Well, at least the $100 U.S. banknote isn’t going away anytime soon. According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, the United States government doesn’t have any intention of killing the $100 bill. Despite many prominent individuals calling for the end the Benjamin Franklin to combat criminal activity, the Treasury Department doesn’t have […]
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Week in Review: June 13 to June 19
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: SunEdison Inc (SUNEQ) received $5 million from U.S. government just before bankruptcy Ron Paul: ‘The true anti-fascists are those who reject the initiation of force’ Bitcoin hits two-year […]
Global Negative Bond Yields – Swiss 30-year bond yield dips into subzero territory
Global bond yields are now heading into subzero territory. Investors simply pay just to place their cash in government debt. After German 10-year sovereign bonds dipped to under zero this week (SEE: German 10-year sovereign bond yields reach negative territory for first time in history), Swiss government debt followed suit. The yield on the 30-year […]
Elizabeth Warren’s War on the Poor
By: Patrick Trombly There is no American politician more closely associated with “progressive” economic causes than Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. The senator is widely regarded by the political Left as an expert on financial issues, is a self-professed champion of the “working poor,” and is a proud, finger-wagging chastiser of the 1 percent and Wall […]
Tom Woods: Is Johnson/Weld a good ticket for the Libertarian Party?
If you’re a libertarian then the 2016 election cycle must depress you. There aren’t any good choices, not even over at the Libertarian Party. Gary Johnson is a libertarian-lite, William Weld is definitely no libertarian and the party seems to have abandoned the core principles of libertarianism. Tom Woods looks at the Johnson/Weld ticket and […]