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: Is the right becoming a bunch of sensitive snowflakes like the left? The Rise of Bitcoin: Central Banks Are Driving Many to Cryptocurrencies War on Cash & Bitcoin: […]
Archives for June 2017
Infographic: What happens to trading when a market crashes?
What exactly happens to trading when a market crashes? This is the question after ethereum wiped out all of its value for a few seconds earlier this week, causing panic in the cryptocurrency market. StocksToTrade.com published an infographic this week that explains what goes on with trading when the market takes a deep dive. Here […]
4 Reasons Central Banks are Wrong to Fight Deflation
By: Jörg Guido Hülsmann The word “deflation” can be defined in various ways. According to the most widely accepted definition today, deflation is a sustained decrease of the price level. Older authors have often used the expression “deflation” to denote a decreasing money supply, and some contemporary authors use it to characterize a decrease of the […]
6 random things for Friday (San Diego job losses, how Egypt has changed, Obamacare repeal?)
News Story of the Day: according to Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Republicans are paying for tax cuts with American lives. Huh? So giving the taxpayers back their money is killing people. This just further shows how anyone can become a senator…or president. Here is what she said on the floor of the Senate on […]
Capitalism Saves the Bees! U.S. honey-producing bee colonies jump to 22-year high
No! Not the bees! No! Not the bees! Just like how capitalism saved the whales, it turns out that capitalism has also saved the bees. Despite the doom and gloom proclamations of the media over the past decade – beemageddon and beepocalypse – it turns out that free markets have saved the bees. It is […]