Global Economy

The US dollar’s days as a global reserve currency are numbered, but there is no high-quality replacement available. If there were an ideal reserve currency for the world, this is what it would look like.

Or Are They Bad For The Economy?

MarketWatch declares today: "It's official: America is now No. 2".

North Korea is one of the most heavily sanctioned regimes on earth, but in the midst of a new and young generation of North Koreans adept at using black markets, it’s clear that trade with North Korea must be embraced.

The  Swiss gold initiative has failed, and although it was portrayed as a very radical bill by supporters of fiat money, it was a very mild effort that would not have done much to limit the Swiss central bank.

Shocking health care expenditure: US vs. the rest of world.

North Korea is one of the most heavily sanctioned regimes on earth, but in the midst of a new and young generation of North Koreans adept at using

The Netherlands and Germany have disaster plans for the Euro. Do you?

Interviewed by Mo Dawoud of the Wall St for Main St podcast, Mark Thornton explains his prediction of the housing bubble in 2004.

The Velvet Revolution, during which the people of Czechoslovakia revolted against their communist masters, turns twenty-five years old this month.  Many people from formerly-communist economies have learned much from the experience, even if many in the West have not.