Monday, April 8, 2013 at 8:53PM In 1969, notes greater than $100, including the cool $10,000 note that would still pay for a lot of things, were retired due to “declining demand.” Prematurely, it turns out. Because demand for cold hard cash, despite plummeting use of it for transactions, has surged. Reason: fear.
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 4:16PM I’ve been a fan of David Stockman ever since he got in trouble for speaking the truth as Budget Director under President Reagan. But his new book, The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America—what an awesome romp through the economic, financial, and monetary shenanigans of our times!
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 8:15PM Euros entered circulation on January 1, 2002. For six years, they grew on trees in southern Europe. But the bubble got pricked. Since then, the monetary union has been in crisis. Almost half of its existence! Until suddenly, its problems were solved. But now confidence in the monetary union is weaker than ever. With a hue of resignation in Germany.
Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 12:36PM Contributed by Lee Adler, The Wall Street Examiner. The Fed is growing deposits far faster than banks can deploy them, or than the economy can use them. It is growing them far faster than anybody wants or needs. And so, there are "hundreds of billions of dollars of potential fuel unused." Therein lies the potential for big problems.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 9:00PM “Yellen and Cisco lift US stock futures,” the headline read enticingly in the morning. Priceless. Their pronouncements were driving up the markets. But by the time the markets closed, the manipulative power of Fed Vice Chairman Janet Yellen had dissipated; the DOW was down 1.45%. And across the Atlantic, the German Bundesbank issued a tough warning about the very policies Yellen was propagating.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 11:09AM Contributed by Blankfiend, of Fibs and Waves. In the eye, loss of sensation can cause ulcers of the cornea that can lead to the loss of the eye. In diabetics, loss of sensation in the feet can lead to decubitus ulcers. Healthy individuals could actually do this to themselves through the continuous use of topical or local anesthetics. Turns out, pain mediates the release of a substance that promotes healing. Without it, the healing does not take place. The economy is no exception.
Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 10:20AM Contributed by G. Edward Griffin. Is the Federal Reserve really doing such a bad job… or does it actually do exactly what it's supposed to do, but the average American is in the dark about what that is? In this explosive video, G. Edward Griffin talks about the Fed's real role in the US economy and why – contrary to common belief – it is not this banking cartel's mission to act in the best interest of the American public.
Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 6:27PM Dizzying QE gobbledygook is upon us once again. It would restart its big 480-volt money printer, in addition to the desktop machine it had been using recently, the Fed said, in order “to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at the rate most consistent with its dual mandate,” namely “maximum employment and price stability.” Thus, more inflation magically creates more jobs, and “price stability” requires more inflation in order to become more ... stable maybe?
Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 4:31PM The strongest and toughest creatures out there that no one has been able to subdue yet, the inexplicable American consumers, are digging in their heels though the entire power structure has been pushing them relentlessly to buy more and more with money they don’t have, and borrow against future income they might never make, just so that GDP can edge up for another desperate quarter. But it’s been tough.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 4:47PM It must be infuriating for Mario Draghi, the hapless President of the European Central Bank, to see how masterfully the Fed and the Bank of Japan control their respective credit markets, how they manipulate them for the benefit of the banks, and how they’re allowing their governments to fund huge deficits at near zero cost. Draghi just doesn’t seem to be able to wrap his arms around it.
Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 4:05PM My twelve-and-a-half minutes of conversation with Max Keiser on the Keiser Report—“Where Money Goes to Die”—aired today on RT. In the first half of the show, Max and Stacy with their tongue-in-cheek, pungent, and edgy manner tear into central banks, bankers, NIRP, the new Apartheid, the Libor scandal.... It’s quite a ride! My part starts in the second half (video).
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 6:01PM When inflation isn’t particularly hot, it’s praised as something desirable.... Alas: “Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the capitalist system was to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. By this method they not only confiscate, but they confiscate arbitrarily.” John Maynard Keynes.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 8:20AM Contributed by Karen Roche and JT Long of The Gold Report. A "paralyzed" Federal Reserve Bank, in its "final days," held hostage by Wall Street "robots" trading in markets that are "artificially medicated" are just a few of the bleak observations shared by David Stockman, former Republican U.S. Congressman and director of the Office of Management and Budget. Awesome interview!
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 5:41PM Apparently, Charles Plosser, president of the Philadelphia Fed, failed to check with his handlers when he said that the Fed might have to raise interest rates later this year—from practically zero to almost zero, I guess—though just last Thursday, the Fed had announced the extension of its zero-interest-rate policy through late 2014. The umpteenth extension since 2009. Now, the economy is addicted to free money, and the damage is severe.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 3:07PM The members of the congressional panel on deficit reduction are struggling to come up with something that will—I mean, let's be realistic—get them reelected and fill their campaign funds. Even if they come up with a plan that will reduce the gargantuan budget deficits, Congress won't follow through. Because it doesn't have to, thanks to the Fed.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 4:14PM 
The ugly numbers speak volumes on how the Fed's policies hurt the real economy. But those policies enable Congress and the White House to run up ruinous budget deficits that make those of the Eurozone look benign.
That's inflation—not jobs, wages, or GDP.
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 7:08PM 
"A shame that we can't see Japan because of the marine layer" is an old joke in San Francisco. The premise that the fog over the Pacific keeps you from seeing Japan is just as false as the premise that running up huge deficits and printing trillions of dollars can create a healthy economy. Yet, that's the line propagated by the status-quo media and its economists.
Friday, September 30, 2011 at 6:07PM 
Deflation phobia broke out again. Fed governor Bullard grumbled about inflation expectations being too low and threatened to print more money, while deflationistas paint the Japanese "deflation spiral" as sheer horror. So here is my experience with that horror.
Alas, in one category, deflation has hounded us for 10 years.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 5:25PM 
The FOMC's often and clearly stated policy of creating sufficient inflation has been effective: up 36% from January 2000. But there are victims: the middle class and ultimately the economy.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 2:19PM Trillionaire. Just the sound of it! It's beautiful, Ben. But without your help, we'll never get there. So, at your meeting next week, think about us. Because the way you make trillionaires is by printing money.
