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: FAKE NEWS: ABC News reports false story, suspends Brian Ross, Trump wants lawsuits Venezuela to launch commodity-backed digital currency Will half of U.S. colleges be bankrupt in 10 […]
Archives for December 2017
Bitcoin Loses Steam as Steam Loses Bitcoin
By: Matthew McCaffrey The skyrocketing price of Bitcoin has dominated the financial news for the past few weeks, and the usual suspects are queuing up to offer predictions about its continued rise or inevitable fall. Yet it’s not all good news for fans of the cryptocurrency: in a notable decision, the digital distribution platform Steam has announced […]
6 random things for Friday (Nov. jobs report, free trade benefits, libertarian Xmas gifts)
News Story of the Day: President Donald Trump must certainly be giving the fist bump to every person he sees in the White House, especially after the latest jobs report. The United States economy added 228,000 jobs in November, which is more than the 195,000 jobs economists predicted. The unemployment remained unchanged at 4.1 percent. […]
WOW! It took bitcoin just three minutes to jump $1,000 – and other figures
One bitcoin is presently valued at just under $16,600. Who knows? Perhaps that will change within the next several seconds. Thursday turned out to be a whirlwind day for the peer-to-peer decentralized virtual currency. It soared to $19,000 in a matter of minutes, before crashing to $16,000 in the same length of time. Bitcoin is […]
Media question Donald Trump’s health, called it sexist to question Hillary Clinton’s
Remember when the mainstream media called it sexist and a conspiracy theory to question former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s health during the 2016 presidential election? Well, that same media are now pontificating on President Donald Trump’s health. If the media didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t have any standards at all… On Wednesday, President […]