In the early stages of prosperity, those who create the wealth are revered, as the goods and services they create benefit all, even those who may be less ambitious or less imaginative and may never become business leaders themselves.
Exclusive Interview with Jeff Thomas
After an unsettling 2020, we interviewed Jeff to get his take on where we’ve been and what the future might hold.
Watch Out for the Shoeshine Boys
Joseph Kennedy decided that, when even shoeshine boys are offering stock tips, it’s time to get out of the market.
Is Collectivism Inevitable?
Although collectivism in all its guises socialism, communism, fascism, etc. has proven to be an utter failure wherever it has been implemented.
The Price of Freedom Comes Down
An article by Jeff Thomas, feature writer for Strategic Wealth Preservation, Doug Casey’s International Man and 321gold.com In 1984, St. Kitts & Nevis offered, for the first time, Citizenship by Investment, or CBI. The idea was that, through an on-island real estate investment of $400,000, or a one-time “donation” of $250,000 to the government, a…
Winding Up Americans
The American populace has been programmed like windup toys, with the ruling elite winding up the keys on their backs as tightly as they will go.
The Rise of Voodoo Economics
Whether it’s Modern Monetary Theory as a whole, or any of the plethora of programmes that ride on its coattails, such as the Green New Deal, quantitative easing, or the THRIVE agenda, around every corner there are new efforts that I regard as “Voodoo Economics.”
Manufactured Uncertainty
Historically, the most effective means by which those who have caused the problem can not only get away with it but profit even more from the collapse is to create a distraction to take the focus away from themselves as the guilty parties.
Deciding When to Jump from the Boiling Pot
There’s an old saying that the way to boil a frog is to put him in a pot of cool water, then turn up the heat. He remains in the pot because there’s no single increase in temperature that’s startling enough to make him jump out.
Is There Hope for the US?
Throughout the history of the world, whenever a country had entered its decline stage, others were in the process of rising up.