Conscription of People, Cars, Businesses in Ukraine for Mindless Slaughter; Entire Villages Leave to Avoid Servitude; Hop on the Bus Gus

Ukrainians Fighting Ukrainians Forced military conscription (slavery is a better word) imposed on citizens of Ukraine has reached new height...

Alexis Tsipras "Open Letter" to German Citizens Regarding Extend-and-Pretend Unserviceable Debt

Here's a story from January 13 that just came my way today thanks to a reader wootendw who posted a link as a comment to one of my arti...

Asset Price Deflation Coming Up? Food Prices About to Drop? CPI About to Go Negative? Credit Deflation?

When inflation alarmists want to convince everyone the dollar is about to become worthless, they post this chart of the CPI. CPI - Urban Con...

Slope of Hope vs. Reality: Greek Assets Hammered, 3-Year Yield Near 17%; Worst Day Ever for Greek Bank Stocks

Investors who plowed into Greek assets ahead of Mario Draghi's QE €60 billion a month bond-buying spree figuring the ECB could paper ove...

MarketWatch Infomercial: Can Millennials Finally Afford a Home?

The Outside the Box MarketWatch Opinion of Damian Maldonado is Millennials Can Finally Afford Homes with New Mortgage Rules . Let's sta...

Clash Over Sanctions: Syriza Opposes Sanctions on Russia, Calls Them "Neocolonial Bulimia"; Negotiation Rules

The Blowout Victory of Syriza has taken on some new meaning outside of Grexit possibilities. Please consider Greeks Rebuff EU Call for More...

Greek Payback Math at 0% Interest

Payback of Greek Debt Greece has something like €315 billion of public debt. Forget about that. Instead focus on liabilities as presented in...