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Best Of The Web
Hell to pay – Peak Prosperity
Like old times: Q2 2016 flow of funds – Credit Bubble Bulletin
How bond yields got this low – Wall Street Journal
What if we’re in a depression but don’t know it? – Charles Hugh Smith
Target zero a “commitment to be irresponsible” – Mish
Why the EU is doomed – Mises Institute
Essence of decision – Salient Partners
The central bankers’ experiment: the great bust – Best Minds, Inc.
Jim Grant rejects Rogoff’s “curse of cash” – Zero Hedge
Weekly commentary: reversals – Credit Bubble Bulletin
If everything’s doing so great, how come I’m not? – Peak Prosperity
The (160 to 1) gold-silver ratio every investor needs to know about – SRSrocco Report
Negative interest rates and the war on cash (4) – Automatic Earth
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Breaking News
The Economy
9/25 Once safe bonds now ‘offering only risk’ – Telegraph
9/25 Beware of what you wish for, as you’re about to get it – 24hGold
9/25 Our uncomfortable ride with central bankers – CBC
9/25 State tax revenues plunge in Q2 – Zero Hedge
9/25 Merkel says no aid for Deutsche Bank – Mish
9/25 Japan’s time is running out: toward monetary exhaustion – Seeking Alpha
9/25 From an industrial econmoy to a paper economy – Most Important News
9/24 U.S. manufacturing PMI falls more than expected in September – NASDAQ
9/24 US-EU trade talks “de facto dead” – Mish
9/24 GDP estimates in free-fall – Mish
9/24 Elites secretly plan “global new deal” – Daily Reckoning
9/24 Monetary policy is at the end of the line – Credit Writedowns
9/24 In California pension casino, taxpayers going bust – Investors
9/24 The Bank of England is sounding the alarm on Chinese debt – Business Insider
9/23 US stocks lower as oil slides – MarketWatch
9/23 Deutsche Bank woes spark concern among German lawmakers – Bloomberg
9/23 Saudis offer oil cut for OPEC deal if Iran freezes output – Yahoo!
9/23 Fitch reveals the $2trillion black hole in China’s economy – Telegraph
9/23 World trade grinds lower, hits 2014 levels – Wolf Street
9/23 Marc Faber says central banks doomed to fail – CNBC
9/23 Bill Fleckenstein slams CNBC “jerk” – Zero Hedge
Precious Metals
9/25 How Jim Fisk, Jay Gould profited from massive short squeeze in gold – 24hGold
9/25 The many ways to invest in gold and the pros & cons of each – MunKnee
9/24 US imports record amount of gold from Switzerland in July – SRSrocco Report
9/24 Gold stocks: The money stick play – 321Gold
9/24 Gold unleashed by Fed – 321Gold
9/24 3 reasons Royal Gold, Inc. stock could fall – Motley Fool
9/24 Gold, silver bulls basking following central bank meetings – Forbes
9/24 Big gold miners see muted M&A as bullion’s rise limits bargains – Business Insider
9/24 Gold, gold stocks corrective action continues despite dovish Fed – Daily Gold
9/23 Silver price forecast: Higher silver prices for many years to come – SafeHavem
9/23 6 surging silver mining stocks to buy as Fed maintains rates – Yahoo!
9/23 Hedonics, food, and pluralistic ignorance – Silver Coin Investor
9/23 Where are all the gold bulls? – Seeking Alpha
9/23 Three mining companies reaping rewards of large financings – Talk Markets
9/23 Gold up 1.5%, silver surges 3% – GoldCore
9/23 Infographic: The Indian gold market – 24hGold
9/22 Three reasons to be optimistic about silver in 2016 – Gold Eagle
9/22 Miners can double or triple within nine months – GoldSeek
9/21 Storage cost argument against gold now applies to cash – GATA
9/21 Do you know where those gold maples have been? – GATA
9/21 4 shining silver mining stocks with solid momentum – Yahoo!
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
9/25 Negative interest rates and the Apocalypse – Express News
9/24 The elite solution: Three new ways to get inflation – Daily Reckoning
9/24 Calomiris: Central banks’ negative interest rates ‘idiocy’ – Bloomberg
9/24 Is it time to do away with cash? – Washington Post
9/23 Signs are building that the BOJ is reaching its ‘endgame’ – Zero Hedge
9/23 Do higher rates cause inflation? …and does it really matter? – Daily Bell
9/23 Japan’s new framework of hyperinflationary failure – 24hGold
9/23 Bank of Japan’s inflation overshoot deepens policy innovation – Bloomberg
9/21 Dollar hits lowest in a month versus yen after BOJ move – MarketWatch
9/21 The Keynesian deflation humbug – a reality check – David Stockman
Real Estate Bubble
9/25 Foreign buying plummets in Vancouver – Zero Hedge
9/25 House-flippers turn to the crowd for quick cash – Bloomberg
9/23 NAR stumped as existing home sales slide continues – Zero Hedge
9/23 House-flippers turn to the crowd for quick cash – Bloomberg
9/21 Why Canadians are being offered cash to abandon their homes – Bloomberg
DollarCollapse Podcasts
9/13 Markets explain facts of life to Fed
8/16 A tough time to manage money
7/27 Random violence and political instability: the new normal
7/21 It’s not the event but the response to the event that matters
7/01 Brexit was just the beginning
6/25 The deeper meaning of Brexit
6/08 Gold Will Soar, Marijuana Will Be Legal
5/23 Hard times for obsolete entities
5/14 Chaos spreads to US retailers and Italian banks
5/04 Easy money has failed; what’s next?
Politics
9/25 Why is HIllary Clinton losing ground? – IB Times
9/25 Yes, Donald Trump can win the first debate – here’s how – Nation
9/25 Trump doing a very smart thing today on the Supreme Court – Washington Post
9/25 Ted Cruz announces support for Donald Trump – New York Times
9/25 Ron Paul interviews David Stockman on what Trump should do – AntiWar
9/24 Hollande to be ousted in first round of 2017 vote – Bloomberg
9/24 French presidential poll results – France24
9/24 Law prof says there is already enough evidence to impeach Trump – LA Newz
9/24 4 questions Hillary faces heading into the first debate – NPR
9/24 Donald Trump’s real message on race – New York Times
9/24 Trump’s attempts to prove his campaign isn’t racist backfire again – Vanity Fair
Offshore Investing
9/14 4 totally legal reasons to use an offshore structure – Nestmann
7/20 Costa Rica: Central America’s hidden gem – Sovereign Investor
7/08 Time to adjust your wealth plan – Mountain Vision
7/08 We pulled the ripcord on daily life and moved to Costa Rica – International Living
Clean Tech
9/25 Enel at 1 gw of wind capacity in Oklahoma alone – Clean Technica
9/25 The problem with off-shore wind energy – The Hill
9/25 ‘Summer special’ sale on solar energy an interesting precedent – National
9/24 Donald Trump promises oil and gas industry big but skepticism remains – Time
9/20 SunEdison’s yieldcos exploring strategic options, including sale – Reuters
9/20 Cheapest solar on record offered – Bloomberg
9/19 Why solar developers unhappy with desert renewable energy plan – Fortune
9/19 First Solar’s plan to deal with plunging panel prices – Bloomberg
9/19 Canada will impose nationwide carbon price: minister – Reuters
Art of the Collapse
9/24 2016 debate preparation begins – Zero Hedge
9/14 Book review of Dave Stockman’s “Trumped!” – Mish
9/08 Daily Show dissects Trump’s attempts to win black votes – Huffington Post
9/03 Why you should enroll in the chartered central bank watcher – Zero Hedge
8/17 The hardest job in the world: Donald Trump’s campaign surrogates – Daily Show
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
9/25 Suspect arrested in mall shooting that left 5 dead – USA Today
9/25 Charlotte police release footage of Keith Scott’s death – Zero Hedge
9/24 There’s “far too much talk” about racism and policing – LA Times
9/24 Ron Paul: The purpose of government is not to make us safe – MSN
9/24 In Kerry’s own words: Syria prohibited from attacking Al-Qaeda – Ron Paul Institute
9/24 Mission accomplished? Ron Paul on more US troops to Iraq – AntiWar.com
9/24 Nationalist, anti-immigrant sentiments worry French muslims – VoA News
9/23 Russia views Hillary Clinton as “existential threat” to peace – Zero Hedge
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
9/19 These six plant extracts could delay aging – Kurzweil
9/19 The ultimate collection of kickass survival ideas – Survival Sullivan
9/16 The changing paradigm on drugs – Dr. Sircus
9/10 Objective information about financial planning and retirement – Telegraph
9/10 50 items to keep handy for an evacuation – Survival Sullivan
9/08 Exercise can cancel out the booze, says study – CNN
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
9/23 200 million Yahoo user accounts hacked – Zero Hedge
9/21 Chinese company hacks Tesla car remotely – CNBC
9/17 The Cold War is over. The cyber war has begun – Washington Post
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
9/22 Challenging the chronology of our first road trip – Discover Magazine
9/22 The cloud on Titan that shouldn’t exist – Popular Mechanics
9/21 DOT embraces self driving vehicles – Mish
9/21 Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt – Bloomberg
9/20 Your sex toy may be collecting information about you – MarketWatch
9/20 Thieves helped crack the Chelsea bombing case – DNA Info
9/20 Guess how much that anti-LGBTQ law is costing NC – Wired
9/17 Solid gold toilet ‘symbolising the greedy 1%’ is open for public use – Mirror
9/17 Here’s what it’s like to ride in Uber’s self-driving car – Wired
9/16 Paralyzed man regains use of arms after experimental stem cell therapy – Kurzweil
9/16 The mystery of Thomas Heatherwick’s top-secret Hudson yards project – Vanity Fair
