I have often received emails asking why I did not want to become a lawyer. The rule of law has no true validity. It is applied without reason and often technically. The law is NEVER applied with reason. A high-profile case that mirrors this scenario is that of Genarlow Wilson in Georgia. In 2003, at age 17, […]

Cycles are often systemic, predictable, and, as I have long argued, often the result of policy distortions interacting with underlying structural forces. The latest data showing where the cost of living is rising fastest in the United States is a textbook example of how centralized, urban-centric policies can create persistent price pressures and distort economic […]

Physical bank branches are disappearing along with relationship banking. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) files state that the US lost a net total of 339 bank branches in December 2025. The S&P Global and Federal Reserve found that the US has been losing, on average, 1,600 bank branches per year. Santander […]

We are witnessing an unmistakable shift in the US housing market, not a bubble pop like 2008, but a market regime change characterized by buyers retreating as inventory rises and affordability remains strained. Recent data from Redfin shows that roughly 40,000 US home-purchase agreements were canceled in December, representing about 16.3% of homes that went […]

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, you warned that Iran would face a crisis in February 2026. You also said Iran would enter a period of extreme conflict with the turning point in 2024. Now we have ships moving to Iran. Socrates has been showing a sharp rise in volatility beginning in February into September. I understand you […]

The single most dangerous lie in modern economics is the Random Walk Theory. It’s taught in every major university to support government intervention and manipulation of society. It’s the foundation of the Efficient Market Hypothesis. Nobel Prizes have been awarded for proving that markets are unpredictable, random, and impossible to forecast. Random Walk Theory persists […]

QUESTION: Marty, you helped China become capitalist. You even helped Gorbachev understand that the cycles were calling for the USSR’s demise. Why will the Trump Administration not call you in? Are you advising at least people like Luna in his circle? JM ANSWER: The Neocons do their best to try to keep me away from […]

COMMENT: We had a similar referendum past November initiated by the young extreme leftists for a 50% (!) inheritance tax for wealthy above $50m – despite the fact that we pay already a wealth tax every year! Well Swiss people realised that the billionaires have feets and can walk away similar to what you write […]

Arabella Advisors, the world’s most influential fund for left-wing politics, has rebranded but not dissipated. Arabella Advisors infamously created the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a dark money nonprofit that funneled hundreds of millions to persuade voters to support “progressive” causes, with the backing of George Soros, Bill Gates, Pierre Omidyar, and Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss. Arabella […]

The minimum wage increased significantly in 19 U.S. states on New Year’s Day. Minimum wages are often portrayed in the mainstream press as a straightforward way to raise incomes for the lowest-paid workers, but this portrayal ignores the underlying economic mechanisms. When the cost of labor exceeds the value the labor actually produces, companies begin […]