Federal authorities want us to believe that by bailing out Silicon Valley Bank, they have prevented a financial crisis. Instead, we will have a crisis with bailouts.
The FDIC's takeover of Silicon Valley Bank should make us take a hard look at the damage the Federal Reserve has done. Will other banks face the same fate?
Canadian political, academic, and media elites "worry" that democracy in that country may be under attack. Actually, democracy works all too well there.
Considering the bond yields have only risen slightly, and that monetary overhang from covid is still huge, it’s difficult to be remotely confident that monetary conditions have been tight.
Robert Kagan believes that the US takeover of the Philippines was justified to "protect" that nation from predatory European powers. David Gordon emphatically dissents.
The proposed central bank digital currencies are not a new and convenient high-tech form of money. Instead, they are yet another power grab by government authorities, continuing the shameful history of government corruption of money.
