Clarke appears to believe that the greater good can best be pursued through even grander state organisation than Westminster alone, and by intervention on a pan-European scale. The point missed by most analysts is that social democracy is failing because of the contradiction between personal freedom and state control. Before Read more…
Houses in the exclusive Connecticut suburb of Greenwich, long known as an enclave for hedge fund managers, are now selling for significantly less lately, with one recent colonial house forced to the auction block. It's price tag used to be $3.795 million, but now the four-bedroom property will be sold Read more…
He also said his office will no longer prosecute theft cases involving personal items worth less than $750, unless evidence shows it was for economic gain. -CBS DFW Dallas shop owners are not happy. Andrew Arterburn, owner of One Stop Express in Uptown, said that a shoplifter just stole $120 worth of Read more…
The economy's outlook is becoming so horrifying that Ray Dalio, the co-founder of the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, recently drew eerie parallels between today and the Great Depression. And he isn't the only one who thinks we could all live through another depression. Peter Schiff, infamous for his uncanny ability Read more…
Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, In what is being dubbed the “largest opioid takedown” in the United States, 31 doctors spanning 7 states have been charged with prescribing drugs that are legal. The charges stem from the government's largest prescription-opioid takedown. Over the course of three years, prosecutors say he prescribed Read more…
I could have fired everyone, including Mueller, if I wanted. That is not Obstruction.” @JesseBWatters I had the right to end the whole Witch Hunt if I wanted. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 18, 2019 Not all Democrats agree that impeachment is off the table. it's too early to reach those conclusions.” Read more…
Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, For years, currency analysts have looked for signs of an international monetary “reset” that would diminish the dollar's role as the leading reserve currency and replace it with a substitute agreed upon at some Bretton Woods-style monetary conference. The US uses the dollar strategically Read more…
Though other expensive gadgets have been released with well-publicized glitches (one MacBook pro model's keyboard issues come to mind), the 'Galaxy Fold's' problems are “on an entirely different level,” the Verge said. “Removing the protective layer or adding adhesives to the main display may cause damage. Samsung says you are Read more…
So long as Sanders pays the taxes he says millionaires should pay, his income alone doesn't make him a hypocrite. It shouldn't surprise us, though, that when called upon to justify his riches, Sanders ended up resorting to a capitalist cliché. By noting that this was a “best-selling book” Sanders Read more…
But EV sales still just make up only 4% of overall passenger vehicle sales of 23.7 million units. Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the China Passenger Car Association said: “There is still huge room out there in the new-energy vehicle market with China's relatively low vehicle-penetration rate. There will be a reshuffle.'' Read more…