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 […]
CISPA is Back & Here to Stay
December 21, 2015 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Did we call it or what?! Not like those horoscope readings in the paper that are deliberately vague so the reader can project whatever implications they wish onto them. I’m talking almost down to the word prophetic: “The fact that CISPA was tabled in the Senate, doesn’t […]
Cashless & Debased
November 2, 2015 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP We’ve touched on the issue of negative interest rates a few times on this site: “The People’s QE” and “The USD is Going from Worthless to Imaginary”. It is going from a scary prospect to a dismal reality. It basically amounts to a monetary ultimatum: either […]
A State of Control
October 19, 2015 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP There are quite a few articles on our site that discuss the burdens placed on individuals, businesses, and full industries by the government. Back when we discussed Edward Snowden’s revelations and the various US spy programs, it became all too clear that these programs were not […]
Will Your Savings Survive the Next Banking Crisis?
September 30, 2016 By: Gordon Haave, Managing Director Agora Trust Ltd. It was the financial crime of the decade. A connected politician stole hundreds of millions of dollars to cover his own trading losses, and, as expected, he was never charged with a crime. This was the story of Jon Corzine and MF Global. In […]
Passport Controls
September 28, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher I find myself often engaging in conversations having to do with moving and relocating. I’ve done it my whole life. My family was moving on average every two years my entire childhood, not because my dad was military or anything. He was just restless, I suppose. My sisters […]
War is the Health of the State
September 23, 2015 By: Claudio Grass In an essay titled “The State”, Randolph Bourne, an American writer, made a distinction between a country and a state that I find crucial. He described one’s country as “an inescapable group into which we are born”. In his view, a country is “a concept of peace, tolerance, of […]
Tightening Fists Around Sand
September 7, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher There are a few things happening right now, and the balance is delicate to say the least. First, you have China’s ailing manufacturing market and volatile yuan. This, naturally affects her neighbors as well. Second, you have Iranian sanctions set to be lifted by spring of 2016. Third, […]
Patriot Act Expires, But So What?
June 3, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Parts of the US Patriot Act expired this past Sunday. That doesn’t carry the kind of permanence one might expect when they read the word “expire”. When food “expires” we throw it out and get newer, fresher replacements. When people “expire”, we have funerals and write eulogies. When […]
World’s Largest Tax Haven
April 24, 2015 by Bobby Casey There has been a lot of drama in the news over the past few months surrounding billionaires and multimillionaires who have stashed cash offshore to avert taxes or legal issues back home. The fourth branch of the American government, also known as “mainstream media” has been on a rampage […]
