Markets, Manipulation, and Silver-Stacking
A historic metals shakeout, a simple “stacking plan,” and a bigger question: how do you stay independent when the system punishes savers?
A historic metals shakeout, a simple “stacking plan,” and a bigger question: how do you stay independent when the system punishes savers?
Is the US riding an “everything bubble” to the next crisis? Mark Thornton joins Paul Buitink to diagnose the dollar, the debt, and the Fed’s distortion machine.
What looks like market strength may be a delayed reckoning. Mark Thornton explains the signals, the Fed’s playbook, and where the next bust is likely to hit first.
Mark Thornton reviews John Mearsheimer’s Why Do Politicians Lie? and connects political deception abroad to the Fed-driven distortions now warping markets, money, and the working class.
Mark Thornton argues modern politics is a power struggle run by elites—and that Austrian economics explains both the rigged system and the way out.
Mark Thornton examines the rise of democratic socialism, the political realignment it may trigger, and why young Americans are embracing bad solutions to real problems.
Mark Thornton explains how ideology can break the uniparty, why blocked realignment risks revolution, and why Austrian economics helps young Americans see through the crisis.
Iran escalation, fragile debt markets, and gold flashing warning signs. Mark Thornton explains why this bubble won’t end gently.
War in the Persian Gulf doesn’t just mean pricier gas. It can snap hidden supply chains that keep modern life running, from fertilizer and copper to plumbing repairs.
Kevin Warsh may talk tough, but Mark Thornton argues the Fed’s real mandate hasn’t changed: finance Washington, protect Wall Street, and let inflation grind down everyone else.