Posts by Jeff Berwick

One of the inspirations for our name, The Dollar Vigilante, was what used to be called the Bond Vigilantes. Last seen in full force in the inflationary early 1980s, bond vigilantes were anti-establishment figures who were said to have rebelled. They had decided to keep central banks and governments honest by raising long term interest rates…

In this Jubilee Year 2016, Pope Francis affirmed communism as the best structure for humankind and the European Union. He did so upon receiving the Charlemagne Prize last week and made a speech that included the following comment: “We need to move from a liquid economy prepared to use corruption as a means of obtaining…

Yesterday we wrote about our doubts on Craig Wright and who he is.  Less than 24 hours later he has disappeared. You can say one thing about bitcoin: it’s never boring!  Tracking developments surrounding it is more entertaining than a spy novel. But, whatever Craig Wright may have had in mind doing with Gavin Andresen…

In today’s communist-style, centrally planned world, when big central bankers meet and make decisions, no matter how small, markets quake and currencies shake. And that’s what just happened. Bankers at both the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan met in the last 12 hours to decide where they would take monetary policy next. But when they sat down…

The UN 2030 Agenda was announced last September, on the cusp of Jubilee 2016. In the past week, two additional agreements have come into further force. One was the formal signing of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The other involved signing 17 Goals to Transform Our World. They even brought out the new pretty…