Home Ownership Rates Continue to Fall; New Plans to Reflate Bubble
In the face of evidence that home ownership rates continue to fall, bureaucrats are trying to soften rules that were written to keep...
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Walmart Shrugs: Pulls Plans to Build Stores in Washington, D.C.
If Washington D.C.'s Mayor Vincent Gray doesn't veto a discriminatory minimum-wage law targeted at Walmart, the retailer is likely to shrug, and find...
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Taxpayers, Rockefellers Fund “Sustainable” Plot to Undermine Market
The Rockefeller Foundation, mega-banks, and even taxpayers via the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have provided millions of dollars toward pushing a...
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Central Banks’ Bubble Bursting, Sending Markets Down Worldwide
Central banking and Keynesian ideology make a toxic brew, the consequences of which are beginning to show up around the world. ...
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Major Retailers Sue Visa and MasterCard Over Swipe Fees
After eight years of litigation, Visa and MasterCard are within shouting distance of their long-term goal: protection of a massive and increasing flow...
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After Gold Crash, Experts Point to Central Bank Manipulation
In the wake of gold prices cratering in recent days, more than a few prominent experts have already started pinning the blame on...
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Reality Gap Between Wall Street and Main Street Widens
The battle between a stock market that moves inexorably higher and an economy that continues to languish will be won when reality is...
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Eurozone Boss Seeks More Looting as Capital Controls Hit Cyprus
After looting some 30 percent of selected bank account holders’ deposits in Cyprus on behalf of the so-called “Troika”— the European Union (EU),...
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Cheap Abundant Natural Gas is a Game Changer, Says the IMF
A researcher at the International Monetary Fund expressed surprise at the greatly increased production of natural gas due to fracking and the law...
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Panic Grips Europe as Cyprus, EU, and IMF Confiscate Savings
Panic-stricken bank depositors in Cyprus emptied ATM machines across the nation after the surprise announcement Saturday that, as part of an extremely controversial...
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Amid Record Demand in 2012, Central Banks Scramble to Buy Gold
Global demand for gold hit a new record value level in 2012 and central banks around the world were gobbling up the precious...
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Student Loan Consequences: Real, Costly, and Personal
The consequences of governmental intrusion into the private market are inevitable, painful, and costly, as students such as Nick Keith found out much...
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More of America’s National Debt Being Bought by Foreign Governments
Foreign governments continue to increase their purchases of U.S. government debt despite concerns over the fiscal cliff and the government's continued profligate spending....
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Latest Manufacturing Report Confirms ECRI’s Recession Call
Calling it “unexpected,” Reuters reported that the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) from the Institute for Supply Management for November fell to its lowest...
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Union Threatens to Paralyze Walmart Stores on Black Friday
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union has threatened 1,000 protests against Walmart on Black Friday, while the giant retailer has filed...
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