This has been an idea brewing in a lot of people’s heads lately. These two movements just seem to come together naturally. And I am excited to say that today two of the leaders of their respective movements came together to talk about how these two huge ideas merge. Jack Spirko hosted Robb Wolf on …
The U.S. Congress sets a federal budget every year in the trillions of dollars. Few people know how much money that is so we created a breakdown of federal spending in simple terms. Let’s put the 2011 federal budget into perspective: · U.S.income: $2,170,000,000,000 · Federal budget: $3,820,000,000,000 · New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000 · National …
Let’s Put The Recent Spending Bill Into Perspective… Read More »
August 2nd 2011 just became a significant day in U.S. history. The day that the U.S. Congress and the President decided to make a hard deadline for coming to an agreement on a spending bill. Unfortunately I fear that this will be more business as usual in Washington. We failed to see any type of …
What many people have been talking about for years is finally making the mainstream press. Politicians are starting to talk about it. Michael Moore even made a movie about it… Debt is power for the one who loans the money, not the debtor. Any debtor that can not pay back their debts will eventually go …
To QE or not to QE, that is the question… As many of you know the U.S. Federal Reserve has been kicking around the idea of doing a second round of Quantitative Easing… Scratch that… Its a done deal… In simple terms, this just means increasing the money supply so as to artificially create inflation. …
Last night I had the privilege of watching a live teleconference with The U.S. Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, and hear Sidney Rittenberg speak live courtesy of The National Committee on United States-China Relations. Rather then offer up my own opinions on the evening, I will just list some of the major points made by …
China, Ambassador Jon Huntsman, and Sidney Rittenberg Read More »
I just wanted to take the time to mention a very intriguing new website I found. It is called Sovereign Man and it is written by a guy named Simon Black who does a daily report from the field (currently Nigeria) about economics, investing, and international business. I love the site, and I have subscribed …
I just read a great interview of Wen Jiabao in the latest Time Magazine. It offers a lot of insight into the man who is in charge of China’s economic policy. The best question the interviewer asked was what books does he enjoy… I may be wrong about this, but I tend to believe a …
Wen Jiabao Mentions His Favorite Books in Time Magazine Read More »