Retirement: The “Crisis du Jour”
March 14, 2016 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP There’s a marvelous book called “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism” by Max Weber. If you get a chance, it’s one of the few sociological reads that speak to the once great American brand of capitalism. It doesn’t have much to with religion per […]
The Cashless Agenda Part 2
February 29, 2016 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP As promised this is the second installment of The Cashless Agenda. We left you off in the previous article saying there was more than one ulterior motive for the government to go cashless. The first was to spy on you: to track your every move. The […]
The Cashless Agenda Part 1
February 22, 2016 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP This is going to be a two-part series. It is a topic that deserves more than a thousand words, and likewise deserves the attention and consideration of everyone reading it. For a while now, we’ve been discussing two important things: 1. The war on cash, and […]
Good Intentions VS Real Results
February 15, 2016 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” It’s said that adage is derived from the earlier adage, “hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of good works”. All theological connotations aside, the bottom line is results over feelings. It’s nice that […]
Government Intrusion & The Erosion of Economic Freedom
February 8, 2016 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP In a not-too-surprising turn of events, the United States has slipped out of the top 10 most economically free nations. I say “not surprising” because it’s been a downward trend for the past seven years for the US. The “Obama recovery” is a hoax. Without economic […]
Pre-Crime, Asset Forfeiture, & Protection
January 18, 2016 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP One of the character traits of human beings that has kept the species alive is skepticism: questioning the merits or safety of a given thing. Man sees a quiet field… but it’s TOO quiet and questions whether a predator is lying in wait. Obviously being too […]
Britain Paving the Way for Expropriation
January 11, 2016 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP There is plenty of fear mongering to go around, circulating through regular media channels and coming from the podiums of ambitious politicians. When you think about the amount of theater that goes into creating a culture of fear, it’s no wonder people become desensitized. Either everything […]
2016: What to Watch Out For
December 28, 2015 By: Bobby Casey, GWP Managing Director Looking back at nearly 100 articles in 2015, we’ve done our level best to keep you guys informed. There are a good number of glitzy distractions, and it can be difficult to stay focused much less find the real news that matters. But when I look […]
6 Signs 2016 Will Be Much Worse Than 2015
December 23, 2015 By: Claudio Grass, www.globalgold.ch Over the course of 2015 we witnessed several events that had, and will have, negative repercussions on our individual freedom. Orwellian totalitarianism is increasingly creeping into our everyday lives. How much more intrusive will the violations of our liberties get and for how long will the establishment get […]
China Officially Added to IMF Basket
December 7, 2015 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP A new chapter to the global economy story has officially started, with the IMF declaring China’s renminbi a reserve currency: “On Oct. 1, 2016, the yuan will officially be added to the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket of currencies, which previously included only the dollar, […]
