Category: Economy
War Is the Health of The Deep State
War is the ultimate win-lose enterprise. One side wins; the other loses. Overall, people die, buildings are blown up, and real wealth is destroyed.
You Are Being Watched: Why Your Online Privacy Is History
We live in a world where a single word…a whispered utterance under your breath…a tweet sent on a whim….can destroy your life. Your privacy is at risk.
The Extinction of the Fiscal Conservative
The Democrats were early adopters of the ‘deficits don’t matter’ flapdoodle. Once in power, Republicans found it useful, too.
Will You Survive NZ’s Next Recession?
Markets go up and down. History proves it. Anyone with economic education knows it. But when this cycle goes terribly wrong it could be the next recession.
Tilling the Soil in the Garden of Catastrophe
Few notice that it is not an Eden that is being prepared…but a garden of catastrophe…
The American Bolsheviks Are Coming…
Politics is the enemy of civilisation. It is the enemy, too, of economic progress. Most important, it is the enemy of dignity and clear thinking.
How Hot Money Put America in Hot Water
Hot money is only useful for speculators. They can use it to take leveraged positions in stocks and bonds — where they know they can unload them and get out at a moment’s notice.
Crisis and Opportunity: Why I’m Investing in Italy
I’m going to uncover one of my more interesting investments on the Milan Exchange and how I came to find it and investing in italy overall.
The Real Source of Wealth Inequality…
Buying stocks or houses may have been a good plan for 1982. And maybe even 2002. But for 2019? Is the pattern of the last 30 years likely to continue?
The Kiwi Gold Rush Is Over
Today we are living in the tail end of what could be called the greatest gold rush of all time. But instead of gold, our prosperity is riding on the backs of technological and industrial innovation.
How $30 Trillion Disappears…
Wall Street and Main Street haven’t seen eye to eye for a long time. Now, they practically no longer talk to each other. Here’s why.
What the Mainstream Isn’t Telling You…
In investment, there is a tendency to think that the future is linear, that things won’t change. But, as the saying goes, the only thing constant in life is change. And change is coming.
What Comes from Disrespecting Mr Market
How does Fed policy really connect to the real world of time, money, work, profits, innovation, forbearance, and all the other things that produce real wealth?
Dating and the Digital World: A Match Made in Heaven?
In this era, dating really is a lot like investing. If you’re going to spend money and time on someone, you want to know you’re getting the best on the market!
Stocks Have a Rendezvous with Destiny
Stocks couldn’t decide where to go yesterday. Up? Down? So, they went nowhere. Nowhere is about as good as it gets in this market.