Month: December 2009

The levels of government debt have reached the point where even mainstream banks are encouraging investors to consider the “collapse scenario” in their strategies. View

By Suzanne McGee With money tight, top philanthropists insist on more bang for the buck. Meet the 25 most effective givers. The name of the

By Bob Ivry Mark Pittman, the award-winning reporter whose fight to make the Federal Reserve more accountable to taxpayers led Bloomberg News to sue the

Commentary by Alice Schroeder I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit,” said a friend, who told me of swearing to the good

Max Keiser has me using a new word—duopoly. It is a word worth learning and a phenomenon worth considering as we look around the landscape.

By: Wanda Lau Cities take on different faces during the holiday season–some are the spitting image of Scrooge, others look like Santa. Which one your

“The Triumph of Death” by Murray N. Rothbard Most people — historians not excepted — are tempted to think of economic and cultural progress as

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Stephen Jen from the hedge fund Blue Gold Capital has a warning for those who think that gold has risen far too