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Economics Federal Reserve Financial Sector

How The Federal Reserve Steals from the Poor and Gives to the Rich

Federal Reserve policies are effectively stealing $54k from the typical family every year.

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Federal Reserve

Zombie Companies Will Lead to America’s Lost Decade

Much of the massive amount of new money the Fed is printing is going into Zombie Companies. How Zombie Companies Survive Zombie Companies are firms that don’t survive by producing value for their customers. Instead, they survive by parasitically draining resources from the overall economy by borrowing at near 0% interest from the Federal Reserve. […]

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Economics

How to Protect Yourself Against the Invisible Inflation Burglar

Two Types of Inflation People typically just use the word inflation by itself, but there are actually 2 main types and it’s essential to be specific. The 2 types are: The money supply (monetary inflation) has exploded recently but prices (price inflation) have been relatively stable. Inflation is a Hidden Flat Tax on Everyone Throughout […]

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Military

Military-Industrial Complex Funnels Wealth to 4 Counties

The richest 4 US counties per capita are all located in Virginia and Maryland thanks to the massive wealth funnel that is the Military-Industrial Complex.

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Economics Federal Reserve

Top 1% Received all of the $4 Trillion Printed in 2020

The $4 trillion created by the Federal Reserve as part of the 2020 stimulus program appears to have gone entirely to the top 1% wealthiest people in the world.

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Psychology Science

Subconscious Processes 27,500 Times More Data than the Conscious Mind

The brain takes in 11 million bits of data per second but the conscious mind can only process around 400 of those bits.

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Democracy

The Majority of Americans Didn’t Support the American Revolution

Around 20% opposed the US Revolution for democracy, about 40% supported it, and about 40% didn’t give a damn.

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Democracy

Democracy Gonna Make You Rich, Bitch!

A country that switches from non-democracy to democracy achieves about 20% higher GDP per capita over the next 30 years.

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Politics

Most Voters Believe Their Own Party Will Win

A 2008 and 2016 poll of voters showed wishful thinking bias led a majority of people to believe their favored candidate was going to win.

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Economics Healthcare

How much does it cost to develop a drug?

The average cost of getting a new drug to market is $1.3 billion.