Blog/World Events
Millennials Saddled with Student Loans that Prevents them from Becoming Homeowners
New findings are out from the New York Federal Reserve that reveal a troubling outlook for millennials who have now reached over US$1 trillion of debt, but the [...]
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Why Are Capital Controls Destructive?
QUESTION: Controls v Protectionism If capital controls would be such destructive measure, then China already has in place what one would consider Capital Controls [...]
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Al Gore to Hold Australian Climate Change Event to Discourage Australians From Mining Coal
Al Gore is still at it. At the expense to Australian taxpayers of $142,000, Gore will lead a three-day climate change lecture in Queensland. Gore will push his [...]
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Swiss Occupational Pension Plan Turns Out to be a Ponzi Scheme?
In Berne, Switzerland, there has been a redistribution in occupational pensions which has revealed that it too is not a funded pensions plan as people [...]
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UBS to Begin Charging Fees to Withdraw Cash
UBS will charge a 2 franc fee for withdrawing cash at the bank counter beginning in July, be it a withdrawal in CHF from a UBS private account or from a UBS current [...]
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Cycle of War & Religion
QUESTION: Hello Martin, on Sept 12th 2013 you wrote about the ‘Return of the crusades’. Now, 6 years later, with the massive migrant crisis still [...]
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What were Roman Taxes v Modern Taxes?
QUESTION: You do a lot of comparison to the Roman Empire. What was the size of the government relative to GDP? Can you estimate that? GY ANSWER: The Roman economy [...]
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Polarization of the World in Trade & Taxes is Destroying Western Economies
While there is a grave danger many speak of with trade wars creating protectionism, that is merely a reaction to the economic decline in the West. It is not [...]
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World Trade
COMMENT: Hi Marty I agree with Trump. Assembling in the U S is not sufficient. We need the supply chain parts (eg manufacturing ) in the US. What do we do when we [...]
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World Trade & Competitive Advantage
QUESTION: Hi Marty, I was surprised to see this post. While I can understand from a dollars and cents perspective you may be for global trade and globalism itself, [...]
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