Iran Says Europe Hurting Itself With Sanctions

Iran continues to claim it is reaping the rewards of European sanctions even amid a deep currency crisis that rocks Tehran. In fact, the oil ministry in Tehran claims the ...

Obama Likes Banks

Two of 13 “demands” posted on the website of the Occupy Wall Street protesters Sept. 25 were for “free college education” and for forgiving student loans (and all other debts.) ...

Saudi Hacker Publishes 11,000 More Israeli Credit Card Numbers

Saudi hacker “0xOmar,” who succeeded in hijacking at least 15,000 Israeli credit card numbers, published the details of 11,000 more cards Thursday. More than half of these are out of ...

Guest Blog: Rep. Ed Royce on the Small Business Lending Fund

The Small Business Lending Fund was cleverly named by its authors last Congress. Since its implementation, however, it would appear a more appropriate name would be the Bailed Out Bank ...

Austerity Successes in Previous Downturns

The left continues to resist any suggestion of spending cuts right now. In their view, a depressed economy is no time to slash spending; that would only further weaken demand. ...

11 Facts You Need To Know About The Nation’s Biggest Banks

The Occupy Wall Street protests that began in New York City more than three weeks ago have now spread across the country. The choice of Wall Street as the focal point for the ...

FHFA Sues Banks to Recover Housing Bond Losses: Less Than Meets the Eye?

News reports say that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will sue about 12 major banks in order to recover some of the losses that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ...

Iceland Declares Independence from International Banks

Iceland maybe the first true free nation, and it intends to remain so, as long as its citizens wish to remain autonomous of the foreign domination of her would-be masters ...

The Lehman Brothers Plan

Mises Daily:   People often ask me, “What do you think the government should do instead of QE inflation?” My stock answer is that the government should not try to fight ...

What Happens When Greece Defaults

(By Andrew Lilico) It is when, not if. Financial markets merely aren’t sure whether it’ll be tomorrow, a month’s time, a year’s time, or two years’ time (it won’t be ...