TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
For most of its recent history, China has largely been a land power with no significant naval capabilities. They haven’t been able to exert much military influence beyond their coastline for hundreds of years. In fact, one of the reasons why Western powers had no trouble bullying China during the 19th and 20th centuries, was Read More…
I don’t talk to my classmates from business school anymore, many of whom went to work in the financial industry. Why? Because, through the lens we use here at PeakProsperity.com to look at the world, I’ve increasingly come to see the financial industry — with the big banks at its core — as the root Read More…
We all know what comedian George Carlin said about the American Dream: that you have to be asleep to believe it. Well, now the Federal Reserve is agreeing with him. In a new study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, they admit the so-called American Dream is now largely an impossible goal Read More…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSU.S. soldiers were previously deployed to Syria under the Obama administration, yet now, the U.S. government has just sent an additional 400 troops, (directly followed by another 1000) to Syrian territory without congressional approval, without approval from the Syrian government, and Read More…
On Wednesday, March 15, 2017 the U.S. government once again hit its debt ceiling. In short, this means that until Congress raises the ceiling, the government will be unable to borrow more money. If you remember the last time this happened, there were weeks of posturing by Republicans and Democrats while some government services started Read More…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS“The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” –John Wooden Hypocrisy. A word that has such a powerful meaning, yet is rarely reflected upon, especially in modern America. Merriam’s Dictionary defines Hypocrisy as: Feigning to be Read More…