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Peter Schiff: This Is a Phony Recovery (Video)

Peter Schiff appeared on Fox Business this week and the first thing he did was talk about how good gold investments are doing, saying they are “the best…doubled or more.” He then launched straight into the reason why. The economy is a mess. If this economy wasn’t a disaster, Trump wouldn’t have the support that […]

Ron Paul: What America Has Today Is Not Free Market Capitalism (Video)

Capitalism appears to be falling out of favor. Socialism is in vogue. Or at least that’s the impression one gets when talking to millennials in America. A recent Harvard University poll shows that more than half of Americans in the 18-29 age bracket oppose capitalism. Ron Paul appeared on RT America’s Boom or Bust show […]

Doug Casey: Gold’s 18% Rise Is a Small Move – Peter Schiff’s Gold Videocast with Albert K Lu (Video)

Gold has gone up more than 18% this year, but Doug Casey told Albert K Lu this is just a small move. He sees gold going much higher in the next year: I think there’s going be a panic into gold and out of paper currencies. So this small up-move that we’ve gotten here since […]

Mike Maloney: Data Screams “Recession Is Here!” (Video)

Peter Schiff has been saying for months that the US is probably already in a recession. In fact, during his April 4 podcast, Peter made the case that the “very massive recession,” Donald Trump predicted has already begun (Scroll down to listen.): Everybody is saying he is nuts because the economy is great. Look at […]

Jim Grant: The Fed Is in the Business of Making Things Worse (Video)

Jim Grant appeared on CNBC’s Closing Bell to discuss the Fed’s latest non-move in interest rates, noting that “it seems awful familiar.” Grant offered a stinging indictment of the Fed’s role in the world, pointing out that central planners simply can’t juggle all of the varying factors in the economy. Every move the Federal Reserve […]

James Rickards Says Yellen Has Gone “Full-Dove;” Won’t Raise Interest Rates (Video)

With the Federal Reserve preparing for another meeting, pundits are talking interest rate hikes. Even AP is speculating that a rate hike is unlikely this go-around, blaming problems the “global economy.” The US job market is healthy. The stock market is up. Home prices are rising. Yet as the Federal Reserve prepares to meet this […]

How High Would You Raise the Minimum Wage? (Video)

ReasonTV asked Californians what they thought the “right” minimum wage is. Unsurprisingly, most of the people in the “trendy, hipster enclave” of Silver Lake in Los Angeles just assumed a higher minimum wage is simply a no-brainer, win-win for society and workers. They didn’t hesitate to insist a $15-20 minimum wage was a necessity for […]

New Benchmark a Sign of China’s Growing Role as a Gold Hub (Video)

Earlier this week, China launched twice daily gold fixing to establish a regional benchmark that will bolster the country’s influence in the global gold market. What is the significance of the move? Greg Collett, director of investment products for the World Gold Council talked with Kitco News about the new Chinese benchmark. He said it […]

Jim Grant Offers Advice to the Fed: Do Less! (Video)

Jim Grant appeared on Bloomberg and offered some advice to the Fed when prompted by the hosts. Do less! I think they should do less of almost everything they now do. They pretend to things they can’t know, and they undertake actions that are mainly unhelpful.” Grant went on to explain why interventions into economies […]

2008 Was Just a Tremor; The Real Economic Earthquake Is Coming (Video)

Peter Schiff appeared with Alex Jones on InfoWars Friday and made the case that the real economic earthquake is in our future, not in the past. Peter said that despite all of the positive spin coming out of the mainstream media, the Federal Reserve, and the Obama administration, the US economy is weak and spiraling […]