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Manipulating Trends we do not even Understand as a Society

QUESTION: Hello Martin We now have the dilemma of what is real value and what is currency depreciation/appreciation. Take the real estate market in Toronto. The market has been going up every year since 1995. I know because my home has gone up every year except that blip in 2008. Now my question to you is what is […]

Prima Noctum (jus primae noctis) (First Night) = Modern Day Marriage License

A few people have asked what is my source for Prima Noctum since Wikipedia claims it is a myth. Sorry, but Wikipedia is seriously wrong in this department for the problem in their research is the classic error in politics – research not the act but the right. They have concluded it must be a […]

Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure

Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure           Department of Defense Office of General Counsel Standards of Conduct Office Updated October 2014                 Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 Disclaimer……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 Abuse of Position………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 Bribery (18 U.S.C. § 201-Type Violations)……………………………………………………………… 11 Compensation for Representational Services from Non-Federal Sources (18 […]

Various Flavors of Government

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; You state that we are headed more toward a totalitarian state rather than fascist or communist state. I assume you are suggesting the NSA has gone so far they have lost the cooperation they once had as CISCO sent a letter to Obama and Microsoft is losing ground outside the USA because […]

The Death of Representative Government – The Real Conspiracy – Crisis in Democracy

While people contrive secret groups that seek world domination, the real threat we have is directly in front of us – it is Republican Governments that masquerade as Democracies and are as evil as the Roman Republic that caused the civil war. The propaganda against Julius Caesar has survived to this day and has wrongly […]

Inflation/Deflation Reality Check – Understanding the Rules of the Game

QUESTION:  I compliment you on your recent blogs about inflation/deflation. The blogs were instructive, and you had no agenda other than providing your best understanding of the topic. That cannot be said for all of the heavyweight government spokespersons that make public (mis)statements about this most basic economic process. My comprehension from reading your blog […]

The Rise of Shadow Banking & The Volcker Rule

The problem with those in government is simple – they are delusional. These people like to think they have power and the world kisses their feet. They assume if they write a law, it will be followed. But like Obamacare that required everyone must have maternity leave even if they were 60, the law-makers remain […]

The Cycles of War Model – WHY

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I have followed you since your 1985 conference in Princeton. It was your advertisement in the Economist that caught my eye when you bluntly stated that the deflation was over and a major change in trend was at hand. I watched you forecast the takeover boom and I was shocked by your […]

The Rising Global Unrest – Collapse in Marxism & Republics

  For months now, protesters have been gathering in many capital cities of developing nations such as Turkey, Ukraine, Thailand, Venezuela, Malaysia, and Cambodia, among others. These demonstrations are part of the rise in tension that our model warns will spread. This is the collapse of “socialism” as I put it for there is a […]

Financial Panic of 33AD

  Tiberius (14-37AD) Silver Denarius – the Tribute Penny The Financial Panic of 33AD provides one of the few detailed accounts of events recorded by the ancient historian Tacitus (56–117AD) whose primary focus appears to be moneylending. Of course, Tacitus did not personally experience the event of being born well after that event. Tiberius (14-37AD) […]