The Truth About Wealth

The Truth About Wealth

Illustration by M.K. Perker By Robert Frank Who says the rich always get richer? Despite heated rhetoric emanating from politicians and pundits, the top 1%

The Book of Jobs

The Book of Jobs

By Joseph E. Stiglitz It has now been almost five years since the bursting of the housing bubble, and four years since the onset of

CME in Talks to Enter China Derivatives Market

CME in Talks to Enter China Derivatives Market

By Reuters CME Group Inc., operator of the world’s leading energy, grains and precious metals markets, is in talks with China’s securities regulator to enter

Lesta Frank Watercolors

Lesta Frank Watercolors

[Click image to view larger watercolor] [Click image to view larger watercolor] By Catherine Austin Fitts This year, our clients and team members are receiving

Money & Markets – Week of 12.18.11

Money & Markets – Week of 12.18.11

U.S. Faces Fitch AAA Downgrade By End of 2013 Unless Deficit Cuts Made Bloomberg (21 Dec 11) Biggest Tax Stories of 2011 SmartMoney (21 Dec

Precious Metals – Week of 12.18.11

Precious Metals – Week of 12.18.11

Gold to Drop in Q1, Far From Retesting Record High: Reuters Poll Reuters (18 Dec 11) Charlatan Exposed: Negative Gold Lease Rates Metal Augmentor(13 Dec

Geopolitical – Week of 12.18.11

Geopolitical – Week of 12.18.11

McConnell Calls for House GOP to Cave on Pay Roll Extension The Slate (22 Dec 11) Eliot Spitzer: Our Rallying Cry Should Be, “We Own

Food & Health – Week of 12.18.11

Food & Health – Week of 12.18.11

Raw Dairies Everywhere Can Learn An Important Lesson from OPDC: Turn Your Customers Into Warriors The Complete Patient (18 Dec 11) Orange Juice’s ‘Secret’ Flavor Packet

Science & Technology – Week of 12.18.11

Science & Technology – Week of 12.18.11

Amazing Green Building Looks Like It’s Made of String grist (12 Dec 11) Strange Nuclear Waste Lint Might be “Biological in Nature” The Augusta Chronicle

Wildcards – Week of 12.18.11

Wildcards – Week of 12.18.11

A Vandalized Valley National Review Online (21 Dec 11) Evacuation Plan for Brits in Spain Amid Warning Euro Collapse Could Leave Them Stranded Mirror (19

Kauffman’s Hottest Research and Video Topics in 2011

Kauffman’s Hottest Research and Video Topics in 2011

By Barbara Pruitt Kauffman’s most popular content this year discovered a “jobs leak,” illustrated entrepreneurs’ contributions and recommended policy reforms for growth. (Kansas City, Mo.),

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“Nothing astonishes men so much as much as common sense and plain dealing”  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Related reading: Ralph Waldo Emerson Wikipedia Quotes Of

Regulators Know Where MF Global Funds Went

Regulators Know Where MF Global Funds Went

Corzine is sworn in to testify about MF Global’s bankruptcy before a US senate committee in Washington, December 8, 2011. By Christopher Doering Regulators now

SOPA: Washington Vs. The Web

SOPA: Washington Vs. The Web

By Ryan Grim Washington — A month ago, Google lobbyist Katherine Oyama absorbed one of the more unusual congressional tongue-lashings in years when she appeared

HSBC Sues MF Global Over $850,000 of Gold

HSBC Sues MF Global Over $850,000 of Gold

HSBC Holdings plc is a public limited company incorporated in England in 1990, and headquartered in London since 1993. By Linda Sandler and Tiffany Kary

Bernanke’s Obfuscation Continues

Bernanke’s Obfuscation Continues

The Fed’s $29 Trillion Bail-out of Wall Street By L. Randall Wray Table 1- Cumulative facility totals, in billions Continue reading the article . .

Money & Markets – Week of 12.11.11

Money & Markets – Week of 12.11.11

$29,000,000,000,000: A Detailed Look at the Fed’s Bailout by Funding Facility and Recipient Levy Institute | December 2011 $29,000,000,000,000: A Detailed Look at the Fed’s

Geopolitical – Week of 12.11.11

Geopolitical – Week of 12.11.11

Most U.S. Unemployed No Longer Receive Benefits CBS News (5 Nov 11) U.K. Said to Face Derivatives-Law Setback After EU Summit Clash Bloomberg (15 Dec

Food & Health – Week of 12.11.11

Food & Health – Week of 12.11.11

If You Go to Church, Heed This Warning Mercola (6 Dec 11) Rootworms Defy Monsanto and Eat Away at GMO Corn in U.S. Midwest Natural

Science & Technology – Week of 12.11.11

Science & Technology – Week of 12.11.11

Google to Launch Siri Rival for Android Forbes (15 Dec 11) Shock as Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice Releases Deadly Greenhouse Gas Common Dreams (14

Wildcards – Week of 12.11.11

Wildcards – Week of 12.11.11

1,500 Birds Die Crashing Into Utah Parking Lot, Roads Los Angeles times (14 Dec 11) Crystal Cox, Oregon Blogger, Isn’t a Journalist, Concludes U.S. Court–Imposes

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“The Natural Law will prevail regardless of man-made laws, tribunals, and governments.” — Traditional Circle of Elders, NAVAJO-HOPI Joint Use Area Hopi Mythology Wikipedia

Cameron Negotiates U.K.’s Isolation in EU

Cameron Negotiates U.K.’s Isolation in EU

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron By Gonzalo Vina and Rebecca Christie Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain refused to sacrifice sovereignty to save the euro,

A C.E.O.’s Moral Stand

A C.E.O.’s Moral Stand

By D. Michael Lindsay It seems that every week we hear of a C.E.O. who earned millions from a golden parachute after demonstrating poor business

Bernie Sanders F***** Up Big Time

Bernie Sanders F***** Up Big Time

YouTube NOTE: CAF Note: Open up the constitution in this environment and you will create a process that will be controlled by the wealthiest, most powerful

Precious Metals Market Report – 12.8.11

Precious Metals Market Report – 12.8.11

By Catherine Austin Fitts I am looking forward to being back in Tennessee at Franklin Sanders’ homestead for this week’s precious metals reports. There is

MF Global Woes Ripple Into Heartland

MF Global Woes Ripple Into Heartland

CEO Jon Corzine, center, at MF Global last year: A Senate panel Thursday grilled regulators about how loopholes let farmers’ commodity trades end up in

More Than Just Digital Quilting

More Than Just Digital Quilting

Technology and society: The “maker” movement could change how science is taught and boost innovation. It may even herald a new industrial revolution By The

Black Friday 2011 Set Gun Sales Record

Black Friday 2011 Set Gun Sales Record

By Herald Online Thousands of Americans will be finding guns in their Christmas stockings this year, after the biggest one-day buy-up on record. Black Friday

$2 trillion Sunstorm Coming, NASA Warns

$2 trillion Sunstorm Coming, NASA Warns

From Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin The U.S. is becoming increasingly aware and concerned about the possibility within a few years of an electromagnetic pulse attack

Holiday Greetings from Solari!

Holiday Greetings from Solari!

– “The Holiday Season is here, and we’re reflecting on our many blessings, including the friendship and support that we’ve enjoyed from you throughout the

Christmastime in Vienna

Christmastime in Vienna

By Catherine Austin Fitts This Saturday I traveled by train from Zurich through Salzburg to Vienna. View Full Map After checking into my hotel, I

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“The Lord’s prayer contains 70 words, the Ten Commandments 297, the American Declaration of Independence 1,300 and the Common Market Directive on the export of duck

A Banker Speaks, With Regret

A Banker Speaks, With Regret

By Nicholas D. Kristopf If you want to understand why the Occupy movement has found such traction, it helps to listen to a former banker

Shock Waves From MF Global Collapse Felt on Farms

Shock Waves From MF Global Collapse Felt on Farms

By Steve Karnowski Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS—The shock waves from the collapse of commodities trading firm MF Global Inc. are hitting hard across rural America, where

Who Owns This Mess?

Who Owns This Mess?

Hernando de Soto is a Peruvian economist who made enough money in Europe to retire before he was 40. Instead he began studying what makes

The Spirit of Enterprise

The Spirit of Enterprise

By David Brooks Why are nations like Germany and the U.S. rich? It’s not primarily because they possess natural resources — many nations have those.

Money & Markets – Week of 12.4.11

Money & Markets – Week of 12.4.11

Marcy Kaptur: Financial Fraud 12-7-11 YouTube (7 Dec 11) Warren Buffett Wants Farmer Son to Succeed Him MarketWatch (9 Dec 11) Analysis: China Factory Unrest

Geopolitical – Week of 12.4.11

Geopolitical – Week of 12.4.11

MF Global’s Corzine Tells Congress: I Don’t Know Where the Money Is AdvisorOne (8 Dec 11) Euro Rescue Deal Limited to 17-EU Countries and With

Food & Health – Week of 12.4.11

Food & Health – Week of 12.4.11

Sellers of Weight Loss Aid Warned azcentral.com (6 Dec 11) YouTube (30 Nov 11) Japan Expands Rice Ban as Contamination Spreads Bloomberg (7 Dec 11)

Wildcards – Week of 12.4.11

Wildcards – Week of 12.4.11

Aunt Midge Not Dying in Hospice Reveals $14B Market Bloomberg (6 Dec 11) Former HP Chairman Patricia Dunn Dies thestar.com (5 Dec 11)

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

“He who attempts to act and do things for others or for the world without deepening his own self-understanding, freedom, integrity and capacity to love

Foster Gamble of Thrive

Foster Gamble of Thrive

By Catherine Austin Fitts This Thursday evening on The Solari Report (6pm PT/9pm ET) I will be speaking with Foster Gamble, the creator, author and

Fall Forward

Fall Forward

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Nothing.   Nelson Mandela said, “There is no passion to be found playing small – in

Locking Up Profits

Locking Up Profits

Private prison companies strive to keep millions behind bars to keep their profits up. (photo: Gallo/Getty images) rsn editors comment:   “Despite a falling crime

Tripwires to a Market Crash

Tripwires to a Market Crash

By Cam Hui The title, which refers to a possible “market crash”, may seem untimely on an occasion when ES futures are deeply in the

The Economist on the Euro: Is this the end?

The Economist on the Euro: Is this the end?

Unless Germany and the ECB move quickly, the single currency’s collapse is looming EVEN as the euro zone hurtles towards a crash, most people are

Secret Fed Loans Helped Banks Net $13B

Secret Fed Loans Helped Banks Net $13B

By Bob Ivry, Bradley Keoun and Phil Kuntz The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of

The Elite Plan for a New World Social Order

The Elite Plan for a New World Social Order

By Richard K Moore This article is Part 1 of a series.  Was first published in New Dawn Magazine When the Industrial Revolution began in Britain,

Scare Tactics in Greece

Scare Tactics in Greece

By Gretchen Morgenson AS the debt mess in Europe deepens, bankers are pressing Greece’s bond holders to swallow big losses. Leading the charge is BNP

Money & Markets – Week of 11.27.11

Money & Markets – Week of 11.27.11

Can the ECB and IMF Save Italy? Humble Student of The Markets (2 Dec 11) Congress Subpoenas Corzine on MF Global Collapse Yahoo Finance (2

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.27.11

Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 11.27.11

Banks May Have Illegally Foreclosed On Nearly 5,000 Military Members Huffington Post (30 Nov 11) The Margin Effect That Is Killing The Housing Market Business

Geopolitical – Week of 11.27.11

Geopolitical – Week of 11.27.11

US to Pay $2.5M in Photo Editor’s Anthrax Death The Associated Press (29 Nov 11) A Second Iranian Nuclear Facility has Exploded, as Diplomatic Tensions

Food & Health – Week of 11.27.11

Food & Health – Week of 11.27.11

Roundup Ready Alfalfa Damages US Seed Industry Truthout (19 Oct 11) Waste-to-Energy gillsonions.com What the Gardener REALLY Wants for Christmas Dave’s Garden (15 Dec 10)

Life – Week of 11.27.11

Life – Week of 11.27.11

YouTube (29 Nov 11) YouTube (8 March 11) Human Powered Machines catoregon.org

Science & Technology – Week of 11.27.11

Science & Technology – Week of 11.27.11

Carrier IQ: Researcher Trevor Eckhart Outs Creepy, Hidden App Installed On Smartphones (VIDEO) (UPDATE) The Huffington Post (30 Nov 11) Scientist Weaponizes Flu Strain in

Wildcards – Week of 11.27.11

Wildcards – Week of 11.27.11

Movers And Sheriff’s Deputies Refuse Bank’s Order To Evict 103-Year-Old Atlanta Woman Think Progress (30 Nov 11) Jed Rakoff The New York Times (29 Nov

Special Solari Report: Crowdfunding Bill

Special Solari Report: Crowdfunding Bill

“Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act,” HR 2930 By Carolyn A. Betts House Passes Crowdfunding Bill On November 3, 2011, the House of Representatives passed the

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

By Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the