Whether its drug prices, crushing debt, or unemployment, government can always come up with someone else to blame. Fortunately though, in spite of the lackluster economy the Fed and the government seem committed to giving us, there's hope for a much better future.
The United Nations recently passed a resolution in which those who lend money to governments are denounced as "vultures" while the governments themselves are portrayed as hapless victims. This isn't exactly a complete and accurate picture of the situation.
Jeff Deist and Bill Bonner consider various ugly endgames for the US dollar.
Refugees no longer stop at the nearest safe haven, but instead are lured into enduring hazardous black-market journeys for a welfare-state payoff. At the same time, states offer high fees and reams of paperwork for those seeking legal passage.
Whether it’s the aftermath of the Greek crisis or the ongoing migrant and refugee crisis, the nation-states of Europe, and the EU government, have plenty to worry about. Meanwhile, the world braces for next week's Fed meeting.
With the Greek crisis fading in the minds of Europeans, the calls for Europe-wide political unity are fading. But the Euro elites will still strive for a world where both rich and poor member states can be coerced by a central European state.
Jeff Deist and Per Bylund discuss immigration from a libertarian perspective.
The Greek debt crisis is often framed as a matter of Greek debtors against German creditors. But it’s really a matter of Greek and German taxpayers being exploited by their own governments which are promising to pay debts with other people’s money.
