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Best Of The Web
What if we’re in a depression but don’t know it? – Charles Hugh Smith
Target zero a “commitment to be irresponsible” – Mish
Why the EU is doomed – Mises Institute
Essence of decision – Salient Partners
The central bankers’ experiment: the great bust – Best Minds, Inc.
Jim Grant rejects Rogoff’s “curse of cash” – Zero Hedge
Weekly commentary: reversals – Credit Bubble Bulletin
If everything’s doing so great, how come I’m not? – Peak Prosperity
The (160 to 1) gold-silver ratio every investor needs to know about – SRSrocco Report
Negative interest rates and the war on cash (4) – Automatic Earth
Negative interest rates and the war on cash (3) – Automatic Earth
Deadpool – StockResearch
The matrix exposed – First Rebuttal
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Breaking News
The Economy
9/23 Deutsche Bank woes spark concern among German lawmakers – Bloomberg
9/23 Saudis offer oil cut for OPEC deal if Iran freezes output – Yahoo!
9/23 Fitch reveals the $2trillion black hole in China’s economy – Telegraph
9/23 World trade grinds lower, hits 2014 levels – Wolf Street
9/23 Marc Faber says central banks doomed to fail – CNBC
9/23 Bill Fleckenstein slams CNBC “jerk” – Zero Hedge
9/23 Time to “be alarmed” about emerging market debt – Wolf Street
9/23 Fed’s next move will be easing, not raising, Belkin tells King World News – GATA
9/23 Time is running out for Japan’s economy – Business Insider
9/23 How negative rates have clobbered bank stocks, in one chart – MarketWatch
9/23 Why the coming wave of defaults will be devastating – Charles Hugh Smith
9/23 Horseman Capital reveals the “best short in the world at the moment” – Zero Hedge
9/23 Stocks, bonds climb as Fed buttresses cheap-money era – Bloomberg
9/23 U.S. economic activity slowed by factories – MarketWatch
9/23 U.S. job market firming; tight inventories constraining housing – Yahoo!
9/23 Wall Street rally continues after Fed rate decision – Yahoo!
9/23 EU banks may need rescue funds equaling twice ECB capital – Bloomberg
9/23 Guardian view on global economic outlook: dark clouds ahead – Guardian
9/23 UN fears third leg of the global financial crisis – Telegraph
9/23 Young Britons living in ‘suspended adulthood’, research finds – Guardian
9/23 China chalks up $667-billion debt pile over toll roads – Reuters
Precious Metals
9/23 Silver price forecast: Higher silver prices for many years to come – SafeHavem
9/23 6 surging silver mining stocks to buy as Fed maintains rates – Yahoo!
9/23 Hedonics, food, and pluralistic ignorance – Silver Coin Investor
9/23 Where are all the gold bulls? – Seeking Alpha
9/23 Three mining companies reaping rewards of large financings – Talk Markets
9/23 Gold up 1.5%, silver surges 3% – GoldCore
9/23 Infographic: The Indian gold market – 24hGold
9/22 Three reasons to be optimistic about silver in 2016 – Gold Eagle
9/22 Miners can double or triple within nine months – GoldSeek
9/21 Storage cost argument against gold now applies to cash – GATA
9/21 Do you know where those gold maples have been? – GATA
9/21 4 shining silver mining stocks with solid momentum – Yahoo!
9/21 This gold level could be ‘easily broken’ if the Fed hikes rates – Business Insider
9/21 Japan’s monetary reboot good for gold; Fed now on deck – Kitco
9/21 Central Bank of Russia adds 700k oz of gold to reserves in Aug. – Smaulgld
9/21 Rate hike: implications for gold stocks & Dow – 321Gold
9/21 Swiss gold exports down 7% on year to 160 metric tonnes in August – GATA
9/21 US Mint telegraphs major market move – Daily Reckoning
9/21 Silver returns to its historic role – Daily Reckoning
9/21 Is this the most undervalued commodity in the world? – Motley Fool
9/20 Central banks boost gold reserves as low interest rates bite – Guardian
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
9/23 Signs are building that the BOJ is reaching its ‘endgame’ – Zero Hedge
9/23 Do higher rates cause inflation? …and does it really matter? – Daily Bell
9/23 Japan’s new framework of hyperinflationary failure – 24hGold
9/23 Bank of Japan’s inflation overshoot deepens policy innovation – Bloomberg
9/21 Dollar hits lowest in a month versus yen after BOJ move – MarketWatch
9/21 The Keynesian deflation humbug – a reality check – David Stockman
9/21 Merkel is ‘lying to public’ Italian PM in furious attack – Express
9/21 Japan’s negative interest rates explained – New York Times
9/21 Germany’s Schaeuble: zero interest rates make no sense – Reuters
9/21 Signs are building that the BOJ is reaching its ‘endgame’ – Bloomberg
Real Estate Bubble
9/23 NAR stumped as existing home sales slide continues – Zero Hedge
9/23 House-flippers turn to the crowd for quick cash – Bloomberg
9/21 Why Canadians are being offered cash to abandon their homes – Bloomberg
9/21 Mortgage applications tank amid rising rates – CNBC
9/21 Housing starts down 5.4% – Forbes
DollarCollapse Podcasts
9/13 Markets explain facts of life to Fed
8/16 A tough time to manage money
7/27 Random violence and political instability: the new normal
7/21 It’s not the event but the response to the event that matters
7/01 Brexit was just the beginning
6/25 The deeper meaning of Brexit
6/08 Gold Will Soar, Marijuana Will Be Legal
5/23 Hard times for obsolete entities
5/14 Chaos spreads to US retailers and Italian banks
5/04 Easy money has failed; what’s next?
Politics
9/23 Hillary Clinton and Trump take different approaches to first debate – CNBC
9/23 Hillary leads Trump by six points in latest WSJ/NBC poll – Wall Street Journal
9/23 Yellen helps Clinton dodge a bullet – Politico
9/23 Trump up 5 points on sick Hillary in latest Rasmussen poll – Gateway Pundit
9/22 Wall Street goes “all in” for Hillary Clinton – Liberty Blitzkrieg
9/22 Dallas Morning News takes subscription hit for Clinton pick – Breitbart
9/22 Justice Kennedy shrugs off question about book’s deeply flawed premise – Intercept
9/22 Pat Caddell on Hillary Clinton debate prep – Breitbart
9/22 Bill Clinton preps his defense – Politico
9/22 Election is close to a tossup – Financial Survival Network
9/21 Money laundering scheme exposed – Zero Hedge
Offshore Investing
9/14 4 totally legal reasons to use an offshore structure – Nestmann
7/20 Costa Rica: Central America’s hidden gem – Sovereign Investor
7/08 Time to adjust your wealth plan – Mountain Vision
7/08 We pulled the ripcord on daily life and moved to Costa Rica – International Living
Clean Tech
9/20 SunEdison’s yieldcos exploring strategic options, including sale – Reuters
9/20 Cheapest solar on record offered – Bloomberg
9/19 Why solar developers unhappy with desert renewable energy plan – Fortune
9/19 First Solar’s plan to deal with plunging panel prices – Bloomberg
9/19 Canada will impose nationwide carbon price: minister – Reuters
9/19 Solar power in India: roofs of growth – Brink Asia
9/19 Electric car boom is in jeopardy – Daily Sheeple
9/16 Solar rooftop revolution fizzles in US on utility pushback – Bloomberg
9/16 Tesla tackles California energy woes with massive energy-storage deal – CNBC
Art of the Collapse
9/14 Book review of Dave Stockman’s “Trumped!” – Mish
9/08 Daily Show dissects Trump’s attempts to win black votes – Huffington Post
9/03 Why you should enroll in the chartered central bank watcher – Zero Hedge
8/17 The hardest job in the world: Donald Trump’s campaign surrogates – Daily Show
8/09 How you got screwed – a user’s guide to a rigged system – Zero Hedge
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
9/23 Russia views Hillary Clinton as “existential threat” to peace – Zero Hedge
9/23 Guns sell out in Charlotte as police refuses to release shooting video – Zero Hedge
9/23 DA plans to charge officer in shooting death – Western Free Press
9/23 Trump praises ‘stop-and-frisk’ police tactic – Reuters
9/23 27 US senators rebel against arming Saudi Arabia – Intercept
9/22 Charlotte in state of emergency after second night of riots – Reuters
9/22 End time persecution is here – Most Important News
9/22 St. Louis cop caught on film planting a gun on a man he just killed – US Uncut
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
9/19 These six plant extracts could delay aging – Kurzweil
9/19 The ultimate collection of kickass survival ideas – Survival Sullivan
9/16 The changing paradigm on drugs – Dr. Sircus
9/10 Objective information about financial planning and retirement – Telegraph
9/10 50 items to keep handy for an evacuation – Survival Sullivan
9/08 Exercise can cancel out the booze, says study – CNN
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
9/23 200 million Yahoo user accounts hacked – Zero Hedge
9/21 Chinese company hacks Tesla car remotely – CNBC
9/17 The Cold War is over. The cyber war has begun – Washington Post
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
9/22 Challenging the chronology of our first road trip – Discover Magazine
9/22 The cloud on Titan that shouldn’t exist – Popular Mechanics
9/21 DOT embraces self driving vehicles – Mish
9/21 Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt – Bloomberg
9/20 Your sex toy may be collecting information about you – MarketWatch
9/20 Thieves helped crack the Chelsea bombing case – DNA Info
9/20 Guess how much that anti-LGBTQ law is costing NC – Wired
9/17 Solid gold toilet ‘symbolising the greedy 1%’ is open for public use – Mirror
9/17 Here’s what it’s like to ride in Uber’s self-driving car – Wired
9/16 Paralyzed man regains use of arms after experimental stem cell therapy – Kurzweil
9/16 The mystery of Thomas Heatherwick’s top-secret Hudson yards project – Vanity Fair
