BP, and especially our government, do not want us to know how bad this really is.

In public, most Federal Reserve governors, including the chairman himself, insist that the economy is well on its way to recovery. Behind closed doors, however, the Fed is already debating strategies for what to do if the economy begins to slide.

The adage “if you’re not doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to worry about” should apply not just to citizen proles, but government officials as well, especially if those officials control the destiny of other individuals.

What do you get when you mix a hurricane with an oil spill? How about the potential for a stronger hurricane, higher hurricane winds, toxic rain, and oil infused storm surges.

Dean Blanchard, aka the Lousiana Shrimp King, is losing millions of dollars because of the oil leak, and he has some sharp words for BP’s CEO Tony Hayward.

David Levy says that the only way to manage the current deflationary crisis in the private sector is to increase deficit spending on the government level.

We’re not Doom and Gloomers because we want to be. We’re gloomy on the economy and doomy on the end result because all of the signs we’re seeing suggest no good can come of our current situation and the attempted patchwork from the Obama administration, Fed and Congress…

At any time, some economic conditions would be better than others, but the more certainty about conditions the better. Today investors and employers are certain that uncertainties are multiplying.

We have seen many “impossibles” in the last couple of years. Be prepared for the next — a hyperinflationary depression. It is not impossible, it is not an oxymoron and it should surprise no thinking economist. It is nearly upon us.

This is the first installment in a series of chapters discussing the major evils that have been perpetrated on an unsuspecting US populace through the country’s inception. By sharing this information we can all forge the path to further enlightenment, abolish the slaver…

The President says that our economy is improving by the day and our Vice President says we will add 1.5 million jobs by the end of the year. Once the Census jobs go away and government stimulus runs out we’ll likely renew the downward trend on this chart. It will become…

Most Americans know that the U.S. economy is in bad shape, but what most Americans don’t know is how truly desperate the financial situation of the United States really is.