Addison Wiggin
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When Gold Becomes Money Again
On the night our documentary I.O.U.S.A. made its nationwide premiere in August 2008, the film was followed up by a live panel discussion, broadcast via satellite.... Read »
Crisis? What Crisis?
Loyalists and rebels in Libya are fighting it out over the town of Brega. That’s one of five export terminals in the east of the country. Two US warships loom... Read »
World’s Top Oil Exporters
Tunisia? Nah, not so much. Egypt? Meh. Bahrain? Almost. It took Libya to really get a rise out of the markets. Or a fall, depending on what asset class you’re... Read »
Uncle Sam Is the Housing Market
When it comes to clinging to an outmoded paradigm in the face of public anger and all evidence to the contrary… Hosni Mubarak has nothing on the US Treasury.... Read »
Fed to Monetize MOST of the U.S. Debt
We begin today with a confession. We have grievously erred. Ironically, it was a government agency (gasp, nooo!) that highlighted our error. We were trying to get... Read »
When Rising Food and Energy Prices Begin to Wreak Havoc
This morning, we see Britain’s consumer price index grew in December to an annualized 3.7%. Fuel prices are growing at their fastest pace since July, and food... Read »
Why 2011 Won’t be Much Better for the Housing Market
Home prices have now fallen farther from their peak than happened during the Great Depression. Sorting through the news this morning, we detect a common thread:... Read »
How Much is Facebook Really Worth?
Welcome to 2011… Early this morning, we learned Goldman Sachs and a Russian firm called Digital Sky Technologies have pumped $500 million into Facebook. The... Read »
Global Economic Growth Doubles in 10 Years
Here’s an interesting thought for you to chew on during your Christmas dinner. The world economy, following the global recession and financial crisis, is almost... Read »
The Government’s Inflation… and Yours
Consumer prices rose 0.1% in November…and less than a percent over the past year. If you strip out food and energy – which government number crunchers do,... Read »







