By: Brendan Brown The shock landslide defeat of PM Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the recent Tokyo metropolitan elections — and the triumph there of Tokyo Governor Koike’s new party (Tomin First) — has lit a faint hope that the radical Japanese monetary expansion policy could be on its way out. The flickering light though […]
Archives for July 2017
Robert Wenzel launches weekly YouTube series, talks Say’s Law
Robert Wenzel, the editor and publisher of Economic Policy Journal and Target Liberty, has launched a new weekly YouTube series called “Sunday Morning with Robert Wenzel.” This should be juicy. In his first episode, Wenzel talks Say’s Law – production is the source of demand – and goes into detail how you can explain the […]
Video: Students love socialism, can’t explain what it is
University students today love the concept of socialism and communism. That is because they are constantly told by their Marxist professors and Bernie Sanders that it will end poverty and make everyone happier. Campus Reform conducted several man-on-the-street interviews recently about socialism. And the results were disastrous. Everyone the website interviewed were in agreement that […]
War on Cash: Visa wants restaurants to start ‘journey to cashless’, MasterCard tests fingerprint scanner
The war on cash isn’t just a nefarious plot being perpetrated by the governments, central banks and law enforcement agencies of the world. It is also being conducted by the private sector, including credit card giants Visa and MasterCard. Visa announced that it is offering small businesses thousands of dollars so they can upgrade their […]
Week in Review: July 10 to July 16
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: ‘In over their head’ Canadians can’t cope with BOC’s rising interest rates ‘Welcome to Hell’: Anti-capitalists fight capitalism in Hamburg with products of capitalism War on Cash: Denmark […]