The good news and the bad news

The steep dive of the recession is beginning to level out, which means the economy will begin to recover soon

The large decline in output, following three years of decelerating growth, has put the U.S. economy in a depression.

On November 14, 2007. FBI agents took two tons of Ron Paul medallions along with gold, silver, and the company’s records

Politicians only address symptoms when it's the system we need to fix

The late deflation of 2008 will turn into the great inflation of 2009

We can raise wages and reduce rent by avoiding the under-use of land, moving the workers back to more productive land

Free banking provides a stable and flexible supply of money, and allows the natural rate of interest to do its job of keeping out economy stable

Creating money not based on gold, manipulation and inflation rather than the natural interest rate, and land-value subsidies, all skew and distort prices and profits.

As long as we punish labor with taxes and restrictions, and reward land speculators with subsidies, we will always have periodic economic booms and crashes

Any plan that bails out banks and mortgages is going to leave out those who have been dutifully paying their mortgage payments, or fully own their homes

What can happen when we borrow trillions to pay interest

The government's propping-up of the economy with borrowed money will cost us all later, as it increases the federal debt and delays the economic adjustments needed for the recovery

The real reason for favors to mortgage holders

Comparing economic approaches by three major cities

Somehow, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac did not understand the real estate cycle and that their own institutions would make the recession that much more severe

How long can military spending and stocking inventory keep us afloat?

Do lenders need more cops or less temptation?

As in previous real estate booms, house builders overbuilt in the hot markets. Why don’t they learn? Because they expect a bailout.

If the European Union cracks down on Liechtenstein, violating its sovereignty, German and other European taxpayers will shift their accounts to other tax havens.