Bullish month so far for gold traders
By Jeremy Holcombe Contributing writer for End the Lie December has brought with it a bit more of a bullish month for gold traders, as investors have continued to buy gold at an escalating rate to protect their money from the European debt crisis situation. Most investors expect the metal to jump even more in [...]
Hemp bootstraps superior technologies, rescues capitalism from cannibalistic culture
By Justin Michels Contributing writer for End the Lie Archived 1941 footage of Henry Ford and his cellulose car Synopsis: Our economic crisis is directly associated with a crippling dependence on unsustainable resources and their ever-growing scarcity. Developing sustainable resources is a necessary precursor to rebuilding the various manufacturing industries, which must again become the [...]
Bank robbery, Italian style: The Fiscal Fascists are back and hungry for your money
By Richard Cottrell Contributing writer for End the Lie Not much is ever really new in either economics or politics. So Italy’s nuovo Duce Mario Monte is retracing the footsteps of a man that he probably worships as one of his saintly heroes. Almost 90 years ago il primo Duce, Benito Mussolini, installed a certain [...]
The ‘banxodus’ has begun
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie It’s fantastic to be able to report good news, and we don’t get to do it nearly often enough these days. There is some very good news emerging: more individuals joined credit unions since September 29th than in all of 2010 and the number is only going [...]
Investigating the Robin Hood Tax campaign and who is really behind it
By David Noble While I like the Idea of fighting back against the big banks and corporations that have put us in the financial crisis that we find ourselves in today, finding a way to do this is not easy. When I heard about the Robin Hood Tax campaign which encompasses more than 25 countries [...]
The Vatican calls for global economic governance
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie On October 24th, 2011 the Vatican called for the creation of a “global public authority” along with a “central world bank” to manage the economic crisis and prevent such a thing from happening again. Interestingly, Reuters claims that the document, released by the Vatican’s Justice and Peace [...]
Delusional NYC Mayor Bloomberg goes on the offensive against Occupy Wall Street
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie The protests appear to be working, at least in the sense that it is forcing Wall Street crony and New York City Mayor and multibillionaire Michael Bloomberg (who literally claimed he didn’t know what the word “responsible” was in court) to out himself as a friend of [...]
Grim outlook for America’s unemployed and the future of our economy
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie Almost 4.5 million Americans, or near one third of the unemployed, have been out of work for one year or more, setting a new and somewhat disturbing record. When individuals are removed from the workforce for a year or more, their skills tend to decline, especially in [...]
S&P downgrades Italy
Standard and Poor’s rating agency has downgraded Italy’s sovereign debt by one notch, deepening the eurozone’s economic woes. The agency now lists Italy as A/A-1, down from A+/A-1+. The move was prompted by fears the country’s huge debt is out of control, despite parliament recently passing an austerity budget. The latest move by the rating [...]
