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Editor, Diary of a Rogue Economist
Bill Bonner founded Agora Inc. in 1978. It has grown into one of the largest independent newsletter publishing companies in the world. In 1999, along with Addison Wiggin, Bill foundedThe Daily Reckoning. Today, this daily e-letter reaches over 500,000 readers around the globe. Bill has ...more

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Accidental Immigrants
The chart of beef prices resembles the Nasdaq. The wholesale price of beef in France has dropped from €1.60 per kilogram a year ago to less than €1.20 in January.
Here Come The Money Helicopters
Meanwhile, the first revision of the GDP numbers for the second quarter. We expected them to show substantial weakness. Instead, they show what looks like strength. The US economy expanded at a 4.2% rate in the second quarter, adjusted for inflation.
The United States Of France
The complacency in this market is almost as chilling as the complacency that seems to permeate the privileged classes, from the economists to the politicos.
The Committee To Blow Up The World!
Publicly traded equities are now worth more than $66 trillion – just shy of total world GDP. That’s $12 trillion more than they were worth in the beginning of 2013… and it’s $30 trillion more than they were worth 10 years ago. What has happened during the last 10 years to make stocks so valuable?
Print, Dupe And Transfer
Still in those lazy, not-so-hazy days of summer. August 15 marked the 43rd anniversary of that fateful decision by the Nixon administration to end the direct convertibility of the US dollar to gold.
The Fatal Flaw That Will Bankrupt Our Democracy
According to Washington’s own budget people, Social Security is going broke 20 years sooner than forecast. It’s already $15 trillion in the hole, with a deficit that’s up 300% (mistakenly reported as 400%) in the last five years.
This Is When The US Gov’t Goes Broke
The Dow crossed the 17,000 mark yesterday. Janet Yellen is supposed to address the world today from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It is hard to imagine that she will say anything surprising… or even meaningful.
Fear And Loathing In The Newsletter Business
The Dow rose again. And US bond yields are still so low you have to go all the way along the yield curve to five years out before you encounter a whole number.
“Mission Accomplished” For Yellen, Draghi And Abe?
For the last five years, forces led by Ben Bernanke, and then Janet Yellen, have been masters of the field – sweeping away all a dyspeptic Mr. Market was able to throw against them.
Corrupt Money Corrupts Everything
Therein lies a tale recently told, in part, by The Washington Post. As you might imagine, it involves a scam that has made many people rich.
Japanese Women Armed With Chainsaws…
Our hat is off. Our knees are bent. Our mouth hangs open. We are amazed. Grateful. And appalled. What will the Japanese do next, we wonder?
Time To Invest In Marijuana?
Yesterday, the Dow rose 91 points. But markets are generally sluggish. It is vacation time. People have better things to do than watch Bloomberg terminals and bet on stocks.
Armed Zombies
There are plenty of zombies in the private sector. But they are usually unarmed. It’s the armed zombies that pose a risk to your life as well as your money.
The Next Big Bubble To Burst Is…
We have been exploring how the feds’ funny money policies have corrupted our society in remarkable and unexpected ways… and lulled investors asleep.
One Of The All-Time Greatest Investment Myths Exposed
As long as stocks rise, for example, they believe the economy is recovering nicely… and that they will get richer and richer just by owning little pieces of someone else’s business.
When The Money Runs Out… So Does The Empire
Empires are not the result of conscious thought; they happen when a group is large enough and powerful enough to impose itself on others.
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