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: LIBRA: ‘Sexy Steve’ tells Facebook U.S. government will protect financial system from abuse REPORT: Donald Trump is considering removing Wilbur Ross after Census boondoggle Thanks, Big Pharma, for […]
Austrian Economics
STEEL TALK: A look at Trump’s tariffs a year later
By: Andrew Moran President Donald Trump has prompted numerous gains since his historic electoral victory in 2016, from job creation to economic growth. Before Trump officially declared his presidential aspirations, trade was the cornerstone of Trumponomics, and he lambasted global partners who ostensibly had taken the American people to the cleaners through the means of […]
LOL: Economics textbook predicted Soviet economy would outpace U.S. by 2000
Well, that certainly didn’t age well. The great Thomas DiLorenzo posted an image of an economics textbook authored by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson. What makes the textbook riveting is its prediction that the Soviet economy would outpace the U.S. economy by 2000. Uh huh. Here is a tweet from Mises Institute’s Jeff Deist: Tom […]
Is Paul Krugman more infatuated about gold than gold bugs?
It seems like every other blog post in The New York Times Paul Krugman is bashing gold. He has written some of the most bizarre anti-gold articles, including one where he blames sound money for the rise of Adolf Hitler. OK there buddy. Well, Krugman is once again on an anti-gold tirade, accusing gold bugs […]
Thanks, Big Pharma, for saving lives and making profits
By: Andrew Moran There are only a few things that can bring the nation together these days: demand for Marianne Williamson to appear in every Democratic debate moving forward, binge-watching Seinfeld several times, and disdain for the pharmaceutical industry. For years, Big Pharma has been the go-to target for Democrats and Republicans, even though politicians have received hefty […]