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Fox Business: Idea That Fed Could Weaken the Dollar Is “Way Out There” (Video)

Deirdre Bolton of Fox Business’ Risk and Reward asked Peter Schiff about the alternative investments he recommends for protecting yourself from a crash in US stocks. They discussed foreign markets and gold investment, and Peter laid out his forecast for what the Federal Reserve will do next. She smiled and called his prediction of more […]

A Recovery Without Government: The Forgotten Depression (Audio)

Mises Weekends shared James Grant’s recent speech about his new book The Forgotten Depression. Mises Institute President Jeff Deist introduced Grant: [His book] chronicles the so-called ‘forgotten depression’ of 1920 and 1921 under the then Warren G. Harding administration. The reason it’s called the forgotten depression is because it was mercifully short… The Federal government […]

The Fed Is Blind to the Weakest Recovery in Post-War History (Video)

David Stockman, former Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Reagan, told CNBC that the United States stock market is heading towards another crash. He bashed the Federal Reserve for being completely lost. He believes the Fed is driving the economy towards an even bigger financial crisis than the last one.

The Fall of Greece, Rise of China, and Collapse of the Dollar (Video)

Peter Schiff lays out for RT the future he sees for both Greece and China. As China abandons its communist past, he sees the Eastern country continuing to grow as an economy and world trade partner. Meanwhile, Greece’s debt crisis and basically socialist leadership is a stark reminder of the problems facing the West.

The Fix Is In. Government to Rig GDP Again (Audio)

In his most recent podcast, Peter Schiff exposes the latest economic hijinks of Washington and Wall Street. The Federal Reserve wants to re-adjust the first quarter GDP to make it look better, while Walmart absurdly blames its terrible earnings on a strong dollar. Meanwhile, Los Angeles becomes the biggest city in the country to dig […]

Inflation and QE: Airing the Fed’s Dirty Laundry (Video)

CNBC’s Trading Nation asked Peter Schiff if he thinks minimum wage hikes in cities like Los Angeles will trigger higher inflation and therefore a rate hike from the Federal Reserve. Peter warned that on the contrary, creating inflation is the business of the Fed, and he expects it to launch another round of quantitative easing […]

Ron Paul: Cash Is Economic Free Speech (Video)

In his latest Liberty Report, Ron Paul discusses the escalating “War on Cash” with Daniel McAdams. First, they looked at how many more dollars are in circulation today compared to pre-1971, when Nixon closed the gold window. The Federal government, Paul argues, wants to exercise more control over this untraceable cash under the auspices of […]

Liquidity Is a Cloud Bringing a Flood of Fiat Money (Video)

USAWatchdog interviewed Hugo Salinas Price, a well-known and highly successful businessman operating in Mexico. Born in the United States, Price is now a passionate advocate for sound money and has been pushing for the Mexican government to adopt monetary silver again. Unfortunately, he sees far too much political pressure against sound money, particularly from the […]

Fewer Hires Means Fewer Fires (Audio)

Peter Schiff digs under the surface of the latest economic data. As usual, Wall Street locked onto the headline number last week, which showed the lowest weekly jobless claims in 42 years. Peter asks the question no one else will — is this really the strongest economy America has seen in four decades?

Gold Shoots Higher on Poor Economic Data; Here Comes a Recession (Audio)

Peter Schiff tackles the latest economic data, which he argues strongly indicates the United States may be on its way into another official recession in 2015. When that happens, Peter expects not just more quantitative easing, but “old-fashioned, Keynesian pump-priming stimulus” in the form of major deficit spending.