The counterfeit goods market has become a $500 billion global industry – and it is only growing. According to the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), the illicit goods market has spiked 100 percent in the last decade. The report found that counterfeit goods account for […]
Archives for March 2019
WATCH: Ron Paul’s warning before Iraq invasion still rings true to this day
It is the 16th anniversary of the Iraq War this week. Despite the bloodshed, regional destabilization, and the cost, we have not learned anything. The U.S. government is still engaged in regime changes, officials are threatening to attack another country that has not attacked America, and the public continues to listen to the likes of […]
Ron Paul: Americans, meet the Green Bad Deal
By: Ron Paul The recently-proposed Green New Deal is proof that climate change is for progressive Democrats what terrorism is for neoconservative Republicans: a ready-made excuse to expand government and curtail liberty. This radical plan would authorize the US government to seize control of major sectors of the US economy, phase out gasoline-fueled cars, make […]
SPENDING PROBLEM: U.S. budget deficit widened 39% in first five months of FY 2019
So much for taking the public purse seriously… After years of bashing former President Barack Obama and the Democrats, the Republicans are just as guilty of drowning in red ink and burying the country deeper into debt. Case in point, the Treasury Department (via The Wall Street Journal) reported that the budget gap widened 39 […]
Week in Review: March 18 to March 24
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: Cboe to stop listing bitcoin futures contracts as crypto interest wanes Reparations for Slavery: How much would it cost and how would it work? WATCH: Robert Wenzel talks […]