International Man: Whether it’s at the grocery store, the mall, restaurants, or airports—anywhere you turn—people are finding inferior goods and services at higher prices.

Living standards have taken a big step backward recently and are trending even worse.

What is really going on?

Doug Casey: People have a natural inclin...

“Whenever governments are granted power to purchase their own debt, they never fail to do so, eventually destroying the value of the currency.” – Ron Paul

Let’s take a step back and look at the big picture so we can assess the US government’s financial situation, where it’s likely headed, and what these trends could mean.

It’s probably nothin’ according to the MAGA crowd and the Fed fanboys alike.

But then again, anyone who has been paying attention to the financial metrics for more than two weeks might beg to differ. When you have the following eruption in real time, there is surely an economic earthquake rumbling ominously just below the surface:

Gold recently eclipsed $5,000 per...

International Man: As the world becomes more financially unstable, politically coercive, and economically distorted, how should smart investors position themselves today: not just to preserve purchasing power, but to come out of this period with more capital, more optionality, and greater personal freedom?

Doug Casey: Throughout histor...

When Zimbabwe makes the news, it’s rarely for good reasons.

There’s a good reason for that.

The country has spent years in a state of perpetual crisis.

Hyperinflation obliterated its currency and decimated the economy.

Yet beneath the surface lies extraordinary wealth.

Zimbabwe is rich in natural resources: gold, platinum, diamonds, and some...