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Best Of The Web
Japan’s central bank writes Tokyo a blank check – Stratfor
USA 2017-2020: An ungovernable nation? – OfTwoMinds.com
A mile-high house of cards – International Man
Matthew, near misses and flash crashes – Credit Bubble Bulletin
The IMF and all other losers – Automatic Earth
Rob Arnott interview – King World News
Sorry, central bankers: Risk and volatility cannot be extinguished – OfTwoMinds.com
Down the monetary policy rabbit hole – Financial Sense
What Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio told the New York Fed – Zero Hedge
Is Deutsche Bank the next Lehman? – McAlvany Weekly Commentary
Doubling down – Janus Capital
This is why US gov. deficit numbers are a BIG lie – Wolf Street
Michael Belkin interview – King World News
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Breaking News
The Economy
10/15 US deficit up for first time since 2009 on spending surge – Bloomberg
10/15 ‘High-pressure’ policy may be only way back from crisis – Reuters
10/15 Italy debt tops 150% of GDP without undreground, illegal economy – Bloomberg
10/15 Amazing down spiral of Atlanta Fed’s Q3 GDPNow forecast – Wolf Street
10/15 China faces delicate balance between debt and growth – Financial Times
10/15 New global study says US runs a big risk as long-term debt skyrockets – Fiscal Times
10/15 Mass immigration ruins the streets of France – Zero Hedge
10/15 The Fed’s legacy: Asset bubbles and lost confidence – Daily Reckoning
10/15 State, local governments have funded only 35% of all pensions – Daily Signal
10/15 Unaccountable and unaffordable 2016 – Alec
10/14 Deutsche Bank bond buyers return for more junk-like yields – Bloomberg
10/14 30% junk rally gives traders heartburn – Bloomberg
10/14 Is the Federal Reserve a political institution? – Economic Collapse News
10/14 The stock market is turning into a sloppy, ugly mess – MarketWatch
10/14 Why nervous pensioners are running for the exit – Elliott Wave
10/14 Warren eviscerates “gutless” Wells Fargo CEO over phony accounts – Vanity Fair
10/14 Debt and slow growth dominate the world – Korelin Economics Report
10/14 Chinese state steel maker starts bankruptcy process – South China Morning Post
Precious Metals
10/15 Gold stocks: Accumulation opportunity now – 321Gold
10/15 Gold’s decline is no coincidence – Seeking Alpha
10/15 Gold stocks corrections in bull markets – Daily Gold
10/14 Gold prices in India go to premium for first time this year – GATA
10/14 Gold vs. stocks: not what you’d expect – Seeking Alpha
10/14 Four companies for the metals market turnaround – Gold Report
10/14 Can Eldorado Gold maintain its shine? (EGO) – Investopedia
10/13 Here’s what could drive gold to a record in next two years – Bloomberg
10/13 The wolves get the golden fleece as the sheep get shorn one more time – Gold Report
10/13 3 beaten-up gold stocks: are they bargains? – Motley Fool
10/13 The SPX will tank and gold will rise! – Gold-Eagle
10/13 Is this miner a buy after raising production by 21%? – Motley Fool
10/13 Silver Standard Resources provides Q3 2016 results – Junior Mining Network
10/13 Great Panther Silver reports Q3 2016 production results – Junior Mining Network
10/12 Marin Katusa explains the gold correction – TF Metals Report
10/12 Why billionaires are buying gold – Nestmann
10/12 No love for gold – Seeking Alpha
10/11 Gold sector correction – Where do things stand? – Acting Man
10/11 Gold: Deflation ends & inflation begins – 321Gold
10/11 FT laments the lack of the gold market information it won’t report – GATA
10/11 3 reasons precious metals streamers better investments than miners – Motley Fool
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
10/15 Bank of England will tolerate higher inflation for sake of growth – Telegraph
10/14 China’s currency at six-year low causes unease across markets – Forbes
10/14 How not to manage a currency – GoldMoney
10/14 The end of the great experiment – Daily Reckoning
10/14 China’s export drop tempts policy makers to keep weakening yuan – Bloomberg
10/14 Don’t be fooled, negative interest rates a massive failure – Wall St. Examiner
10/14 Inflation in Venezuela seen hitting 1,500% in 2017 – CNBC
10/14 As pound tumbles, UK faces sharp return of inflation – Reuters
10/13 A renegade economist has a plan for reducing global debt – Business Insider
10/13 Swiss central bank’s Zurbruegg defends negative rates policy – Reuters
10/12 The Fed is stuck between a rock and the dollar – Seeking Alpha
Real Estate Bubble
10/15 London home prices fall for fifth month, worst streak since 2009 – Bloomberg
10/13 Dumped apartment projects ‘groundhog day’ to global financial crisis – NZ Herald
10/13 A $1 million bet: The anatomy of a high-end house flip – CNBC
10/13 Manhattan apartment rents in decline amid a 35% surge in listings – Bloomberg
10/13 China’s cooling property markte may risk economic growth – Bloomberg
DollarCollapse Podcasts
10/04 European banks in the eye of the storm
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
Politics
10/15 Hillary Clinton extends her battleground map lead – NBC News
10/15 Inside Hillary Clinton’s campaign’s response to Donald Trump video – Time
10/14 Donald Trump recalls his attack dog from the primaries – NYT
10/14 What Donald Trump’s latest ad means – Time
10/14 Timeline of Donald Trump’s creepiness while he owned Miss Universe – Rolling Stone
10/14 Emails show Clinton praised Wal-Mart in paid speeches – Intercept
10/14 ‘I’m the last thing standing between you and the Apocalypse’ – New York Times
10/14 Clinton ‘does not recall’ ordering destruction of emails – Fox News
10/13 Trump’s campaign is ‘Pulling out of Virginia’ – CNBC
10/13 Amid fresh allegations, the Trump ship starts to sink – CNBC
10/13 How Marine Le Pen has upended French politics – New Republic
Offshore Investing
10/07 Panama Papers? Try UNITED STATES Papers? – Mountain Vision
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
Clean Tech
10/15 Floating solar arrays point to bright future for clean energy – CNBC
10/15 The great Texas wind power boom – Forbes
10/15 Solar and wind power are growing, but won’t solve climate change – UPenn.edu
10/13 How dirty energy defeated Tesla – Daily Reckoning
10/13 Tesla dominates US luxury sedan sales – Bloomberg
10/12 Elon Musk’s wild ride – Bloomberg
10/12 Is 2016 the turning point for energy storage? – Oil Price
10/12 On climate change, difference between Trump and Clinton quite simple – Vox
10/12 Elon Musk strikes back at big coal – Oil Price
Art of the Collapse
10/12 Late-night TV hosts have field day with Donald Trump-Billy Bush video – WaPo
10/03 Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump impression on ‘Saturday Night Live’ – Washington Post
9/24 2016 debate preparation begins – Zero Hedge
9/14 Book review of Dave Stockman’s “Trumped!” – Mish
9/08 Daily Show dissects Trump’s attempts to win black votes – Huffington Post
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
10/15 Want to know Julian Assange’s endgame? He told you a decade ago – Wired
10/15 “A pretext is needed”: A false flag may be imminent to drag US into war – SHTF Plan
10/14 Obama to decide Friday on military action in Syria – Zero Hedge
10/13 U.S. strikes Yemeni rebel sites after warships are targeted – Bloomberg
10/13 The legacy of United States interventionism – Ron Paul Institute
10/13 The endless war: 15 years and counting in Afghanistan – CounterPunch
10/13 State Dept: what’s the difference between Yemen, Syria bombings? – Zero Hedge
10/12 “Oops!” – A world war! – ClubOrlov
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
10/12 Power lines, air pollution, lack of sunshine may raise risk of dementia – Telegraph
10/12 How to start and maintain a worm compost bin – Peak Prosperity
10/09 5 ways to turn your dream of buying farmland into reality – Modern Farmer
10/09 Are backyard gardens a weapon against climate change? – Modern Farmer
10/08 ‘Hamilton’: The stuff vs. experience debate – MarketWatch
10/05 Go bag essentials – Survival Sullivan
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
10/13 ‘Cyber war’ is no war, say experts – Hindu
10/11 ‘Black Friday’ in US-Russia relations could unleash ‘cyber-skirmishes,’ more – CNBC
10/11 The fog of cyber war – Fortune
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
10/15 Visualizing America’s $18 trillion economy (in 3 stunning maps) – Zero Hedge
10/14 Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize – Vanity Fair
10/14 Subsidizing disaster – American Conservative
10/12 Neoliberalism is creating loneliness. That’s what’s wrenching society apart – Guardian
10/12 Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 million BC – 2016) – Outside Online
10/12 Twitter’s woes signal the end of the social wars – Wired
10/12 You’ll never see Earth from space. But this book is close – Wired
10/11 Samsung permanently halts production of Galaxy Note 7 – CNBC
10/11 Post-internet man is rude, narcissistic, and bad at sex – Telegraph
10/08 Hounds hot on the heels of poachers in rhino country – Guardian
10/07 Tick bites that trigger severe meat allergy on rise around the world – Guardian
