The concepts of neo-survivalism and “prepping” go beyond simply stockpiling emergency supplies. It’s a mindset and a lifestyle. And one of these days, it may save your life.

Great powers are complex systems, made up of a very large number of interacting components that are asymmetrically organized, which means their construction more resembles a termite hill than an Egyptian pyramid.

There simply cannot be any recovery until we have real, sustainable job creation, as well as a return to normal credit lending. None of these two things are happening – and they will not happen any time soon.

The recent meeting in Damascus, Syria that included president Ahmadinejad, Syrian president Bashar al Assad, and Hizbollah chief Nasrallah was a war council.

Harry Markopolos is the man who blew the whistle on Bernie Madoff’s $60 Billion Ponzi fraud and he’s got some advice for all Americans.

The money that could have been used over the last ten years to avoid the problem was spent on such budgetary notations as advertising, recreation, new cars, travel and – oh yes – political contributions (85 million dollars to Barack Obama alone).

The public has been told that we are out of recession and that a depression was completely avoided. This head fake is only going to work once. Next time, lip service will not be enough.

Though we are not familiar with Mr. Farage’s political views, we would love to see more politicians open up with their true feelings, especially here in the US.

Americans aren’t the only ones fed up with government largess and taxation.

Are we to believe that we are better off now than we were a couple of years ago when then President Bush said that he abandoned free market principles to make sure the economy doesn’t collapse?

Unfortunately, constraints on credit availability and expectations for muted job creation present substantial headwinds to a resurgent consumer.

The National Inflation Association discusses Ben Bernanke’s recent comments before Congress, where the economy is headed and California’s budget problems.