Friday, November 29

Two Myths: Reverse migration of offshored US manufacturing firms, The Lazy Mexican

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From the schedule for John Batchelor's radio show (emphasis mine; see the JBS website for links and podcast of the discussion Wednesd...
Monday, November 18

"Anything's Possible Now"

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The best portrait of the brave new global order I've come across was published in a column in the April 2013 edition of France's Le ...

Reign of terror

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I want to return to Bloomberg/Business Week Economics Editor Peter Coy's observation, "Good-bye globalization, hello balkanization,...

Remember: It's not a currency war if G20 says it isn't

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By the way Ellen Brown mentioned a few days ago that there are now more nations in the G20 than 20; I think by her count it's 27, but mo...

Bitcoin surges 24% to new high: big financial news out of Asia today

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Bitcoin surges 24% to new high as popularity grows By John Phillips, Digital Editor for CNBC.com Monday, 18 Nov 2013 - 2:36 AM ET CNBC ...
Wednesday, November 13

Poland nationalizes retirement accounts

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Jim Sinclair's comment on this September news:  "Nationalization of retirement accounts just occurred in Poland. It is shocking i...

Stratfor report: Aging infrastructure on critical US inland waterways

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  "The drought in 2012 brought to the forefront how unplanned delays, or even the potential for unplanned delays, can affect both t...
Friday, November 8

The View From the Roof: Distributed Loads

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I'm working on a post that calls for deep thought and now my brain is demanding a timeout. Let me see how I can give it some play time. ...
Wednesday, October 30

Lessons for Americans in Germany's cultural, educational, and business models

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"In German, borrowing is 'schulden', [the same word for] guilt. There is an attitude that if you have to borrow, there is somet...
Monday, October 28

Deliverance

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PUNDITA: Are things getting clearer? MICHAEL WRIGHT: Sure, now that I know my finances are run by a ghost, a pampered man-eating dog...
Tuesday, October 22

"Look at the charts, Frank." U.S. monetary policy gone to the dogs.

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It's come to my attention that many people are confused about U.S. monetary policy, viewing it as an arcane and even magical preoccupati...
Friday, October 11

More on the rule of law and a road map to a police state

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As I noted in the post about the original police state and the rule of law, the United States is fast approaching the outer banks of its su...

Singularism?

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A reader took up my challenge to find a term that was more descriptive than "economic collectivism." She pointed out that what I...
Thursday, October 10

One Solution For 1,000 Problems: Part 4 of Money, Wealth, and You

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Adverse Feedback Loops a.k.a. Vicious Cycles Economists and leaders in the two major U.S. political parties make the same mistake when the...