Source – cannabisnowmagazine.com – The morning after Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau snuffed out Stephen Harper in the election, making him the new prime minister of Canada, marijuana stocks began to soar in anticipation that the country’s new governance would hold true their word to bring prohibition to a screeching halt. Some of the larger…
Source – acting-man.com – “Through the door there came familiar laughter I saw your face and heard you call my name Oh, my friend we’re older but no wiser For in our hearts the dreams are still the same Those were the days” – “Those Were the Days” by Gene Raskin – Yes, they were…
Source – theguardian.com – This is an important book whose ambitious scope stimulates thoughts on the big issues: through what means of adaption is capitalism surviving? What are their limits? Are signs of these limits appearing? Paul Mason connects his answers with proposals for new strategic thinking on the left. He suggests tendencies that produce…
Source – smartknowledgeu.com – Today, bankers all around the world are making it more and more difficult to withdraw more than $3000 or €3000 per day, and simultaneously making it impossible to pay for, in cash, any item with a price tag in excess of these levels. Though most people are not questioning why this…
Source – newdawnmagazine.com – There is no proletarian, not even communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, in the directions indicated by money, and for the time permitted by money – and that without the idealist amongst its leaders having the slightest suspicion of the fact. – Oswald Spengler1 One of…
Source – rollingstone.com – “The real issue is whether capitalism is organized for the benefit of the society as a whole or for the benefit of a small group,” says Reich: Economic inequality is shaping up to be one of the central debates of the 2016 election: Those on the left – most notably Bernie…
Source – wolfstreet.com – Socialist mayor to fulfill campaign promises by “printing” money: By Don Quijones, Spain & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Over the next six months, Barcelona’s left-wing city council plans to roll out a cash-less local currency that has the potential to become the largest of its kind in the world. The main goal…
Source – yesmagazine.org – An exciting crop of organizations are financing businesses in a way that creates real wealth. Here are a few ways to scale them up so that they can truly challenge Wall Street. There’s a financial fault line that runs through the heart of our economy. Wall Street’s most recent rumblings—which…
Source – internationalman.com, By Porter Stansberry – For many years now, it’s been clear that China would soon be pulling the strings in the U.S. financial system. In 2015, the American people owe the Chinese government nearly $1.5 trillion. I know big numbers don’t mean much to most people, but keep in mind… this tab…
Source – zerohedge.com – If the last two months have taught us anything (other than that Fed is panicking) it’s that “hedge” funds sometimes aren’t so good at hedging. In fact, between i) the outright breakdown of the historical relationships between asset classes (volatilities and correlations) that are used to construct optimal “risk-parity” funds and…
Source – shtfplan.com, By Mac Slavo – While the Obama administration and their mainstream surrogates maintain that the economy is growing at a booming pace, the reality of the situation is starkly different. According to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics some 94.6 million Americans (age 16 and over) are either not working or have…
Source: forbes.com – As the World Economic Forum begins in Davos, Switzerland, Oxfam International has released a new report called, “Working for the Few,” that contains some startling statistics on what it calls the “growing tide of inequality.” The report states: Almost half of the world’s wealth is now owned by just one percent of…
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