for Bill. Now he’s responding to those messages. It might not be what you’d expect.

COVID-19 Update From Argentina

We’ll be spending the next few months in the valley, switching up our normal routines even as we watch COVID-19 turn the world upside down.

New Federal Programs Would Further Stifle Economy

The American government is spending money like crazy. How will these programs be funded? Tax revenues are collapsing. Deficits are exploding…

We Are Fighting a Public Health Crisis, Not a War

The feds aren’t fighting COVID-19. The feds are fighting a man-made economic disaster…while doctors, nurses, and hospitals fight the virus…

Coronavirus Stimulus Spans Government Departments, Sectors

Instead of going where the money was really needed, the CARES Act provided stimulus funding to the best-connected departments, agencies, and sectors…

CARES Act Enables Big Business to Score Small Business Cash

Talk about irony. Instead of having to reach into their pockets to keep their businesses going, big business cronies are reaching into our pockets for cash…

U.S. Is Following in Argentina’s Economic Footsteps

The signs are all there. Excessive money-printing. Sky-high debt. No lender to fill the gap. Are we heading for major inflation like Argentina?

U.S. Market, Commodities Prices Prove Volatile in Wake of COVID-19

It’s a rollercoaster ride. The markets are down. Then up. Then down again. Oil prices have plummeted. What’s next for the U.S. economy?

What We’re Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

‘Crazy’ seems to sum up so much of what is going on today. COVID-19 is bringing out the worst in the government and the people.

COVID-19 Shows Us Capitalism Is Broken

Thanks to COVID-19, we now have a new crony economy. The rich can still make profits…but now the middle classes will take the losses!

Coronavirus in America: Fauci Versus Trump

Who do you trust during this coronavirus crisis? Fauci? Trump? As far as we can tell, they are both dangerous knuckleheads…

COVID-19 Lockdown Will Financially Devastate Rising Generations

Whether the coronavirus is all that it’s cracked up to be…or has been thwarted by public policy… we’re not sure. But the cost has not yet been fully felt.

Economic Freedom Didn’t Start With Government

The world is trying to replace capitalism and real money with government economies and fake money. But this is not the way to produce actual wealth.

Coronavirus is a Global Wake-Up Call

The coronavirus is a wake-up call for climate change. It’s a wake-up call for global governance. A wake-up call for the Post Office…

How Many Lives Does the COVID-19 Shutdown Save?

The real increase in deaths – caused by the COVID-19 virus alone – may be only 1%. And most of those may be premature, but not by much…