'Fox, Meet Henhouse': Trump Offers Goldman Sachs President Top Economic Post | Lauren McCauley

Goldman Sachs president and COO Gary Cohn at the 2015 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Photo: Valeriano DiDomenico/World Economic Forum) "It's called a rigged economy and this is how it w ...

The Free Trade Fallacy | John Michael Greer

John Michael GreerNov. 23, 2016 (Archdruid Report) -- As longtime readers of this blog know, it’s not uncommon for the essays I post here to go veering off on an assortment of tangents, and this week ...

Treasuries Rally as Biggest Global Bond Rout Since 2003 Pauses | Wes Goodman

Technical indicator shows notes were most oversold in 26 years Daiwa SB, Mirae say it’s not yet time to buy Treasuries Nov. 15, 2016 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries rose as investors questioned how much ex ...

Rout in Global Bonds and Emerging Markets Intensifies | Eddie Van Der Walt and Marianna Duarte De Aragao

A record $1.2 trillion was wiped off global bonds last week Gold touches 5-month low on speculation U.S. rates to rise Nov. 14, 2016 (Bloomberg) -- Routs in global bonds and emerging markets intensif ...

Trump’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan: Lincoln Had a Bolder Solution | Ellen Brown

Painting by Andy Warhol Web of Debt Blog Nov. 14, 2016 Donald Trump was an outsider who boldly stormed the citadel of Washington DC and won. He has promised real change, but his infrastructure plan a ...

Trump stuns world with White House defeat of Clinton | Steve Holland and John Whitesides

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. From DonaldJTrump.com Nov. 9, 2016 (Reuters) -- Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's presidenti ...

It’s About Groceries | Emanuele Corso

Groceries. Credit: meaduva. Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0) Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Sept. 21, 2016 It seems at times that the world is what it must be like for a fly climbing a window pane. You can ...

Warren Says Wells Fargo's Stumpf Should Resign, Face Criminal Investigation | Laura J Keller & Elizabeth Dexheimer

Sept. 20, 2016 (Bloomberg) -- Wells Fargo & Co.’s John Stumpf should resign, give back his compensation and face criminal prosecution for a scandal in which the bank opened unauthorized accounts for ...

Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Revolution in Banking? | Ellen Brown

From: panamericanworld.com Sept. 16, 2016 (The Web Of Debt Blog) -- Several central banks -- including the Bank of England, the People’s Bank of China, the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve -- a ...

The U.S. Department of Clinton | Kimberly Strassel

The latest emails show that State and the foundation were one seamless entity Aug. 25, 2016 (Wall Street Journal) -- This is the week that the steady drip, drip, drip of details about Hillary Clinton ...

Searching for a ‘Responsible Adult’: ‘Is Brexit Good for Israel?’ | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 29, 2016 After months of anticipation, the United Kingdom has decided to leave the European Union (EU). Although, the results were fairly close - ...