International

Why More and More Americans Are Abandoning Their U.S. Citizenship

Jul 10th, 2012 | By Eric Fry | Category: Featured, International, Personal Investing

In November, millions of Americans will trudge to their local polling places to cast votes in the hope of improving their lives here in the USA. Between now and then, a few hundred Americans will vote with their feet in the hope of improving their lives outside the USA. Last year, ...read more

Tags: abandoning citizenship, expatriation, U.S. citizenship
Posted in Featured, International, Personal Investing | 6 comments

How to Open a Bank Account that Pays 16%

Jul 9th, 2012 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Currencies, Featured, International, Personal Investing

I just opened a bank account that pays me 16.2% annually. All I had to do was deposit a minimum of $180. I got the one-year time deposit, which means I have to leave the money alone for a year. But if I decide I want my money back sooner, I ...read more

Tags: China, Mongolian bank interest rates, resource economies, tugriks
Posted in Currencies, Featured, International, Personal Investing | 4 comments

Doug Casey: A Eurozone Crash Is Baked In The Cake

Jul 6th, 2012 | By Doug Casey | Category: Economics, Featured, International, Politics

Louis James: So Doug, you're off to FreedomFest 2012 shortly, where people will be able to hear your latest thoughts on many subjects. Maybe you can give us a sneak preview on whatever is uppermost on your mind today. Doug: FreedomFest should be especially outrageous, since I'll be tag-teaming with my ...read more

Tags: austerity, banks, Doug Casey, Eruozone Collapse, Greece, U.S.
Posted in Economics, Featured, International, Politics | 1 Comment »

The Case for Austerity

May 14th, 2012 | By Gary North | Category: Economics, Featured, International, Politics

The Keynesians and declared anti-Keynesians have joined hands in order to promote an intensely Keynesian error: European fiscal austerity as a negative factor. One contributor in Forbes refers to austerity as a death spiral. The word "austerity," beginning with the Greek government's debt crisis two years ago, has been used by ...read more

Tags: European fiscal austerity, Keynesian economics
Posted in Economics, Featured, International, Politics | 6 comments

Hear That? It’s The Sound Of The Doors Closing For Americans

May 11th, 2012 | By Jeff Berwick | Category: Featured, International, Personal Investing, Politics

We hate being right. After all, we have been predicting that people in the US and most of the western world will soon find themselves living in a Terminator-esque world where they will be tracked every moment of the day (US Government Builds World's Biggest Domestic Spy Complex), 1 the US ...read more

Tags: capital controls, expatriation, Gold, second passport, U.S. citizenship
Posted in Featured, International, Personal Investing, Politics | 9 comments

First We Conquer Iceland

Mar 7th, 2012 | By Wendy McElroy | Category: Featured, International, Macro Economics, Politics

The law of unintended consequences states that actions, especially governmental ones, always have unintended and unpredictable effects. These unanticipated effects can be far more powerful than the planned ones. Thus, economists often use this law as a warning to politicians that policies commonly 'achieve' the opposite of their intentions. For ...read more

Tags: canada, canadian dollar, Canadian loonie, Eruozone, Iceland, the Euro, unintended consequences
Posted in Featured, International, Macro Economics, Politics | 3 comments

The State of the Union, Just Another Reality Show

Feb 1st, 2012 | By Charles Goyette | Category: Featured, Gold, International, Politics

It looks just like a reality show that's not going to be renewed for another season. President Obama's State of the Union ratings are headed in the same direction as American Idol's so far this season – down. Let me make a secret confession right here. For years, the producer of ...read more

Tags: Gold, India, Iran, Oil, petrodollar, State of the Union Address
Posted in Featured, Gold, International, Politics | 3 comments

Iran’s Desperate Gamble to Push Oil Up to $200

Jan 3rd, 2012 | By Michael Pento | Category: Featured, International, Oil

As this tumultuous and volatile year draws to an end, it's time to turn your thoughts to 2012. What will the new year bring…and what can you do to prepare for it? I've given it a lot of thought, drawing on my decades of market-watching experience. In the end, I came ...read more

Tags: drone, Iran, Israel, Oil, oil prices
Posted in Featured, International, Oil | 4 comments

The Euro Crackup

Nov 10th, 2011 | By Jeffrey Tucker | Category: Economics, Featured, Gold, International

Watching the euro melt has been like watching a train wreck in slow motion. You knew it was coming. You know which cars on the train are next line to be mashed. There is nothing you can do to stop it. You can only watch as it happens, with one ...read more

Tags: euro, eurozone, fractional reserve banking, gold standard, united currencies
Posted in Economics, Featured, Gold, International | 3 comments

The China Bust: Tic Toc Part II

Oct 11th, 2011 | By Kel Kelly | Category: Featured, International, Macro Economics

Mainstream economists are vague about -- or choose to outright ignore -- the cause of China's rising domestic prices. A recent article in The Seattle Times stated: "Economists blame China's inflation on the dual pressures of consumer demand that is outstripping food supplies and a bank-lending boom they say Beijing allowed ...read more

Tags: China, consumer demand, inflation, mainstream economists
Posted in Featured, International, Macro Economics | 1 Comment »