In case you missed any of this week’s articles, here is a round-up of some of the most read pieces written by the Economic Collapse News staff: Whites prohibited from owning land in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe David Stockman: Corporate bonds are ‘IEDs’ of Federal Reserve monetary policy Student loan changes come into effect: higher interest, […]
Archives for July 2014
Report: 7 ways to be happy in retirement
For future generations, retirement might become a foreign concept as millions of millennials are already foregoing retirement planning amid high debt levels, inadequate career opportunities and a rising cost of living. Nevertheless, for those who wish to exit the labor force in their golden years, investment advisor and author of “You Can Retire Sooner Than […]
Chart: Gas prices up 69% since 2009, television prices down 64%
Time magazine put together this interesting chart that looked at prices of six items over the past five years. Despite the consumer price index rising 11 percent between 2009 and 2014, gas, ground beef and auto insurance have grown significantly. Toys, computers and televisions have gone the opposite direction: down, something that has become foreign […]
Will the price of bitcoin reach $2,000 by the end of the year?
The story of bitcoin’s increase in value has been told time after time. It substantially jumped from a few dollars to as high as $1,200 in less than a year before crashing down to as low as $300. Now it is trading steadily at more than $600, but how high will it go before the […]
Peter Schiff: Gold naysayers have been wrong this year
The rumors of gold’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Many financial institutions and economic analysts have called for the untimely demise of the yellow metal for months now. During the second half of 2013 and throughout 2014, numerous organizations projected that gold would sink to under $1,100 and as far down as $850. This has […]