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World rapidly changing

The world is changing rapidly. BRIC countries are building their own private internet China is now the world’s largest oil consumer Chase bank starts the first round of US capital controls (but it’s called ‘de-risking’ Meanwhile, Yuan trade expanding rapidly US Citizens giving up citizenship at record pace US Citizens cannot open Foreign Forex account […]

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9 Mind-Blowing Facts About Money

China Invented Every Form of Money China: Invented every single major form of currency: shell money, metal money, paper money, and fiat currency not backed by any tangible commodities Seized gold six centuries before Franklin Roosevelt, in order to prop up its fiat currency and prevent runaway inflation Debt Forgiveness Is The Basis for Modern […]

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Expats

Being an expat can be both exciting and challenging.  A change of environment, culture, way of doing business, language, and other factors.  Many expats enjoy the challenge and sense of adventure, but it can be costly, time consuming, and in some cases dangerous.  Simply it takes time to learn some things like where to find […]

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The Only Chart That The Majority Of Americans Should Care About

Having recently showed the diverging “consumer comfort” between the haves and the have-nots, perhaps the following chart more than any other typifies the superficial society in the US today. The question is – what happened in 1999/2000 to break the “what’s good for Wall Street is good for Main Street” meme?

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Summary of the Spy Scandal

Revelations about the breathtaking scope of government spying are coming so fast that it’s time for an updated roundup: The government is spying on essentially everything we do. It is not just “metadata” … although that is enough to destroy your privacy The government has adopted a secret interpretation of the Patriot Act which allows […]

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