It Begins: Council On Foreign Relations Proposes That “Central Banks Should Hand Consumers Cash Directly”

Zero Hedge … A broad-based tax cut, for example, accommodated by a program of open-market purchases to alleviate any tendency … More

As Argentina Peso Plummets To Record, BofA Warns Of Looming Economic Crisis

Zero Hedge After spending time in Argentina, BofA’s Marcos Buscaglia is concerned… The perception of many locals is that the … More

What’s $100 Really Worth In Each State?

Zero Hedge Because average prices for similar goods are much higher in California or New York than in Mississippi or … More

More Than 1/3 of Americans in Households Receiving Federal Welfare

The New American by Jack Kenny Nearly half a century after President Lyndon B. Johnson declared “War on Poverty” to … More

Is the $5 Bill the New $1 Bill?

Washington’s Blog by Charles Hugh Smith Events, food purchased away from home and live entertainment are increasingly unaffordable to the … More

Food stamp fraud rampant: GAO report

FOX News Welfare recipients greatly increased from 2009 to 2013 Image Credits: Maulleigh / Flickr Americans receiving food stamps were … More

Fighting Back Against Western Sanction

New Eastern Outlook by Ulson Gunnar While the impact of sanctions leveled against Russia is being debated, one fact is … More

Millions of Americans Are Vulnerable to Starvation

The Common Sense Show by Dave Hodges The cost of food has been steadily increasing in places like Thailand and Venezuela as evidenced … More

On Threshold of New World System

Strategic Culture by Alexander DONETSKY Europe was really shocked by the sanctions Russia introduced in retaliation to the punitive actions … More

30 Stats To Show To Anyone That Does Not Believe The Middle Class Is Being Destroyed

The Economic Collapse by Michael Snyder The 30 statistics that you are about to read prove beyond a shadow of … More

Peak Inequality: The .01% And The Impoverishment Of Society

Washington’s Blog By David DeGraw This is an adapted excerpt from my new book, The Economics of Revolution. I: The … More

Must See Charts and Analysis: This Is Your Recovery And This Is Your Recovery Without Drugs

SHTFplan by Jim Quinn “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first … More

What Effect Would Ebola Have On Our Economy?

Washington’s Blog The Economic Effects of Ebola Preface: Ebola will obviously have a devastating effect on the areas of West … More

Why so much anger in Ferguson? 10 facts about the massive economic gap between white America and black America

The Economic Collapse by Michael Snyder When people feel like they don’t have anything else to lose, they are likely … More

The European Union and the Trade War with Russia (III)

Strategic Culture by Valentin KATASONOV Part I, Part II A comparative analysis of the trading positions of Russia and the … More

The European Union and the Trade War with Russia (II)

Strategic Culture by Valentin KATASONOV Part I  Which EU countries could suffer the most from a retaliatory blow by Russia? … More

Investment Guru Warns: “The Market Is Very Crash-Prone… Very Fragile”

SHTFplan by Mac Slavo Ahead of the collapse of 2008 well known investment manager Bill Fleckenstein warned that real estate and … More

Washington Post: Europe Is Stuck In a “Greater Depression”

Washington’s Blog “It’s a Little Misleading to JUST Call This a Depression. It’s WORSE than That” The Washington Post’s Wonkblog … More

The European Union and the Trade War with Russia (I)

Strategic Culture by Valentin KATASONOV The issue of the trade and economic war between the West and Russia instigated by … More

NAFTA Is 20 Years Old – Here Are 20 Facts That Show How It Is Destroying The Economy

The Economic Collapse by Michael Snyder Back in the early 1990s, the North American Free Trade Agreement was one of … More