They’re at it again. On Tuesday, former Federal Reserve Chairs Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen will be holding a “Fed Duet” at the Brookings Institution. From the website: Janet Yellen recently finished a four-year term as Federal Reserve chair, the capstone to a distinguished career that took her from Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn […]
Archives for February 2018
FAKE NEWS: CNN lies about not allowing NRA to be called ‘child murderers’
Despite virtue signalling and attempting to be America’s conscience on guns, CNN really had a terrible week last week. Everything from censoring and staging its town hall to harassing old ladies, the Counterfeit News Network sank to a new low. On Friday, CNN blatantly lied to its viewers when host Alisyn Camerota fibbed that she […]
The Welfare-Warfare State – is the Tea Party Over?
By: Ron Paul The recently-passed big-spending budget deal’s failure to generate significant opposition from the “tea party” has led some to pen obituaries for this once-powerful movement. These commentators may have a point. However, few of them understand the true causes of the tea party’s demise. The movement commonly referred to as the tea party […]
Ontario restaurant prices jump the most since 1991 amid higher minimum wage
Rising food prices and a ballooning minimum wage. It is a bad time to be a restaurant owner, or even a patron at a diner. According to Statistics Canada (via The National Post), restaurant prices in Ontario surged nearly two percent between December 2017 and January 2018, the biggest pace in the entire country. Alberta […]
Week in Review: February 19 to February 25
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: Bullet prices rising amid booming commodity prices China warns retaliation as U.S. considers heavy aluminum, steel tariffs WRITE A CHECK: Bill Gates wants to pay more taxes, slams […]