Posts tagged 'Jeff Thomas'

In talking with American clients about their need to prepare themselves for the upcoming socio- economic/political upheaval in their country, my advice to them primarily revolves around the concept that, if you’re living in a bad neighbourhood, the obvious solution is to leave.

The takeaway here is that, whether it be Cuba, Zimbabwe, Argentina or Venezuela, over-regulation by any government causes a black market to be spontaneously created by the people of a country.

The following is a random assortment of headlines that we may see in the future. However, they’re not fanciful; they’re based upon historical political actions taken by past empires when they were in decline.

Whenever we see an image of bitcoin, it’s not presented as a blockchain, as it should be, but as a gold coin, which it is clearly not.

As so often proves the case, the idea of a collective solution to an individual problem is doomed to failure from the start.

In my lifetime, I’ve had the misfortune of being present in two major natural disasters and one violent social crisis. Each taught me valuable lessons.

In attempting to predict the future of America’s economy, we should not look to peripheral symptoms, but to fundamentals.

For some time, I’ve been forewarning readers that, as the governments of the former “free” world unravel, they’ll introduce capital controls, both to continue to fund their failing policies and to limit the freedom of their citizenries.

But, is one flag superior to another? Is one land better than another (which would suggest that all those who feel their land is better are incorrect)?

It will be no secret to readers of this publication that some of the formally most-prominent, most-free jurisdictions in the world are now in a state of serious decline and face economic, social and possibly political collapse.