As of beginning July 2019 prospects look positive for a re-election of Donald Trump as President in November 2020. Headline stock market and GDP figures
Tag: Federal Reserve
Survival of the Richest
Like a gilded coating that makes the dullest things glitter, today’s thin veneer of political populism covers a grotesque underbelly of growing inequality that’s hiding
The Birth of a Monster: The Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve’s doors have been open for “business” for one hundred years. In explaining the creation of this money-making machine (pun intended — the
The Pinnacle of the Pyramid of Wealth and Power: the Buck Stops Here
While putting together an analysis of the shareholders of some of the most strategic and lucrative sectors of the Australian economy several years ago I
Trump is Right: The Fed is a Big Problem
President Donald J. Trump has taken on the Federal Reserve (Fed), saying that Fed chairman Jerome H. Powell is threatening US economic growth by further raising
Crashing Currency Chaos Spreads Across the Global South
The Iranian rial: crash. The Turkish lira: crash. The Argentine peso: crash. The Brazilian real: crash. There are multiple, complex, parallel vectors at play in
Trump Just Triggered a New Financial Crisis. Here’s Why
Trump’s attack on the Turkish lira, combined with recent Federal Reserve moves to choke off dollar supply, is pushing the world towards a re-run of
Five Financial Uncertainties of 2018 (So Far)
Here we are in the middle of the second year of Donald Trump’s presidency and if there’s one thing we know by now, it’s that
