Iceland Rescinds Its Bid for EU Membership
March 16, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Iceland recently made public its intention to withdraw its bid for European Union membership. It placed its bid for membership back in 2009, when the financial crisis was at a head. The fall of Lehman Brothers in the United States toppled three of Iceland’s largest banks, so at […]
Václav Klaus: Our Freedom Is Endangered
March 12, 2015 With Claudio Grass & Vaclav Klaus (The interview is also available below this article. We encourage you to read it if this article caught your interest!) “The best environment for man is the environment of liberty.” – Václav Klaus Liberty is a fundamental human right and the cornerstone of our existence. But […]
Modern Indentured Servitude?
March 9, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher I remember back in grade school I was told that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and made us all equal. I also remember when I grew up and read more about American history since the Emancipation Proclamation, figuring out that the grade-school claim was only half right. Abraham […]
Ridesharing: A Lesson In Deregulation?
March 2, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Back in October of last year, I wrote about the challenges ride-share businesses such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar, are facing (“Constipated Economy”). These challenges continue in the more densely populated markets such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. There are small victories that ride-share entrepreneurs […]
How Will Hackers Help Build A Libertarian 21st Century?
February 27, 2015 By: Marco Ricca The debate is raging: what will we make of the information age? Are we moving towards a technological dystopia, whereby Big Brother monitors and regulates our every action and thought? Or, conversely, does the digital revolution contain the promise of a renewed era of liberty? The former view definitely […]
The New Best Offshore Banking Jurisdiction, Accounts Online?
Offshore Bank Accounts Online by Bobby Casey About three weeks ago a buddy of mine came for a visit in Riga, Latvia. He was looking for a getaway for a couple of weeks and wanted to explore the region I have called home for several years now. A few weeks ago he read one of […]
$1 Billion International Bank Heist
February 23, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher I found it a little hard to believe when I first heard of it, but indeed there was a global bank heist of approximately $1 BILLION that was recently uncovered. By “global” we’re talking 30 countries and about 100 banks. And yes, it was “uncovered” because unlike regular […]
Going to a Baseball Game in Panama
February 19, 2015 Originally published on 2/17/15 at DailySpeculations.com By: Gordon Haave, Managing Director at Agora Trust, LTD. While Dr. Lillienfeld and other baseball fans get ready for spring training, I had the opportunity to go to a baseball game in Panama last Friday. It was the best game I have ever been to. There […]
Walls Going Up… and Closing in
February 16, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher The tax code is like a growing zit. It’s painful and I want so desperately to pop it. There are nearly 74,000 pages in that code. And code it is, because you need attorneys, CPAs, and computer algorithms to decipher it. Ever hear the old adage, “Ignorance of […]
China Passes U.S. … AGAIN!
February 2, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher About three and a half months ago, I wrote of China’s economic rise to prominence (China v the U.S. = Strategy v Tragedy). Sadly, the only real claims the U.S. had in its own defense was that China did not overtake the U.S. in RAW GDP, and the […]
