By: Ali Mecklai Recent data published by Yardeni Research Inc., Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the Institute of International Finance (IIF), and in the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Data (FRED) database offers an insight into the true extent of central banking practices before and during the covid-19 pandemic. The wide-ranging implications of this can […]
WHAT THE FRACK? Joe Biden flip flops on fracking ban
To frack or not to the frack, that is the question. Well, perhaps that is the question based on the audience you are speaking to. And that is exactly what is happening with Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris. Biden was adamant about ending fracking during the primary debates, but he has since […]
Will gold save the pension funds in the post-coronavirus economy?
By: Stefan Gleason Public and private pension plans face a dual crisis. The first and most obvious threat to pensioners is that defined-benefit vehicles are severely underfunded. By one estimate, pension systems taken as a whole are $638 billion in the red. Some are in better shape financially than others. But all pension plans will […]
NOT AGAIN: Robinhood reports outages after Tesla, Apple split stocks
Life is not grand when you are a man in tights over at Robinhood. The popular commission-free brokerage account Robinhood is down during a raucous day on the stock market. As Apple and Tesla split their stocks — both stocks are up a whopping eight percent – a number of popular trading platforms suffered outages. […]
Mao’s Red Guards and Today’s Radical Left
By: Andrew Moran Throughout history, tyrannies have been built on a confused but passionate youth searching for meaning, channeling that desire through coercion, violence, and subservience to a lethal cause. During the 20th century, totalitarian states spawned a myriad of youth-led movements to carry out the aims of a dictator and advance socialist philosophies. Emboldened […]