By Maxim Lott More than $1 billion dollars worth of a digital currency known as “bitcoins” now circulate on the…
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Michael Snyder Economic Collapse What would you do if you woke up one day and discovered that the banksters had…
By Deon Roberts A federal judge has dismissed nearly all claims against Bank of America and other major banks accused…
By Nick Miller ”Very bad, very, very bad,” says 65-year-old John Demetriou, rubbing tears from his lined face with thick…
By Ryan Villarreal Australia is seeking to bypass trading in U.S. dollars with China in an effort to avoid the…
Like many Americans who move to the suburbs, Tara Simons came to West Hartford, Conn., because she wanted her daughter…
While European politicos negotiate in Brussels, deciding the fate of other people’s money in Cyprus, the free market has already…
Eric Blair Activist Post Bankers are desperate to force governments into regulating decentralized virtual currencies like Bitcoin. With good reason.…
Emily Ramshaw and Aman Batheja Texas Tribune Call it the Rick Perry gold rush: The governor wants to bring the…
Activist Post The U.S. Senate voted yesterday to approve the concept of an Internet sales tax by an overwhelming 75-to-24 margin.…
By Alastair Jamieson Banks in Cyprus will remain closed until Tuesday as the country tries to avert financial meltdown after…
What’s a Clearing House? When you swipe a debit or credit card at a retail checkout counter, there is a…
Activist Post Is Bitcoin now a safe haven currency? It wasn’t long ago when it was considered merely an interesting…
Source: Zero Hedge Authored by Charles Wyplosz, originally posted at VOXeu, Cyprus: The Next Blunder The Cyprus bailout package contains…
By Mark Thompson A planned tax on Cyprus bank depositors as part of a European Union bailout is sending people…
Michael Snyder Activist Post During fiscal year 2012, $359,796,008,919.49 that had been forcibly extracted from American taxpayers was transferred into…
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The United States is roughly $17 trillion in debt, but President Barack Obama says there’s no reason to worry. Speaking…