More Debt, Less to Show for It
“The relentless credit deluge in America is beyond belief…” Kurt Richebächer bemoaned in 2005. “Credit growth, financial and nonfinancial, in …
Articles by Addison Wiggin
The Weakest Recovery Since the Great Depression
“Green shoots,” remember those? They’re what Fed chairman Ben Bernanke claimed he saw in 2009. “Recovery summer” declared Treasury Secretary …
Too Close for Comfort? The U.S. Pacific Presence
In the late 1980s, when it was apparent the Soviet Union was on its last legs, Colin Powell was Ronald …
3 Ways to Make Your Portfolio Inflation-Proof
Want to know an asset class that’s almost a surefire winner for the next five years? It’s razor blades. We’re …
Gold: Zero Hour Approacheth
While the price of gold has been range-bound between $1,290–1,420 since late July, we remain on watch for evidence of …
Japan Sinking in Quicksand
The more it struggles to free itself, the faster it sinks. But that won’t stop it from trying… even if …
Cooking the Gold Books
We got a small, if bitter, taste of gold’s “Zero Hour” in the second half of April. Either that, or …
Cost-Shifting’s Biggest Victims: Why You Can’t Afford to Be Uninsured
It’s come to this: A typical family’s health insurance costs as much as a typical family car. If you’re a …
Flat Tax: The World is Not Flat
The boxes were packed. The pictures of Mises, Hayek and Rothbard had come off the wall they’d adorned since 1997 …
Accumulate Gold, Invest in Silver
It’s enough to make a little girl cry. Really… The story goes that she broke down when her mother was …