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Food Price Rises Are Not Tolerated Long

Nothing creates more unrest than food prices. This video is not good news. It might also be added that central bank monetary policies are driving food prices higher than many incomes can afford. Quite simply, monetary policy is driving prices up but not wages. Note that markets, when allowed to work, correct supply and demand [...]

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Bernanke’s Road to Serfdom

The events in the Middle East are not helpful to anyone. Yes, the governments are oppressive, at least in our eyes. But sometimes the devil you know is preferable to the unknown devil that follows. Those who believe these countries deserve “democracy” don’t understand the difference between democracy and liberty. Our founders truly feared democracy, [...]

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Ron Paul on Bernanke and Fed

Ben Bernanke is digging himself in deeper and deeper. From Yahoo Finance is a video interview with Ron Paul. Some of the comments were QE2 is a “total failure,” except for those folks who work on Wall Street,” Rep. Paul says. “It hasn’t done anything for Main Street; hasn’t done anything to give us real [...]

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Jim Rogers on Inflation

Jim Rogers in video opines on economy: Video – Jimmy Rogers – Aired earlier today “I don’t own many equities, because I don’t know what’s going to happen in the world economy.  I expect more currency turmoil, more social unrest, more governments collapsing.  So I am investing in currencies and commodities rather than stocks.” “I [...]

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You Argue Inflation or Deflation. There is No Arguing The Decline in Living Standards

Whether the ultimate outcome of this financial crisis is defined by inflation or deflation is argued back and forth by economists and financial analysts. What is infrequently recognized is that we are becoming poorer, regardless of which outcome you believe is occurring. Bill Bonner writes about that in a piece at the Daily Reckoning and [...]

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