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A Disease Masquerading as Its Own Cure

Simon Black reveals the real nature of government.

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3/20/2012

A Dollar Mutiny Has Broken Out

In the global currency wars.

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3/10/2012

Desperate Predator

The British government loots flea markets.

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3/5/2012

The Empire Has Killed All Bank Privacy

Simon Black on the one alternative left.

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2/29/2012

Your ‘Get Out of Jail’ Card

Simon Black on how to get a 2nd passport.

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2/28/2012

Our ‘Dictatorship of the Proletariat’

Simon Black on Hayek's warning and what we face.

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2/14/2012

Introducing the Government’s Newest Unpaid Spy

You, says Simon Black.

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2/13/2012

Google Changes Its Privacy Policy

Another reminder to use offshore email, says Simon Black.

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2/3/2012

Monsters vs. Megaupload

Just another reminder that democracy is an illusion, says Simon Black.

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1/24/2012

308,127,404 Americans Are Going To Get Hosed

Does that include you?

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1/13/2012

No Liberty

Simon Black on another consequence of economic decline.

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1/11/2012

Is There Less-Bad Currency To Hold Right Now?

Yes, says Simom Black.

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1/7/2012

8 Simple Truths

You need to know about 2012.

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1/4/2012

Bernanke Is a Domestic Terrorist

According to US Justice Department logic, says Simon Black.

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12/29/2011

How To Avoid Living in a Police State

Simon Black on freedom.

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12/27/2011

6 Reasons Your Bank Is Not Safe

Simon Black on what to do about it.

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12/22/2011

It All Started After His Assets Were Seized

Simon Black on the Mark Nestmann story.

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12/8/2011

A Very Sneaky Form of Theft

Simon Black on more governmental bleeding of investors.

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12/6/2011

Where Are the World’s Most Profitable Banks?

Pakistan, of course.

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12/1/2011

Your Monies and Positions Are Not Safe

Simon Black on the truth-telling broker in commodities futures who closed her business.

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11/21/2011

Can You See the Financial Gorilla in the Room?

Few people can, says Simon Black.

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11/18/2011

Imminent Threat

The government increases its offensive capacity against Americans.

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11/17/2011

Should You Open an Off-Shore Bank Account?

Simon Black: 4 reasons to do it now.

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11/14/2011

The Most Dangerous Woman in America

Far more threatening to you than Hillary.

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11/9/2011

On the Ground in Fukushima, Japan

And what it teaches us about our own future.

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11/3/2011

For Young People Who Want Out

Simon Black has some advice from Tokyo.

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10/31/2011

International Diversification

It is not really optional, says Simon Black.

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10/28/2011

The New Capitalist Frontier

Simon Black on the vast business and investment opportunities in Mongolia.

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10/27/2011

Will It Steal Your Gold?

Simon Black on bankrupt government.

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10/12/2011

Steve Jobs Was a Great Philanthropist

That is, he benefited mankind in the best way possible: through the market.

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10/7/2011

Look What I Got for 3 Hours, 6 Security Checkpoints, and $82…

Simon Black on visiting the US consulate in Cape Town.

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9/28/2011

We All Need One

A 2nd passport, says Simon Black.

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9/10/2011

This Is Why We Internationalize

This is why we have a plan, says Simon Black.

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9/6/2011

US Government Asset Seizures on the Rise

Is there any defense?

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8/25/2011

Modern Democracy

It's for idiots, says Simon Black.

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8/19/2011

In the Crisis, I’m Betting on Certain People

Who will kick rear ends and take names, says Simon Black.

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8/18/2011

What Are You Teaching Your Kids?

Simon Black on the real lessons of finance vs. the lies told to school children.

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8/11/2011

What’s the Power Elite Planning Behind the Scenes?

Is it world Weimar?

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8/9/2011

A Lesson From the Dying Post Office

About your retirement.

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7/29/2011

Buying Gold at Its All-Time High

Should you do it?

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7/28/2011

Bought Any Gold Yet?

Look at the European present and the American future, says Simon Black.

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7/22/2011

Building an Army of Thought Police

Simon Black on the totalitarian DHS.

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7/21/2011

What Democracy Really Means, From Greece to the US of A

Banksters and their wholly owned pols lording it over the rest of us.

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7/15/2011

Scary Times Ahead

Central banking is decivilizing the West, says Simon Black.

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7/14/2011

Trapped

Has the US government built a virtual Berlin Wall around the land of the free?

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7/13/2011

Boiling Frog Alert

Congress wants automatic payroll deductions to lower the debt they ran up, says Simon Black.

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7/9/2011

Where Taxes Are So Low…

Some people might actually pay them.

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7/6/2011

The Government’s Playbook

Get your hands on it, says Simon Black.

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7/5/2011

Foreign Account?

You must file by June 30, says Simon Black. But there is a loophole.

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6/29/2011

There’s Money To Be Made in Bad Economic Times

Entrepreneurs are most important then.

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6/25/2011