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This Is Not a Recovery

It's the Great Correction, says Bill Bonner, and it's just what you'd expect.

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7/13/2011

Imperial Suicide

Watch the US commit it, as the zombies run wild, says Bill Bonner.

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7/9/2011

Zombie America

Bill Bonner on how it happened.

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7/7/2011

Tell the Banksters To Drop Dead

Bill Bonner on why Greece should default and go broke with dignity.

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7/1/2011

Bubble To Bubble, Dust To Dust

Bill Bonner on why digital progress and knowledge can't counter Fed depredations.

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6/27/2011

Another Lost Decade Ahead?

From the stealth correction to the great correction. Bill Bonner runs the numbers.

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6/23/2011

Cut Off the Money

California is the Greece of the US, says Bill Bonner.

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6/21/2011

Give Catastrophe a Chance

It's time to let disaster wipe out all the bad investments, all the bad bankers, all the bad businesses, says Bill Bonner.

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6/17/2011

Zombie Spending on Things Already Consumed

Interest on debt and taxes make up an astounding percentage of GDP, says Bill Bonner.

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6/9/2011

A Double-Dip, then a Triple, Quadruple, Quintuple…

While the poor working stiff takes it in the chops, says Bill Bonner.

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6/7/2011

Curiouser and Curiouser

After 40 years, it's remarkable that the gold price is so low, says Bill Bonner.

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5/28/2011

Pain and the Great Correction

More things Paul Krugman is absolutely clueless about, says Bill Bonner.

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5/27/2011

How Much Is Government Costing You Per Day?

We’ve never seen anything like this, says Bill Bonner.

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5/24/2011

Is the Tiny Economic Growth Spurt Over?

Key parts of the economy now have cement overshoes.

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5/23/2011

Rising Prices and Stagnant Incomes

Bill Bonner on the American road to serfdom.

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5/18/2011

Spend It Like You Stole It

Bill Bonner on Wall Street wives, stimulus scams, and hot dollars.

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4/30/2011

How To Be a Central Bank Celebrity

Bill Bonner on Ben's press conference where he said, well…nothing!

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4/29/2011

The Most Reliable Measure of Real Consumer Price Increases?

It's not the government but MIT's Billion Prices.

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4/27/2011

Investors Still Confident in the US Bond Market?

Warning, when it goes south, you could be looking at losses for 50 years, says Bill Bonner.

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4/25/2011

Dealing With Squatters

Bill Bonner learns more of life's lessons down on the ranch.

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4/21/2011

Why the Feds Are Desperate to Avoid an Economic Correction

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4/13/2011

As Japan Goes…

So goes the US. Bill Bonner explains.

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4/9/2011

A World of Leaks and One Heckava Full Disclosure

Bill Bonner on the Irish default.

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4/4/2011

The Higher the Dow, the More Dangerous It Becomes

Bill Bonner on the real victims of the Fed.

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4/1/2011

Counterfeiting To Save the World

It's going to turn out very, very badly, says Bill Bonner.

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3/29/2011

Forget About a ‘Consumer-Driven Recovery’

Bill Bonner looks back on an economy that's gone nowhere for 40 years.

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3/22/2011

Who Will Buy the Bonds Japan Wants To Sell?

No one, says Bill Bonner, so look for dangerous money printing.

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3/16/2011

Debt Makes a Comeback

Bill Bonner on the new bubble in the financial sector.

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3/15/2011

The Return of Stagflation?

Bill Bonner on the clash between the counterfeiting Fed and the private sector's correction.

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3/3/2011

Of States and Famine

Tens of millions have died from starvation because of governments, says Bill Bonner.

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3/1/2011

Who’s Behind the World’s Current Revolutions?

It's Ben Bernanke's counterfeiting, which causes food prices to soar, says Bill Bonner.

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2/24/2011

Where To Be When Black Swans Appear

At your refuge, getaway, or family stronghold

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2/15/2011

The Meddling of Global ‘Thinkers’

Bill Bonner on the alleged top 100.

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2/2/2011

Full Employment in 30 Days

Bill Bonner lays out his plan.

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1/24/2011

Simpleminded Krugmanism

Like his Otto von Bismarck model of government, Krugman is a product of the past, says Bill Bonner.

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1/19/2011

As Wealth Shifts From West to East

Asians stock-up on Euro-debt, and our Great Correction rolls on, says Bill Bonner.

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1/13/2011

The World Goes Crazy

Bill Bonner's history of financial plumbers.

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1/10/2011

What to Believe in 2011

Bill Bonner's "prediction-plus" on gold, stocks, bonds.

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1/6/2011

The Economic Flop That Was 2010

Except for gold, it was flat and lifeless from the get-go. Obituary by Bill Bonner.

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12/31/2010

As the End of the Year Approaches…

Bill Bonner visits with the Ghost of Economic Future.

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12/27/2010

As the Parasite Fattens, the Host Weakens

Bill Bonner on the escalating process of zombification.

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12/21/2010

Is the US the ‘Sick Man’ of the Globe?

Bill Bonner on what makes America what it is.

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12/20/2010

The Foundation of the US Economy and Financial System?

It's lies, lies, lies, and more lies, says Bill Bonner.

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12/14/2010

Next Year Will Be Worse Than 2008

Bill Bonner on the euro, the dollar, and the chaos ahead.

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12/4/2010

Debt Delenda Est

It's so massive it can never be repaid, and it's all gone bad, says Bill Bonner.

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11/20/2010

The Absurdity of Central Planning

Bill Bonner demonstrates with a trip down memory lane.

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11/11/2010

And So Election Day Passes

Nobody got what he wanted, except that grotesque monster, the government.

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11/4/2010

Disaster Ahead

Don't retire, don't get sick, don't trust the feds, and don't sell your gold says Bill Bonner.

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11/3/2010

A Great Correction in the Making

All signs point to it, says Bill Bonner.

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10/27/2010

Taking Advantage of an Easily Corrupted System

How the DC zombie-class thrives.

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10/4/2010