By: Hunter Lewis Can the entire story of the worst economic disaster in American history really be told from just eight words in a political party’s platform? In this case, yes. Here are the fateful words that introduced the second section of the Republican Party’s 1932 platform, right after a waffling plank on prohibition: “We […]
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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 […]
Economists Won’t Predict the Next Crash — Because They Can’t
(Editor’s note: this is a great piece for everyone from all points of view – libertarians, conservatives, and liberals.) By: Thorsten Polleit You get a lot of attention if you shout out things like “The stock market is about to collapse”, or “The US dollar crash is just around the corner”, or “The housing market […]
Week in Review: June 25 to July 1
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: Harley-Davidson sending jobs overseas amid EU retaliatory tariffs Ron Paul: No (Internet Sales) Taxation without Representation! RED HEN: The right condemns, the left condones – so, who’s right? […]