People think that Addison Wiggin is just another talented, intelligent, pretty face who secretly thrills to hear people say things like, “You’re a lot better looking than The Mogambo! And younger and smarter, too!” but he is much, much more than that.
His story starts off that “The FDIC is even more broke than it was [...]

Okay, I will admit that we had a little accidental gunfire around here recently, but nobody was hurt, and all that really happened is that I wasted a lot of very expensive ammunition and scared the hell out of a lot of people, including myself, a commotion which instantly activated my Amazing Mogambo Reflexes (AMR), [...]

I knew that something was amiss when I woke up and the house was quiet. Having the benefit of seeing a lot of movies where things were “too quiet”, I instantly knew that things being “too quiet!” meant that Indians were going to be attacking, or the Japanese attacking, or the Germans attacking, sometimes government [...]

People hear my clear, clarion call for them to buy gold, silver and oil as their protection from the monetary and fiscal stupidities which abound – abound! – all around us, and they have questions, such as the one that is burned into my brain from an altercation this morning outside of the hardware store, [...]

On 9 December 2009 Representative Ron Paul introduced H.R. 4248 the Free Competition in Currency Act of 2009.  This Act has the potential to impact the investment world more than any other legislation that has been enacted for decades.  The impact on the bond market, Treasury market, stock market and general economy would be tremendous [...]

1. The interest rate is a price – the price of credit like the price of any good.  In a free market the price would be set like the price of any good at the intersection of the supply of funds (our savings), and demand for funds (businesses’ and individuals’ investing [...]

The Federal Reserve paid a record $46.1 billion to the U.S. Treasury in 2009 increasing by $14.4 billion its 2008 payment. It was the largest payment since the central bank was created in 1914. Its total 2009 net income of $52.1 billion also was a record.
“This is a silver lining in that big cloud of [...]

 On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve underscored that the U.S. economy is picking up steam but reassured observers that inflation is in check that that it will keep short-term interest rates near zero for an “extended period.”
In their statement after the meeting, the members concluded that the US economy has continued to “pick up,” that declines [...]

On Wednesday the Fed released its summary of comments received from its 12 regional districts in the November time-frame. The notes represent a collection of comments from businesses and other contacts outside the Federal Reserve and does not necessarily represent the views of Federal Reserve officials.
The regional reports indicate that economic conditions continue to improve [...]

President Barack Obama’s success as reflected in the recent gubernatorial races appears ever more staked on the state of the economy. Unemployment recently reached 10.2%, though the more honest measure of U-6 shows the nation running unemployment at a Depression-like 17.5%. In response to these numbers, Barack Obama has said that “I will not rest [...]