The Day the Earth Stood Still
The only big effect was to get people out of the cars they owned and into cars they didn’t own, requiring monthly payments! People who had had no auto debt now saw themselves indentured for four years

The only big effect was to get people out of the cars they owned and into cars they didn’t own, requiring monthly payments! People who had had no auto debt now saw themselves indentured for four years
By Bill Bonner,

Our material lives have been taken over…clandestinely subjugated to strange and unnatural money. And now, we all depend on it.
By Bill Bonner,

We interrupt our romp through the funny money world…exploring the link between crooked money and crooked behavior…to give thanks for the whole funny money system.
By Bill Bonner,

While pouring over my portfolio to decide what to sell to fund my property settlement, I reflected on the gold bull market. There’ll come a time when it ends. Plan ahead now to beat the crowd.
By Brian Chu,

Fake money seems to bring out the worst in people. Like the village prostitute, it is available to all…but cherished by none…and ultimately abused and depreciated.
By Bill Bonner,

The whole idea was to get money into the economy…so it could be spent. The fraudsters were just doing the jackasses in Washington a favor.
By Bill Bonner,
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