Among the long list of items bundled by consensus reality merchants under the banner of ‘conspiracy theory’, is a world without cash – where technocrats rule over the populace, and everything and anything is exchanged via plastic and RFID...
As I write this, the European Union has just announced a possible $15b aid package to Ukraine (including 8 billion euros in fresh credit). Everybody has read the headlines about Europe: record unemployment, no end in sight, and so on. So you might...
A new report says Britons are paying the highest level of property taxes among the nations in the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The report by Policy Exchange thinktank maintained that the amount of property taxes paid...
The Bank of England’s (BoE’s) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) last week voted to keep the Bank Rate on hold at 0.5% and to maintain the stock of asset purchases (also known as quantitative easing) at £375billion. Although recent economic data...
Sometimes it is beneficial to pause and try to intellectually understand what the American people are fighting against. We see the daily struggles (e.g. threats to our pensions, bank accounts and civil liberties), however, what seems to be missing...
A report by Agence France-Presse, the International Monetary Fund strongly suggests countries tax the rich to fix deficit, is a caveat for a bigger risk. “The IMF has set off shockwaves this week in Washington by suggesting countries fight...
With interest rates expected to remain low for the next three years, MoneySuperMarket has looked at the benefits of taking advantage of cheaper borrowing by overpaying on a mortgage for the next three years. For those people who already have savings...
Now that “bail-ins” have become accepted practice all over the planet, no bank account and no pension fund will ever be 100% safe again. In fact, Cyprus-style wealth confiscation is already starting to happen all around the world. As...
In the last month alone, 1.5 million people in the UK borrowed money to pay their mortgage or rent, according to research by Debt Advisory Centre. The 25-34 age group is most likely to have borrowed to cover these costs – more than twice as...
Preface: Not all banks are criminal enterprises. The wrongdoing of a particular bank cannot be attributed to other banks without proof. But – as documented below – many of the biggest banks have engaged in unimaginably bad behavior. You Won’t...