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Godfrey Bloom on the euro’s failure as the path to a centralized, undemocratic Europe

In this under four minute video Godfrey Bloom, member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, explains the obvious–that the euro was doomed from the start and those who advocated it knew that it could not succeed without a centralized … Continue reading

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Video to “The Solution to the Worldwide Debt Crisis”

Below is the link and video to the full one hour presentation delivered by Godfrey Bloom, member of the European Parliament, and me on May 7th of this year.  The speech itself took only ten minutes or so to deliver. … Continue reading

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Regulating Banks the Austrian Way

by David Howden Most people — from young to old and from all ends of the political spectrum — are united by a common bond. The idea that banks are deserving of taxpayer support is viewed as morally repugnant to … Continue reading

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Spaniards reduced to stealing food directly from farms

Re: Crime Rises in Spanish Countryside First the Spaniards lock up their public dust bins so that tourists cannot see impoverished citizens searching or food scraps.  Now thieves are descending upon farms.  As one farmer says: “You don’t steal eight rabbits to sell them,” … Continue reading

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The Inflationary Danger of Excess Reserves

By Patrick Barron It is commonly believed that the Federal Reserve Bank controls the money supply, but this is not exactly correct.  There are two definitions of the money supply.  The narrowest measure of the money supply is M1, which … Continue reading

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Speech at the European Parliament in Brussels on May 7, 2013

The Solution to the Worldwide Debt Crisis by Godfrey Bloom, MEP, and Patrick Barron May 7, 2013 European Parliament, Brussels The eurozone debt crisis is the logical and inevitable result of a worldwide delusion that central bank credit expansion is … Continue reading

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The EU is the embodiment of “moral hazard”

From today’s Open Europe news summary: UK outvoted over €7.3bn top-up to the 2013 EU budget EU finance ministers yesterday agreed to provide an extra €7.3bn in additional funding for the 2013 annual EU budget, despite the UK, Finland and … Continue reading

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Catherine Austin Fitts on precious metals, digital currencies and globalised central planning

A couple of days ago, for GoldMoney, I had the great pleasure to speak to Catherine Austin Fitts, the author and publisher of the popular Solari report. We talk about gold, quantitative easing, Bitcoin, and much more. Here is the … Continue reading

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In the Fight for Freedom, Technology Gives Individuals an Edge Over Governments

A cold civil war brews between empowered individuals and controlling officials. J.D. Tuccille Society has taken a weird fork in the road—weird, because it’s taken both of the paths. On one hand, policy in many areas of life, including money, … Continue reading

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Sibileau: Governments will be forced to resort directly to basic asset confiscation

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, silence the pianos, and let the aeroplanes circle moaning overhead. Then read this article by Martin Sibileau: A View from the Trenches: A … Continue reading

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