A Silver Lining
As talk ramps up about putting and end to the ‘austerity’ here in the US, it should be rather clear what the intent of the establishment is with regards to the US dollar. They’re going to burn it to...
View ArticleEconomic Myth Busters – The Minimum Wage
It has been quite some time since we did a ‘Myth Busters’, even though there obviously remains quite a bit of mythology. So we’re going to chop away at it piece by piece and demonstrate once again that...
View Article“It’s Gut-Check Time, America” with Graham Mehl
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one…. We’re sure that almost all of you will recognize the beginning of this historic document. Notice its title; it was a declaration. Could...
View Article“EU Officially Adopts The Bail-In” With Graham Mehl
It has now been more than a year since that fateful weekend in the Mediterranean when everything changed. However, like most of the big changes we’ve seen lately, there is a subtlety afoot that somehow...
View ArticleThe Minimum Wage Farce…A Case Study
Election time in America these days is definitely not a time when one should be searching the various pearls of ‘wisdom’ dumped on the airwaves, billboards, and newsprint for the truth. Such is...
View ArticleBail-In Normalization
When the bail-in first ripped through Cyprus in the first part of 2013, I wrote a series of articles about the topic and examined some documents from the Bank for International Settlements, the FDIC...
View ArticleFrancs, Bonds, Barrels And Bail-Ins
As recently as a few weeks ago, the European Union directed its member nations to draft their own independent legislation for dealing with the resolution of a failed G-SIFI (Globally Significant...
View ArticleThe Greek Tragedy Continues
A few years ago, Poland made the first such move to ‘nationalize’ a portion of its pension system. Nationalize probably isn’t the right word though: steal is more appropriate. Given the fact that most...
View ArticleThe Twilight of Cash?
Many decades ago you could walk into almost any bank with a bundle of cash and exchange it for a predetermined amount of gold and/or silver. Cash was used because of its portability, light weight, and...
View ArticleTimeo Danaos et dona ferentes
I’ll leave a link at the end of the article for those who are interested in the translation of the title of this week’s installment of ‘Two Cents’. Well folks, it’s game on once again in the Eurozone...
View ArticleA Serious Case of Déjà Vu
Everyone is going to have to cut me a little slack on the eve of the celebration of the American independence. No, this isn’t about that video that came out a few days ago that demonstrated exactly how...
View ArticleThe Minimum Wage Debate…So What?
There has been an incredible amount of posturing, debate and arguing over the minimum wage situation – particularly surrounding recent events in California and New York where legislation was recently...
View Article“American Economics”
Over the years, we have written multiple times about the system of Keynesian economics, its dysfunction…and the fact that it is a pure lie. This has all been well-documented from studies, observations,...
View ArticleDivergent Themes In Late 2016
Despite the arrogance, hubris, and lying (obviously – its election season!), we have never seen a cycle that has be more absent in terms of policy details worthy of analysis. Outrageous claims about...
View ArticleLiquidity, Money Supply And Insolvency
Liquidity is becoming of central importance once again. It is frequently mentioned in mainstream media articles, interviews, and ‘educational’ programs. It was a central point of discussion during the...
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