[Originally published on Feb 2, 2009] For our entire lives, most of us have depended on highly centralized systems. Our food comes from a thousand or more miles away. Our savings is shipped into distant

By Catherine Austin Fitts Below is a list of risk issues I prepared for a theoretical family considering a move from a densely populated high cost area in the United States. I will use this

We are releasing the entire collection of Catherine’s Promoting Women series to all Solari readers! If you’d like to get greater insight into what is driving some of the politics this election season be sure

“What the f*** did we come here for? There’s no money here.’’~ Hillary Clinton to her staff upon arriving at a 4H Club in Upstate New York By Catherine Austin Fitts America has been on

“Trust is central to an economy that works.” ~ Stephen Covey By Catherine Austin Fitts In the late 1990’s, I conducted a deep analysis of control techniques in the United States. From my analysis I was

(Photo Credit: Red Visual Group) “Men should help women become more powerful and women should help men become more powerful.” ~ Catherine Austin Fitts By Catherine Austin Fitts One of the great insights at the

“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” ~ Leonard Cohen By Catherine Austin Fitts One of the logical uses of the “promoting women” meme would be to engineer a Democratic

By Catherine Austin Fitts I received a survey from the ACLU recently. They wanted to know if I was concerned about my rights. Wow, I thought. Wouldn’t it be great if the ACLU really wanted

“Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.” ~ George Carlin By Catherine Austin Fitts In 1991, after leaving the Bush I Administration, I founded the Hamilton Securities Group, an investment bank

(Click here to read Part 1!) By Catherine Austin Fitts In the 1970’s I had the honor of being promoted from the only female bartender to bar manager at a lovely French restaurant near the

(Photo Credit: Norman Jean Roy) By Catherine Austin Fitts “Let me tell you what’s going to happen this year….” was the way the chairman of the firm opened the partners January strategic planning meeting at

*Solari Note: We are now republishing Catherine’s commentary so it can be viewed by all Solari Readers, original publishing date was November 11, 2013* By Catherine Austin Fitts I am often asked what percentage of

YouTube | October 2013 By Catherine Austin Fitts I first came up with the notion of the The Popsicle Index in the first Bush Administration. After a month or so of being lobbied by various

Fiscal Cliff Video  

Wayne Gretzky once said, when asked the secret of his success at ice hockey, “I skate to where the puck will be.” It is for the same reason I keep bringing up the issue of

We had a request from a network member to comment on the following article which debunks the prevailing views that we are short of gas or oil. There is No Gas Shortage By Ed Wallace

People often ask whether I am concerned about inflation, deflation, peak oil, or a global financial meltdown. My answer is as follows. The future is something to be created, rather than feared. Allocating our time,