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A Message from the Lost Generation
COMMENT: I am a Millennial, a demographic that never had an opportunity to succeed in America. The existential trauma began in middle school when our teachers [...]
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European Debt Crisis Unfolding on Target
The European Central Bank (ECB) has a major crisis beginning. The free markets always win, and the spreads on the interest rates among the member of the EU are [...]
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Europe & Coming Capital Controls
QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong, In your blog on ECB vs Fed, you stated in your conclusion; “The ECB is trapped. It cannot raise rates to raise money and it has [...]
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Next Financial Crisis – Stocks, Currency or Bonds?
QUESTION: Hi Martin! Would you please clarify the difference between an economic collapse and the currency crisis? Are they one and the same? In one of the [...]
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Italy’s Experience With Pre-Pay VAT Was Devastating
COMMENT: Re: Germany To Tax VAT Just Billing People Before they Pay Please note in Italy we had the same = pay VAT to the government before collecting it from [...]
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Illinois Should Just Be Dissolved as the Solution
John Kass of the Chicago Tribune has come out with a blunt article, yet it is the only possible solution since the government is effectively just bankrupt with no [...]
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Obama Is Targeting Your Retirement Accounts
Presidential approval ratings show that Obama now enjoys the status of a lower approval rating than George W. Bush, and that is really saying something. Obama is [...]
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