By: Max Raskin The tongue is a discerning instrument; in the hands of a traveled soda aficionado, it is capable of leading to insightful truths about politics. To the drinker who has imbibed foreign sodas, this truth stems from the peculiar, yet incontrovertible fact that American soda is not so hot. Though some blame this […]
Archives for August 2016
Week in Review: Aug. 15 to Aug. 21
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: Restoring Gold and Silver as Legal Tender before the Monetary Crisis Arrives Milwaukee Riots: Rich people don’t give us money so we have to be violent German Bundesbank […]
The best meme you will see today
President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize because…his speech writer said a couple of nice things. It’s too bad that he has bombed more Muslim nations than his predecessor, George W. Bush, did. But you can’t tell that to Democrats or even Republicans, who think he has been just fine and dandy in the Middle […]
Tom Woods helps expose the myth of Nordic Socialism
Socialists everywhere and the likes of Bernie Sanders have constantly alluded to Finland, Sweden and Denmark has champions of Democratic Socialism. They have all claimed that these states are the best examples of how socialism can work, and that the United States must become like them. But are these models of socialism really successful? Not […]
Socialist Venezuela’s gold reserves plummet 25% in first half of 2016
Venezuela slashed its gold holdings by 25 percent in the first half of 2016. The reduction in the socialist country’s gold reserves comes as the economy is collapsing and its foreign currency crisis worsens. According to the Venezuelan central bank, its holdings dipped from $10 billion at the end of 2015 to $7.5 billion in […]