Imagine that you’re in mid-flight on a passenger jet and the captain flies directly into a Category Five hurricane.
The Future of Direct Taxation
The image above may be considered by some as unfair, as it suggests that a direct taxation is a form of robbery.
Democracy – The Illusion of Liberty
In the run-up to an election in any westernized country, candidates are forever reminding us that the opposing political party and its candidates intend to take away our democracy.
Is This What You Call Being Prepared?
Is This What You Call Being Prepared?
An article by Jeff Thomas.
What Everyone Needs to Know About the Financial and Political Turmoil Right Now
By Jeff Thomas,featured writer for Strategic Wealth Preservation, Doug Casey’s International Man, and 321gold.com International Man: What types of risks — financial or otherwise — should people be aware of today? Jeff Thomas: Well, much of the formerly free world, as we once knew it, is on the verge of collapse economically. You have the…
It Will Happen Suddenly
When an empire collapses, it dies slowly. Unless it comes to an end through conquest, it deteriorates in a series of sudden jolts.
National Fire Sale
In a macro cycle, a nation begins to thrive economically, when the people of that country adhere to a strong work ethic.
Escaping the Socioeconomic Bullseye
What locations, then, would constitute the blue band above – the next band away from the bullseye?
Running on Empty
Since the end of World War II, it’s been the economic powerhouse that’s dictated terms to the rest of the world.
Where’s Your Loyalty?
By Jeff Thomas, Feature Writer for Doug Casey’s International Man and Strategic Wealth Preservation Recently, after reading an essay of mine, a reader angrily questioned my loyalty to the USA. My immediate reaction was that I’m not a US citizen. I therefore tend to observe the US dispassionately, just as I’d observe any of the…