During the Occupy Wall Street protests all over the United States and Canada, you would see a plethora of signs bashing capitalism and praising Karl Marx. You would also see Canon cameras, Starbucks coffee cups, iPhones and brand name clothing. This is something that InfoWars recently noted in a new video with socialists who are […]
Archives for April 2016
Week in Review: Mar. 28 to Apr. 3
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: Yikes: Hillary Clinton thinks the minimum wage doesn’t kill jobs Report shows a quarter of Americans in their prime working years (25 to 54) are unemployed LOL: Your […]
Economics: It’s Simpler Than You Think
By: David Gordon [David Gordon reviews John Tamny’s new book, Popular Economics. This article first appeared in the March–April issue of The Austrian.] In the view of John Tamny — an editor at Forbes and RealClearMarkets — economics as it is usually studied and taught in universities is unnecessarily complicated. The basic truths of economics are simple […]
5 random things for a Friday (Trudeau gives MPs a pay raise, price of gold since ’68, lessons from Cuba)
News Story of the Day: As most of the population in Canada struggles, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided to give everyone a raise. PM Selfie himself has approved giving Members of Parliament and Canadian Senators a pay increase of $3,000 in their salary starting Friday. Cabinet ministers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will receive a […]