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? 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.

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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.

A protest took place in Zurich on Saturday night, which escalated into violence and clashes with police. The incident began around 10:30 PM on October 31st, 2026 in the Langstrasse area and later spread to Helvetiaplatz, continuing until approximately 1:30 AM the following day.

Several hundred people gathered in response to a call under the slogan “We’ve had enough – in Switzerland too,” with some participants wearing Halloween masks. The demonstrators set fire to barricades constructed from trash bins, bicycles, and other objects, and torched a car. They also attacked police with fireworks, bottles, and stones, and damaged shop windows and bus stop facilities. Additionally, a police patrol responding to a medical emergency was attacked, delaying assistance to an injured teenager.

Zurich police deployed water cannons, tear gas, and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. Police reported that the situation was brought under control by approximately 1:30 AM. The situation in Zurich has calmed down and there are no indications of ongoing riots or protests.  Yet this is what I have warned about. This is how the 1848 Revolutions began in Sicily as swept through Europe even toppling the French Government. These things are always a CONTAGION and the rising discontinue will escalate as we head into 2028 as the economy turns down and fuels costs rise.

This will spread eventually to USA.

COMMENT:

C

REPLY: Thank you

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, first I must thank you for coming to Paris. Unlike in the United States, you were on French national TV. You truly made an impression here.

My question is this: you said that the EU consumes more than 50% to feed the bureaucracy. The view here is that our economy is doing extremely badly, as you warned would happen at your talk here. People need to know that this idea of socialism is what is collapsing. No matter what happens, the government is completely run by a group of incompetents who juggle billions while families struggle just to put food on the table. Macron, as you said, blamed Trump for the rise in energy, but he omits his support for Ukraine and the sanctions on Russia that started the rise in fuel costs.

Are we headed to a new Sixth Republic? Would you advise establishing a new government?

Andre

ANSWER: In 2025, France’s total public expenditure reached €1.7141 trillion, with public spending equal to 57.3% of GDP—the highest share in the European Union. This is the core problem: the government consumes 57.3% of the economy, leaving minimal living standards for the people. The protests began with a major movement known as “Block Everything” (Bloquons tout), which held its first major day of action on September 10, 2025 (2025.693). Cyclically, this could reach a major crest as late as August 12, 2027.

However, the protests in France became large-scale and nationwide starting on October 17, 2026 (2026.794). What began as a student movement over school conditions escalated into a broad national upheaval involving hundreds of thousands of people and significant violence. In the short term, this could continue into December 16, 2026.

This coming week may see renewed conflict. Macron’s mistake is what all government do when they are threatened with collapse – they lash out at the the people and try to suppress them, but this does not solve the problem – it only postpones it. We are headed into a world recession into 2028 and this will magnify the unrest. The risk that the French government will fall turns up in 2028/2029.

The economy is not working. GDP is falling and Europe is desperate for war. You are hearing all the government telling people to stock up for what is their intended war. They will create some sort of false flag to claim they have been attacked by Russia.

Here is Former Defence Select Committee Chair, Tobias Ellwood, talking about how this government is not doing enough investing in military in the UK. Clearly war is in the air in Europe. Escalation is somehow “guaranteed” despite Putin having said repeatedly that he is NOT interested in a greater war with Europe.

The idea that a threatened ruler starts a war to hold onto power is an old observation in political thought. The concept is a recurring theme in history and political science, articulated by various thinkers and observers.

A quote attributed to Plato captures the essence:

“When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.”

Henry Kittredge Norton (1928) in his book Back of War, he described it as an “old trick” where a governing power, “threatened by rising discontent and opposition within the borders of its own country, precipitates a foreign war to reunite the country and vindicate its own authority.”

Political scientists have documented this dynamic in many specific cases. I am NOT pulling this out of thin air. Even recently, Saddam invaded Iran in 1980 partly as a “pre-emptive strike to shore up his personal rule” against internal threats. He also reportedly told interrogators that a principal reason for invading Kuwait was his belief that he needed to keep his restive army occupied.

The entire reasoning behind the 2nd Amendment in the US Constitution was to thwart this problem of governments using military power because it is just there. The Price of Savoy was one of the most outstanding generals who influenced Montesquieu who in tuen influenced the Founding Fathers that a standing army is dangerous for the state will always use it because it is there. No war has been authorized by a Declaration issued by Congress since WWII. This proves the very point that Savoy made that kings created war because they had an army that needed to do something.

Idi Amin (Uganda) back in the 1978 war with Tanzania is cited as an example where Amin’s primary goal was to deal with a threat from his own military forces, not a foreign adversary.

Hérault de Séchelles (1791) during the French Revolution, summarized the logic succinctly:

“War will justify all your steps; for, in brief, it is at home that war must be made on rebels before it can be carried abroad.” 

When I say the EU is desperate and Russia is the best enemy money can buy, they face the same choice. The EU will crumble and break apart, or they create war with Russia to retain power. This is a well-established principle in political theory and a recurring pattern in historical analysis.

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The computer is warning of chaos ahead. If there is ever an election to be challenged, this is it. Under House rules, a Member-elect can challenge another Member-elect’s right to be sworn in. If a challenge is made, the challenged member steps aside while the rest of the House is sworn in. The seated majority then votes on how to handle the challenge, which could include referring it to committee, effectively delaying seating.

Some conservative lawmakers, like Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas), have floated using this maneuver to block Democratic Socialists from being seated, arguing their platform is incompatible with the oath to uphold the Constitution.

In response, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is circulating a pledge to oppose any attempt to delay or deny seating of a state-certified election winner, aiming to head off this scenario

Speaker Mike Johnson has publicly rejected the idea that Republicans would refuse to seat Democratic winners, calling it a “nonsense narrative” and “absurd.”

I am surpised that nobody has proposed that the progressives violate the freedom of religion by coveting the wealth of a selected class.The Supreme Court upheld the income tax with the 16th Amendment that was passed during the Progressive Era. Even Teddy Roosevelt was the candidate of the Progressive Party in 1912. The Constitution prohibited Direct Taxation. Taxes were to be only INDIRECT such as a sales tax or import taxes. They did not require the surrender of privacy.

The 16th Amendment has never been challenged as a violation of the Freedom of Religion violating the Tenth Commandment and the entire equality doctrine of the founding of the nation. Democrats suddenly can hate people who have more than they do and the claim in their own self-interest that wealth is not deserving of rights as religion or race.

This is a serious election. This is a confrontation that will destroy the United States all because of this class warfare that throughout history ALWAYS without exception has led to the collapse of the political state that has adopted such a policy.

The policies of the Progressive are right out of Marx’s Communist Manifesto. They do not believe in God. Marx called religion the opium of the people.  For thousands of years this idea of robbing people because they have more than you has resulted in hundreds of millions of deaths from civil wars. The progressives are getting the upper hand in the Democratic camp. Even James Carville is concerned. They will not merely destroy the Democratic Party, they will so polarize the country and we will see a rise in separatist movements while others will simply leave. We have already witnessed the great migrations since COVID from Blue states to the Red. This time, they may cause the great migration from North America to the South.

The Supreme Court upheld the progressive tax code primarily because the 16th Amendment (1913) explicitly granted Congress the power to tax incomes without apportionment among the states, and subsequent rulings established that wealth is NOT a suspect classification under the Equal Protection Clause, meaning tax laws only need a rational basis to be constitutional. The Supreme Court was a Progressive Marxist view at the time so since the states have an incentive in this as well, there is no democratic way to repair this damage.

President Grover Gleveland understood the damage of taxation. This was when the Founding Fathers prohibited disproportionate taxation that the Progressives overrule with the 16th Amendment. Politicians will NEVER admit this fundamental mistake that undermines LIBERTY altogether.

The definition of who is this hated class of the rich changes with time. If you gave your child stock and they earned $100,000 in dividends and interest, they are taxed at your tax rate because they assume you are just trying to lower your tax rate for we are all just tax cheats in their eyes.

While the Supreme Court held that you can be discriminated against because you have something the Progressive want, they can change the definition of who they consider to be rich at any moment. To get an idea of what these progressives view, look at the Former Prime Minister of the UK Stammer and how he responded to this question.

Starmer was asked whether someone who gets additional income from assets (like shares or property) would still count as a “working person.” He replied that they

“wouldn’t come within my definition”. He defined a working person as someone who “goes out and earns their living, usually paid in a sort of monthly cheque.”

I forget the politician’s name, but in British Columbia, I was shocked when she actually said that EVERYTHING you earn BELONGS to the state, and they DECIDE what you are allowed to keep.

This is the direction of the United States. It will cause separatist movements and we will see that they will destroy the foundation of LIBERTY all for their greed and coveting everybody’s wealth and their definition of what is wealth is anything beyond a pay check. This is why the Tenth Commandment exists. This is the dark side of humanity that historically has destroyed every government as we saw with Russia and China.

Welcome to the road to 2032 where we finally get to redesign our future.

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