By Catherine Austin Fitts

The American people are so smart. I am laughing my head off reading today’s WSJ. The “Letters to the Editor” are filled with letters from readers outraged by Timothy Gei…

By Catherine Austin Fitts

The opportunities to reinvent, restore, and replenish the American economy are endless.

The first opportunity is to let up on the police state and centralized make-work …

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By The Guardian

For the past year, the Guardian has reported on how the NSA turned its eye on ordinary American citizens after 9/11, creating a massive surveillance dragnet to collect and monitor…

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By Vladimir Isachenkov

Russia has ratcheted up pressure on Ukraine, with President Vladimir Putin saying in a letter released Thursday that it only will …

“I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.” ~Eartha Kitt

By Catherine Austin Fitts

On Coast to Coast AM the other night I was asked what I thought of the Common Core Curriculum…

By Dr. Tony Lima

For quite a few years my lovely wife has refused to believe any economic data from the U.S. government. Until recently, I have been a staunch defender of the statisticians and econo…

By Stacy Mitchell

Even as their big competitors are awash in capital, many locally owned businesses are struggling to secure the financing they need to grow. A new ILSR analysis has found that, sinc…

By Six Pixels of Seperation

This is probably one of the most eye-opening perspectives on the digital age that you will see.

We have new business models, brands that explode with popularity, platfo…

By Sam Ro

There are no perfect stock market indexes that’ll give you a complete picture of the state of the market.

Most market-watchers prefer the S&P 500 over the Dow Jones Industrial Average. B…

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By RT

The idea of traveling between the United States and China without flying might seem ridiculous to virtually everyone, but if Beijing gets its way that’s exa…

By The Mind Unleashed

Gregory Kloehn goes dumpster diving, but not for the reason that most people would think. He isn’t homeless. In fact, he is an artist from Oakland that is trying to help the…

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By Catherine Austin Fitts

The news today is mapping out a picture. In the first quarter of 2014, the US economy contracted. And yet the OECD says that the global econom…

By Annalyn Kurtz

There are two economic trends that Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen told Congress this week she finds “very disturbing.” Unfortunately, the Fed has very little power to fix either …

By Sarah TheHealthyHomeEconomist

My teenage son introduced me to a new slang term recently.

He mentioned that a friend said that he needed to try out for a certain soccer club team because he woul…

By Sarah Mulholland

Want to buy a trailer park? Freddie Mac wants to give you a loan.

The unit of the government-owned mortgage giant that funds apartment buildings is set to begin financing manufac…

“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.” —Maya Angelou

By Catherine Austin Fitts

Our hero this week on the Solari Report is Mayor Adam Sanchez of Desert…

By Jesse Drucker, Alan Katz and Andy Hoffman

Two years ago, a Dutch law firm prepared a pitch in Moscow to Russian businesses: come to the Netherlands and we can help you avoid taxes and keep your as…

By Christopher Ingraham

The American economy is less entrepreneurial now than at any point in the last three decades. That’s the conclusion of a new study out from the Brookings Institution, which …

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By Richard Wolf

The Supreme Court on Monday narrowly upheld the centuries-old tradition of offering prayers to open government meetings, even if the prayers are overwhelmingly Christian and citizens …

By Richard Dolan

The very label [conspiracy] serves as an automatic dismissal, as though no one ever acts in secret. Let us bring some perspective and common sense to this issue.

The United States c…

By Paul Levy

I wonder if I am becoming addicted; I can’t get enough of quantum physics, which has captured – and simultaneously liberated – my imagination beyond belief. My appetite for what it i…

**CAF Note: I am always amazed when someone complains to me that “no one warned us” as, of course, I spent a great deal of time and millions of dollars in an attempt to warn as many people as …

By Mary Jo Foley

There’s a new Special Projects Group in Microsoft Research (MSR) that is tasked with working on “disruptive technologies that could benefit the company and society.”

That unit sound…

By Alec Luhn

A spokesman for Vladimir Putin said the Geneva agreement to defuse the situation in eastern Ukraine was no longer viable after Kiev launched a military operation against the rebel-held c…

By Catherine Austin Fitts

If we watch the pronouncements on the US economy in the first quarter, it is easy to discern that the GNP probably contracted. The claim is that GNP growth “slowed” to…

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By Agencies

The International Monetary Fund has approved a $17bn aid deal for Ukraine, even as Kiev fights to prevent pro-Moscow separatists from hiving off another chunk of the…

By Dr. Mae Wan Ho

New research shows that the low levels of glyphosate found in human urine can promote the growth of human breast cancer cells, confirming the carcinogenic potential of the herbicide…

By Sam Ro

The comeback of the U.S. housing market has been one of the most bullish economic stories in the world since the financial crisis. Sales, construction starts, and prices have all trended …

**CAF Note: While Paul was speaking, I was managing an onslaught of Sheriff of Nottingham enforcers trying to make money by engaging in falsification of evidence to protect mortgage corruption that …

By RT

A private company located in eastern China has printed ten full-size houses using a huge 3D printer in the space of a day. The process utilizes quick-drying cement, but the creators are being…

By Carrie Tyler

My brother Timothy Tyler was just 25 years old when he was sentenced to die in prison for a nonviolent drug offense. He’s watched murderers and rapists leave prison while he has no…

By Rob Lyons

A manned mission to Mars is necessary for our ‘species to survive’, says Nasa chief Charles Bolden as he plots a three-step plan to land humans on the red planet by 2030.

To achi…

By Sam Ro

Tensions are relatively high between China and Japan, respectively the world’s second- and third-largest economies.

Just yesterday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a ritual offer…

By JC Parets

And just like that, we’re almost done with the month of April. So you know what that means? The ‘Sell in May and Go Away’ chatter now begins. Does it work? Does it not work? Should…

By Loretta Chao, Gautham Nagesh and Frances Robinson

The U.S. has agreed to give up supervision of the Internet policy-making body that controls domain names, hoping to satisfy countries that want mo…

By Stratrisks

Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s ambassador to the European Union, said Russia is partnering with China in two major Crimean projects: the “Power of Siberia” gas pipeline and a 25 met…

By Accuity

These bank rankings are compiled from balance sheet information included on Bankers Almanac available at 25 February 2014. The information available at this date is used to compile the ful…

By Nancy Owano

Members of the Open Source Seed Initiative this week held a rally and seed giveaway event. The group is concerned over restricting access to seeds through patents. They are stirring …