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What Happens Next in the Conflict With Russia

by Doug Casey via International Man International Man: Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we discussed the rising tensions between the US and Russia over Ukraine. What is your take on what has transpired since then? Doug Casey: I think it makes sense first to recount the genesis of this war. It started when an American-backed […]

Doug Casey Debunks the So-Called “Green Economy”

by Doug Casey via International Man International Man: Politicians, the media, and large corporations promote solar and wind energy as replacements for fossil fuels. Western governments are trying to pick winners and are subsidizing wind and solar energy to the tune of billions. What’s going on here? Doug Casey: Solar and wind energy can be useful. But generally […]

Doug Casey on Making a Crisis Your Friend

by Doug Casey via International Man Nick Giambruno: Doug, you’re one of the foremost authorities in the world on the topic of crisis investing. Tell us a bit about your background on this topic. Doug Casey: After my second book, Crisis Investing, came out in 1979, I started publishing a newsletter of the same name. […]

The Fascist Threat

by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. via Mises.org This talk was delivered at the Doug Casey conference “When Money Dies” in Phoenix on October 1, 2011: “There isn’t anyone around who is willing to stand up and say, ‘I’m a fascist; I think fascism is a great social and economic system.’” Everyone knows that the term fascist […]

Doug Casey on How Economic Witch Doctors Convince Everyone They’re Neurosurgeons

by Doug Casey via International Man International Man: The average person doesn’t care about economics. But to the extent that he does, he only reads mainstream publications like The Economist and editorials in The New York Times. In these publications, the average person will find so-called economists advocating upside-down and destructive concepts like negative interest […]

Slightly Up From Slavery

by Doug Casey via International Man To eliminate misunderstanding as to what taxes are, it is helpful to define the word “theft.” One good definition is “the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another.” The definition does not go on to say, “unless you’re the government.” There is no difference, in […]

Shining a Light on the Sociopaths in Politics

by Doug Casey via International Man There are at least seven characteristics that define a sociopath, although I’m sure the list could be extended: Sociopaths completely lack a conscience or any capacity for real regret about hurting people. Although they pretend the opposite. Sociopaths put their own desires and wants on a totally different level […]

The Writing on the Wall

by Jeff Thomas via International Man When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing—when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors—when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and […]