Gary Gibson, Introduction... Last chance, Whiskey Shooters. Gather ye nickels while ye may... Fellow Agora Financial editor Matt Insley of the Daily Resource Hunter sent us this tidbit: "NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The U.S. Mint is facing a problem -- especially during these penny-pinching times. It turns out it costs more to make ...read more

“You can either stand with us...or with the child pornographers.” That’s the latest “with us or against us” salvo trotted out to justify more government intrusion into private life. This time, it comes from Canada’s public safety minister as a response to concerns over the new Protecting Children From Internet Predators ...read more

Wherever intelligent people gather to discuss current trends in government, we wonder what it is about freedom that people don't like. Why do we let the police power of the state take over and inevitably wreck so many aspects of our life? Why do we tolerate the invasions of our ...read more

This year, Facebook will reach 1 billion users -- or one-seventh of the human population. It has elicited more participation than any single government in the world other than India and China, and it will probably surpass them in a year or two. And whereas many people are fleeing their ...read more

I've often referred to a theory of business cycles that was first described by the Austrian Joseph Schumpeter, but amplified by contemporary American Thomas Sowell. Both are brilliant economists who have described in mathematical detail how free markets produce the most wealth and well-being for society, including for those at ...read more

Gary Gibson, Introduction... "The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell to the lowest point in almost four years last week," says the Associated Press this morning, "the latest signal that the job market is steadily improving," An improving job market? We're not so sure about that. We suppose it depends on ...read more

Most people think of the capitalist marketplace as the venue for the unleashing of the human ego. Selfishness reigns as those with financial means buy and build whatever they want, acquiring and amassing with no concern for the fate of anyone but themselves. Bah! I can't even imagine a more inaccurate ...read more

In the autumn of 2008, as Presidential hopefuls sparred over whether we had entered a recession or not and well before the onset of the most serious global crisis since the 1930′s, trend forecaster Gerald Celente advised his Trends Journal subscribers to prepare for the worst and plan for the ...read more

The Bank of England is expected today to announce another round of debt monetization, called "quantitative easing". A majority of economists polled by Dow Jones Newswire earlier this week expected the central bank's policy committee to agree "to £50 billion ($79 billion) of additional bond purchases using freshly created money ...read more

When National Public Radio airs a segment on the gold standard, you know that the debate over the quality of money has reached the point where it can no longer be ignored. Another sign came last month when Newt Gingrich, who has never shown the slightest interest in the cause ...read more