Frontrunner Donald Trump’s plan to radically reduce income taxes will bolster his popularity with the American people. In his book, “Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again,” published in 2011, and updated for the 2016 campaign, Trump put forward a plan to transform the government’s expropriation of income and wealth. Specifically: $30,000 per year will pay 1 percent in federal income... 

It appears that the threat of an epic financial and economic disaster is not only real, but moving full steam ahead right before our eyes. Over the last six years Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse Blog has published over one-thousand research papers, articles and reports detailing the financial, economic and monetary crises sweeping the world. While he has often urged his readers to prepare... 

Pope Francis has urged the people of Latin America to stand up to the world’s capitalist system and change the world economic order by creating a “truly communitarian economy” based on distribution of goods among all (communism). Starting his speech with the need to instigate change, he called on the faithful to fight to protect human dignity in a “system” where farm workers end up without... 

The cost of global war in the year 2014 reached $14.3 trillion, or 13.4 percent of the global gross domestic product, a report by the Institute for Economics and Peace says. Last year, the cost of global conflict equaled the combined economies of Britain, Germany, France, Brazil, Canada, and Spain, according to a recent report by the Australia-based group. The statistics mark a 15.3-percent spike... 

Greece will not be able to make next tranche of debt repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as the country has no money to pay, the Interior Minister said. “The four installments for the IMF in June are 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion), this money will not be given and is not there to be given,” Nikos Voutsis told Greek Mega TV’s weekend show on Sunday. Asked about the... 

A former Bank of England economist has called for a total ban on cash and its replacement with credit accounts controlled directly by governments. In a column for the London Telegraph, fund manager Jim Leaviss all but advocates economic fascism as a means of enabling authorities to respond to financial crises better by implementing a “cashless society.” “Forcing everyone to spend only by electronic... 

At the beginning, Android users were very enthusiastic about new apps. The more the better, was the doctrine, but now as Play Store keeps getting flooded with junk apps, most of which adopted the greedy “rich-over-night” IAP system, users are finally getting tired of it. Almost 2 years passed since we aggressively attacked the In-App Purchases and now things are finally turning better... 

Composite image showing the relationship between brain surface expansion and age in children 3-20 years. Bigger brains and better cognitive skills in children are linked to higher family income and education, a research reveals. The study, which was carried out by a group of researchers from the Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and Columbia University Medical... 

Scheme would allow government to confiscate money at will. Bill Gates is now promoting “digital currency” in third-world countries, which will make the poor even more dependent on central banks while also turning them into guinea pigs for the development of a “cashless society” in the U.S. and Europe. Gates outlined his plan for a cashless society in a letter published Thursday in which he... 

Nearly half of Britons hold anti-Semitic views, a survey has revealed. It also found that one in eight Brits surveyed (13 percent) thought Jews used talking about the Holocaust to get sympathy. A YouGov poll asked 3,411 UK adults about their attitudes toward UK Jewish citizens. It found that 45 percent polled believed at least one anti-Semitic view presented to them was “definitely or probably true.” Many... 

I know that headline sounds completely outrageous. But it is actually true. The U.S. government is borrowing about 8 trillion dollars a year, and you are about to see the hard numbers that prove this. When discussing the national debt, most people tend to only focus on the amount that it increases each 12 months. And as I wrote about recently, the U.S. national debt has increased by more than a trillion... 

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has called for an end to the flow of money to the terrorist ISIL group operating in Iraq and Syria. Fabius made the remarks during a joint press briefing with his Iraqi counterpart, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, in the French capital, Paris, on Monday. Fabius said many of the participants at the Paris conference spoke of the need to sever ISIL’s access to money. For... 

Takfiri ISIL militants have reportedly threatened to attack Saudi Arabia during Eid-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice) that marks the culmination of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, a report says. According to Syria Alaan news website, ISIL militants will begin an armed operation in Saudi Arabia after being supplied with arms and money by al-Qaeda agents. The report said possible fall of the Saudi government... 

As gold broke below the psychologically important level of $1,200 an ounce late in December of 2014, the mainstream financial media burst with headlines like this one from Marketwatch, “Gold’s Safe-Haven Role is Over“. The Noble prize winning economist from The NY Times, Paul Krugman, penned a wicked missive on the ‘barbarous relic’ by invoking Keynes and the absurdity... 

Mexican drug cartels are hiring US military personnel to carry out murders. In exchange for cash or drugs, some American servicemen are working as hit men or teaching gangsters their skills. Drug cartels have recruited American servicemen for years, paying them thousands of dollars to assassinate government informants, ousted cartel members, and other enemies of the group, law enforcement experts...