Common Sense INTRODUCTION Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time […]

2013 will be the Pi (π) target year for the low in interest rates from the 1981 high. The key in this giant financial crisis is still Europe. Marxism has failed. Russia & China faced that in 1989. The West has to learn this lessen as well. As a whole, Europe will post the lowest economic […]

The Bush tax cuts will become permanent for all individual income below $400,000 (and family income below $450,000). The sequester spending cuts will be delayed two months. Hidden in the last-hour vote in Congress to avoid the “fiscal cliff” included all sorts of arcane provisions into the final bill, covering everything from electric scooters to NASCAR […]

The answer to that is yes! Here are three charts on Britain. Its debt soared with World War I, the cost of living became exceptionally high and foreign labor migrated to London making it the first city after Ancient Rome to reach a population of 1 million during the late 19th century. Labor migrated because […]

The Year-End closings for 2012 were in the S&P 1,426.19, Dow Jones Industrials 13,104.14, Nasdaq 3,019.51, EURO/USD 1.3191, US 10-Year Bond 1.76%, Gold $1,674.30, Crude Oil $91.59. Economic growth will rebound in Asia including China as well as the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South America) . Europe will be the worse on the […]

The response to the offering of Roman Coins was simply overwhelming. So many people have written asking how they can buy Roman Coins and others realizing these are from the 3rd Century have asked are there examples available documenting the collapse of the monetary system? I have contacted some old friends with respect to  making […]

At the Berlin Conference, we provided an overview that shocked many. Most people had paid not much attention to separatist movements that were popping up throughout Europe from Scotland, which comes up for a vote in 2014, Britain talking about leaves the EU, right down to Spain. The major trend everyone has just assumed was […]

   Copyright Martin Armstrong December 30th, 2012 All Rights Reserved   There is no longer any question that the US surveillance regime put in place by George Bush, Jr. has given birth to the most intrusive monitoring of society that has EVER existed in history. Sources on Capitol Hill explain they even feel victim because […]

TAX DEBATE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY JUNE 24, 1997 STEVE FORBES:  I would like to thank Dick for putting on this forum tonight and I would also like to thank all of you for coming out on a very nice weekday evening to hear a lot of hot air from the people on this panel. It reminds […]

We will be publishing the numbers for year-end. Those who would like to see the gold chart and the resistance for year-end closing may do so at: Gold for Year-end 2012