Let’s be honest: Hollywood is churning out garbage, and it has been for many, many years. The days of “Sweet Smell of Success,” “The Maltese Falcon,” and “Sunset Boulevard” are long gone. They are not coming back. Unfortunately, the gullible moviegoing public eat it up, which means Tinsel Town will still produce garbage. Case in […]
Archives for July 2018
WATCH: Ron Paul talks NATO, North Korea – diplomacy or deception?
With this week’s key foreign policy events – NATO and Trump-Putin summit – Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams provide excellent analysis again on The Ron Paul Liberty Report. Dr. Paul wonders if the NATO talks, latest North Korean events, and the upcoming Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin discussion are all a part of diplomatic efforts or just […]
EXODUS: Millionaires are leaving California following tax hike
The state of California is beginning to see millionaires, many of whom pay most of the taxes, leave. After raising taxes from 8 percent to 13.3 percent, effectively making it the nation’s highest state income tax rate, many high-income individuals have left The Golden State, says Charles Varner, associate director of the Stanford Center on […]
Week in Review: July 2 to July 8
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: A socialist helping markets – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s lipstick sells out REPORT: U.S. dollar share of global currency reserves slips Ron Paul: Why are neocons afraid of Trump-Putin summit? […]
Random Friday: Tom Woods joins LP?, 213k jobs in June, SCOTUS pick
News Story of the Day: can Tom Woods inject some libertarianism into the Libertarian Party? After a great report by Reason over last weekend’s Libertarian Party conference, there was a lot of complaints that it was becoming GOP-lite because of Bill Weld’s heavy involvement. Essentially, the LP has been fractured between libertarian-lites and Misesians. That […]