civil liberties

by David Galland With the news cycle lasting only a few days in this Internet era, the hue and cry over the latest airport security measures will be old news to most of you. However, as I don’t have cable and don’t watch television…

In November of 2008, I reported a lawsuit brought by Bloomberg News which requested the Federal Reserve disclose which securities it had accepted on behalf of taxpayers as collateral for $1.5 trillion in loans to banks during the…

by Vedran Vuk filling in for David Galland Facebook will certainly be talked about in business books for a long time, but will it be the endless growth story that many predict? With a possible IPO in a few years, I thought to myself,…

By Kevin Brekke A news item warranting special mention went largely unremarked on in the media last week. On Monday, Sept. 27, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it had “submitted for publication in the…

Topic of the day: Brazil En el gigante en ascenso tampoco está tudo bêm - lanacion.com Los secretos de Brasil: la receta de una potencia - lanacion.com PIMCO | Viewpoints - Brazilian Boom: Rising Infrastructure Spending Spurs Bond…

by David Galland, Managing Director, Casey Research In the emails that our readers at Casey Research send our way, questions and concerns about the possibility of gold confiscation rank high. My somewhat standard response is that, yes,…

Another hilarious Taiwanese animation for your viewing pleasure on Google's domination of the world and loss of mojo. Just Be Evil!

Recently Press Secretary Robert Gibbs made an unsuccessful attempt to pin blame for the Obama Administration's failed economic policies on the "professional left." Gibbs said "those people ought to be drug tested" and…

Well, this is certainly not the first time I have had cause to complain about the quality of the journalism and economic reporting served up over at the Economist, and I’m damn sure it won’t be the last. But this latest example of shoddy (I…

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