By: Demelza Hays Two years ago, Bitcoin was considered a fringe technology for libertarians and computer geeks. Now, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, such as Ethereum, are gaining mainstream adoption. However, mainstream adoption has been propelled by financial speculation instead of by demand for a privately minted and deflationary medium of exchange. After the Fed’s rate […]
Archives for June 2017
Is the right becoming a bunch of sensitive snowflakes like the left?
Free speech is the most important right in the United States – and should be around the world. The right to free speech isn’t there to allow us to talk about the weather or sports, but to permit us to speak about controversial subjects and spout opinions that may not be universally accepted. Unfortunately, free […]
Week in Review: June 12 to June 18
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: Federal Reserve’s June rate hike to cost Americans $1.7 billion in 2017 Is inflation the disease or symptom? Very Fake News: More footage of CNN staging Muslim protest […]
Must Watch: Alex Jones scoops Megyn Kelly before big NBC interview
Alex Jones doesn’t want NBC News to air the interview. The left doesn’t want NBC to air the interview. Corporations don’t want NBC to air the interview. But all three parties have their own reasons. For Jones, he says that he knew it was a hit piece, which is why he recorded his conversation with […]
Trump hurts economic freedom with Cuba policy
By: Ryan McMaken One of the few good things President Obama did was partially liberalize the US government’s policy toward Cuba. While it should have gone much further than it did, the Obama Administration expanded the types of travel and trade allowed with Cubans in Cuba. In the wake of these moves, American entrepreneurs responded immediately […]