Bill Bonner

Affiliation: Agora Financial

Since founding Agora Inc. in 1979, Bill Bonner has found success and garnered camaraderie in numerous communities and industries. A man of many talents, his entrepreneurial savvy, unique writings, philanthropic undertakings, and preservationist activities have all been recognized and awarded by some of America’s most respected authorities.

Along with Addison Wiggin, his friend and colleague, Bill has written two New York Times best-selling books, Financial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt. Both works have been critically acclaimed internationally. With political journalist Lila Rajiva, he wrote his third New York Times best-selling book, Mobs, Messiahs and Markets, which offers concrete advice on how to avoid the public spectacle of modern finance.

Since 1999, Bill has been a daily contributor and the driving force behind The Daily Reckoning.

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Bill Bonner's Latest Articles | 136

Cheap Energy: Vital Fuel for the Economic Growth Engine

May 18, 2011| 

In our travels around the world, somewhere…somehow…we lost the re-charger to our laptop. So…this will have to be short…we’re running out of juice! Yesterday,... Read »

Is the Chinese Economy the Atlas of Global Growth?

May 12, 2011| 

Dow down 130 yesterday. Oil below $100. Gold lost ground too – and now sits right on the $1,500 line. What’s going on? We don’t know. But the markets are acting... Read »

Generations of Wealth

May 11, 2011| 

Last week, we discussed the real secret of success. As you knew all along, there is no secret. Hard work over a long period of time pays off – just like compound... Read »

The Case for Cash: Why a 0% Yield Is Sometimes Your Best Bet

May 9, 2011| 

What a wild week it was! Last week, the US bumped off Osama bin Laden. Silver collapsed. Unemployment looked terrible on Thursday…and better on Friday. Stocks... Read »

Spend It Like You Stole It

Apr 29, 2011| 

QE2 is ending in June. But globally, QE3 has already begun. As usual, Japan is the pacesetter. As temperatures rose at its Fukushima reactor so did Japan’s monetary... Read »

Why the Feds Are Desperate to Avoid an Economic Correction

Apr 11, 2011| 

Whoa! This is getting interesting. Two major central banks are tightening – China and the ECB. But nobody seems to care. These central banks are warning investors... Read »

Printing Money to Save the World

Mar 28, 2011| 

The Dow rose 50 points on Friday. Gold rose too. As we ended the week, the Dow was over 12,000…gold was over 1,400…and oil was over $100. And all seemed to be... Read »

When the Unemployed Lose Faith in the System

Feb 9, 2011| 

Dow plus 71 yesterday. Gold plus $15. Everything seems okay, doesn’t it? Good, then let’s look deeper…at the story behind the story… As we’ve been saying,... Read »

Growth or Hot Money: What’s Really Affecting Food Prices

Feb 7, 2011| 

The Dow rose another 29 points on Friday. Gold lost $4. Which is to say, nothing much happened one way or the other. Unemployment data came out, moving the unemployment... Read »

Relative Wealth and the Struggle for Economic Dominance

Feb 2, 2011| 

It’s still the same old story A fight for love and glory – “As time goes by”, By Herman Hupfeld Dow up 148 points yesterday. Gold rose $5. And look at the... Read »

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