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I have used this statistic to forecast every U.S. recession since 1980. It has never been wrong. Here is a reprint of the December 3, 2001 issue of my newsletter, Gary North's Reality Check, in which I described how I called the 2001 recession a year earler.... keep reading

The death of Peter Drucker at age 95 brings to a close a legendary career. His first book appeared in 1933. He was writing and giving interviews to the end. His was a model career for every writer.... keep reading

In 2005, Yale University's overall expenses climbed to $40,000 a year. This will increase. What do students get for their parents' enormous sacrifice? In earning power, nothing beyond what any college degree would bring. Here are the facts . . . and a discount solution.... keep reading

Ignore these laws at your peril. Of course, you will break equally fundamental ones instead. If I have forgotten any, let me know.... keep reading

Why a college degree counts: employers are stupid. Fortunately, there are ways to beat the system . . . cheap. Here's one way.... keep reading

In this world everything must go forward or backward. What happens when you stand still? Think about all those flattened armadillos & possums in the middle of the road.... keep reading

At age 25, Buckley established his national reputation with this book. It was a study of liberalism on America's #2 academic campus. How bad were things in 1951? How did he hope to make things better? Why did his plan fail . . . everywhere?... keep reading

The holidays are the killer season, both for dieters and savers. Here is a way to solve the savings problem.... keep reading

There was a reversal in the precious metals today.... keep reading

With the rising popularity of bankruptcy as a legal way for corporations to shed expensive retirement programs, the retired person needs to keep his options open. Here is a good way to do this.... keep reading

The dollar index is still having trouble penetrating 92. Gold slowly moved back up.... keep reading

The results of the Zogby poll of viewers of "The West Wing" showed that the younger viewers, ages 18 to 30, overwhelmingly preferred the Republican Conservative candidate (Alan Alda) on Sunday night's live debate. The show's liberal script writers are in panic mode.... keep reading

Some things just don't add up. Baptist Memorial took 95,000 man-hours to detonate. Compare this with the collapse of WTC #7.... keep reading

John Mauldin, my former business manager, offers a terrific report on why the pension shortfall will be in the hundreds of billions. He begins with corporate pensions.... keep reading

The dollar is headed even higher. For whatever reasons, investors like the greenback today. But price inflation lies ahead. The battle of the currencies is the battle of the drunks to show who is able to drink the other one under the table.... keep reading

The research of Dr. Keith Chen on monkeys reveals that monkeys can learn the basics of buying things rationally. But they do not save. They prefer to steal. Call it "monkey business." It's bad for business. I hope you are doing better than a monkey.... keep reading