Join Us at the 2023 World Economic Conference in Orlando, Florida!

? Dates: November 17, 18, and 19 ? Location: Orlando, Florida, USA (or tune in from home with our virtual ticket options)

Are you ready to unlock the future of economics and finance? Prepare for an unforgettable World Economic Conference experience in sunny Orlando, Florida! This premier event is your gateway to insights, networking, and valuable resources that will supercharge your understanding of the global economy.

?️ What’s Included for In-Person Attendees:

1. Event Admission: Enjoy reserved seating assigned based on the order of ticket sales, ensuring you have a prime view of every presentation.
2. Presentation Slides: Gain access to the presentation slides from all speakers, allowing you to delve deeper into the topics discussed.
3. Video Recording: Can’t make it to a session? No worries! You’ll receive access to video recordings of all conference presentations, so you can catch up at your convenience.
4. WEC Event App: Connect with the conference on a whole new level. Access presentation slides, bonus reports, recordings, and more via the official WEC Event App.
5. Bonus Conference Materials: Get a package of bonus conference-related materials, including exclusive bonus reports and videos (as provided by Martin Armstrong).
6. Morning Information Sessions: Don’t miss out on important morning information sessions, screened on-site in the meeting room on Saturday and Sunday.
7. Networking Opportunities: Exclusive access to the Event App Networking Feature allows you to connect with fellow attendees, both in-person and virtual, fostering valuable professional relationships.
8. Culinary Delights: Savor delicious breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday, prepared to keep you energized throughout the day.
9. Cocktail Reception: Kick off the conference in style at our Friday evening cocktail reception. Meet and mingle with fellow attendees while enjoying refreshing drinks.
10. Swag Bag: As a token of our appreciation, each in-person attendee will receive a swag bag filled with goodies, including an Armstrong Economics notebook, pen, and an event collector’s mug!

Unable to travel? We also have two different ticket options for those wishing to attend virtually! 

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a global gathering of economic and financial minds. Secure your spot at the World Economic Conference in Orlando, Florida, and gain the knowledge, connections, and resources you need to thrive in the world of finance and economics.

Space is limited, so act now and reserve your seat! Visit our Events page to register and join us in sunny Orlando this November.

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The second edition of “The Plot to Seize Russia – The Untold History” is now available for purchase in paperback and hardcover on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The ebook will be available shortly.

Book description:

“Take care of Russia,” Boris Yeltsin said as he departed his presidency in August 1999. These words were directed at current Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Yeltsin specifically picked Putin as his predecessor to prevent the takeover of Russia.

So, who was Yeltsin warning against? Newly declassified documents from the Clinton Administration prove that there was a plot to rig the Russian election of 2000. These never-before-seen documents confirm numerous attempts to implement pro-Western policies using the Russian oligarchy headed by Boris Berezovsky.

On the other side were the communists who desired a return to the glory days of the Soviet Union. As one of the largest international hedge fund managers, author Martin Armstrong found himself in the middle of perhaps the greatest espionage, or attempt at a regime change for Russia, in modern history.

The Plot to Seize Russia pulls back the curtain to expose the most extraordinary attempt to seize power in modern history, but with the pen rather than armies. These declassified documents reveal a plot that has altered our thinking about the relations between the United States and Russia. The thirst for power comes seething through every line of these papers that alter our perception of reality, change the course of history, and now threaten us with World War III.

PRIVATE BLOG – Germany Claims It’s Ready to Fight Russia Tonight

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PRIVATE BLOG – Gold & Zelensky Trying to Start WWIII ASAP

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The politicians always promise everything to everyone because that is how they get elected. They hand out benefits, expand programs, borrow endlessly, and then leave the bill for the next generation. What has made this crisis even worse across Europe is that governments have become addicted to debt while pretending there are no consequences. Now Slovakia’s Constitutional Court has stepped into the middle of that problem and delivered a message that politicians everywhere should be paying attention to.

The court ruled that when government debt breaches constitutional limits, the government cannot simply continue business as usual. It must immediately seek a vote of confidence in parliament. In other words, if politicians drive the country into dangerous debt territory, they must answer for it politically rather than hiding behind accounting tricks and bureaucratic delays. This decision strikes directly at the heart of the modern political model where governments spend first and worry about the consequences later. The ruling reinforces the principle that excessive debt is not merely an accounting issue. It is a constitutional and democratic issue because taxpayers ultimately become responsible for the promises politicians make.

What makes this so important is that virtually every Western government is facing the same disease. The United States has surpassed $37 trillion in federal debt. France, Italy, Britain, and numerous EU member states continue running deficits despite years of promises about fiscal discipline. Politicians talk endlessly about sustainability while debt levels continue climbing. They always assume growth will save them tomorrow. Then when growth slows, they simply borrow even more. We are watching governments consume future generations in real time. The debt crisis is no longer coming. It is already here.

The European Union has spent years criticizing member states over budget deficits while simultaneously encouraging massive spending programs, energy transitions, military expenditures, and endless bureaucracy. The contradiction has become impossible to ignore. Slovakia’s court has essentially acknowledged what politicians refuse to admit: debt accumulation eventually becomes a constitutional issue because it threatens the stability of the state itself. Once governments become dependent upon borrowing simply to maintain operations, democracy begins to erode because every political decision becomes subordinate to debt servicing and creditor confidence.

This is why I have repeatedly stated that the sovereign debt crisis remains the biggest threat facing the developed world. Governments cannot borrow forever. History has never produced a single example where endless debt expansion continued indefinitely. Every empire eventually reaches the point where the cost of maintaining the system exceeds the productive capacity of the economy. The ECM continues to warn that we are moving into the most dangerous period for sovereign debt since World War II. The panic cycle of 2026 is exposing the cracks. By 2028 the economic pressures intensify, and by 2032 we are looking at the potential climax of the sovereign debt crisis that has been building for decades. Slovakia’s Constitutional Court may have issued a ruling aimed at one government, but the warning applies to every government drowning in debt around the world.

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews have taken to the streets, blocking highways, shutting down rail lines, and clashing with police over mandatory military conscription. Some demonstrations have brought major cities to a standstill. This is no fringe protest. It is a direct challenge to the authority of the state itself and highlights a deep fracture that has been growing within Israeli society for decades.

What the outside world often fails to understand is that the issue goes back to the founding of Israel in 1948. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, known as Haredim, were granted exemptions from military service if they devoted themselves to full-time religious study. At the time, the numbers were relatively small. Today, however, the ultra-Orthodox population represents roughly 13% of Israel’s population and is one of the fastest-growing demographic groups in the country. After years of legal battles, Israel’s courts ruled that the blanket exemptions could no longer continue indefinitely. The military has now issued tens of thousands of draft notices, yet only a fraction have responded.

Israel is simultaneously fighting multiple conflicts while suffering manpower shortages. Reservists have been called up repeatedly, many serving hundreds of days away from their families and businesses. As casualties mount and military commitments expand, resentment has grown among secular and traditional Israelis who see themselves carrying the burden while a large segment of society remains exempt. The result has been a political explosion that has destabilized Netanyahu’s government and contributed to the collapse of his coalition.

Manpower shortages are happening throughout the world as nations see that their troops are disposable until there is no one left to replace the last men. Israel was entirely dependent on support from the US, which is why Trump’s recent pivot is peculiar in timing, as it corresponds with our War Cycle that indicated heated tensions over the summer. Come August, the cycle is turning up; peace, unfortunately, is not going to happen.

Polls show 61% of Israelis do not want Netanyahu to seek reelection. Now, 13% of the population is at odds with Bibi and his unholy wars. This is why there is extreme danger ahead: Netanyahu needs a military victory to secure power.

Ukraine’s government is celebrating a new feature inside the Army+ app that allows soldiers who went AWOL to return to military service and even select a new unit. Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced that nearly 200 requests had already been submitted through the system, with dozens approved in just a matter of days. The government presents this as a technological success story. I see something very different. When a nation at war needs a smartphone application to bring soldiers back after they have abandoned their units, that is a sign that the manpower crisis has become impossible to hide.

Earlier this year Fedorov acknowledged that roughly 200,000 Ukrainian soldiers were listed as AWOL while another 2 million Ukrainians were being sought for draft evasion. Those are not normal wartime statistics. Even Reuters previously reported that Ukraine was offering second chances to thousands of soldiers who had abandoned their positions because the military desperately needed personnel back on the front lines.

Videos have circulated showing military recruitment officers hunting down men in broad daylight and throwing them into windowless vans. Ukrainians do not want to continue fighting a war that has already consumed hundreds of thousands of lives. Regardless of where one stands politically, a government does not need aggressive mobilization campaigns when volunteers are lining up to serve. The world is applauding Zelensky and the neocons while those forced to battle are pleading for peace, not another multi-billion-euro package to prolong the war.

What makes the Army+ program so revealing is that it effectively acknowledges the problem. Soldiers can now submit applications, select preferred units, and return through a simplified digital process. The government is trying to make military service more attractive because it knows morale and retention have become major issues. The Ministry of Defense itself has promoted these reforms as a way to quickly reintegrate personnel who left without authorization.

The existence of an app designed to bring back soldiers who abandoned their units may be presented as innovation. In reality, it may be one of the clearest signs yet that Ukraine’s manpower crisis is coming to a head. This is precisely why Europe should be on edge. They will come for your sons next.

After spending years defending him, campaigning for him, endorsing him, and standing beside him while anyone who questioned his fitness was attacked as a conspiracy theorist, Hillary Clinton now says Biden made a “terrible mistake” by running again. That is convenient, but the problem is that Biden did not act alone. The entire Democratic establishment knew exactly what was happening and saw his cognitive decline. They heard the incoherent speeches, watched the debates. Yet they all marched in lockstep behind a man they insisted was perfectly capable of serving another four years.

Clinton is really attempting to do is rewrite history. Biden did not force the Democratic Party to rally behind him. The party leadership, the donors, the consultants, the media allies, and every major power center in Washington actively protected him from criticism. Anyone who raised concerns about his age or cognitive condition was dismissed. They shut down a meaningful primary process and effectively told Democratic voters that there would be no debate, no competition, and no alternative. Then, after the disastrous debate exposed what millions of Americans had already seen with their own eyes, panic set in. The same people who spent years telling the public everything was fine suddenly discovered there was a problem.

Then came the greatest political bait-and-switch in modern American history. Biden withdrew only months before the election. Dems immediately installed Kamala Harris, leaving voters with a candidate they never selected. No one voted for Kamala during her first bid as presidential candidate but Democratic voters were told to accept the decision and remain silent. Clinton now argues that another Democrat could have beaten Trump.

“We would have had a real contest,” Clinton said about what would’ve happened if Biden didn’t run. “And very sadly I believe whoever emerged from that contest, whether it was the vice president or a governor or a senator or anybody else, would have beaten Donald Trump.”

Precisely why the Democrats lost: the party is completely out of touch with the wishes of the people. They abandoned working-class voters and became the party of divisive politics. They ignored growing concerns over inflation, immigration, crime, foreign policy, and economic insecurity. Biden spent his presidency pushing forth the globalist Build Back Better agenda, abandoning domestic interests. Democrats spent years lecturing the public instead of listening to them and then seemed shocked when voters revolted.

Clinton will think of losing to Trump on her deathbed; she simply cannot let it go. After 2016 there was a seemingly endless list of culprits. Now, after 2024, the blame falls squarely on Biden. Yet Clinton herself endorsed Biden’s campaign, defended him publicly, and later endorsed Kamala Harris when he withdrew. She did it for her career and not the people. The same political class that created the disaster is now trying to convince everyone they were warning about it all along. Americans are not that foolish. The public watched the cover-up in real-time. They watched party leaders insist Biden was fine. They watched them pivot overnight to Harris. They watched them demand loyalty at every stage. Now they want to pretend they were innocent bystanders. That may be the biggest insult of all.

Everyone expected Kevin Warsh to come into his first Federal Reserve meeting and immediately begin cutting rates because Trump put him in the chair. That was never going to happen. Markets have once again demonstrated they do not understand how interest rates actually function. The Federal Reserve left rates unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75%, but what mattered was not the decision itself. What mattered was the complete shift in tone.

The Fed removed language suggesting future easing and, for the first time this year, officials openly moved toward discussing potential rate hikes rather than cuts. Inflation is moving higher again, energy prices have surged amid Middle East tensions, and the bond market immediately understood what many economists still refuse to accept.

What I found far more interesting was Warsh’s attack on the institution itself. He announced five separate task forces to review how the Federal Reserve operates, how it communicates, how it measures inflation, how it uses economic data, how it manages its balance sheet, and how productivity and employment are evolving in a rapidly changing economy.

Warsh is openly signaling that he believes the Fed has become bloated, overly academic, and detached from reality. For years I have argued that governments and central banks are operating on outdated models that no longer reflect the world economy. Warsh appears to recognize the same problem.

The irony is that Warsh was selected largely because many believed he would be more dovish than Powell. Instead, his first meeting produced one of the most hawkish shifts we have seen this year. Officials now see inflation remaining elevated and several policymakers are looking toward possible rate increases before year-end. Bond yields jumped, the dollar strengthened, and equities sold off because traders suddenly realized the era of guaranteed rate cuts may be over.