Gary North's Miscellany continued

The Refco scandal might have produced the ultimate financial disaster: a gridlocked payments system. That it happened at all reminds us: we are betting our lives on the division of labor, which rests on accounting. The accountants failed.... keep reading

It is clear that the U.S. government is panicked over the threat of the jump of the virus to humans.... keep reading

Is the FED's concern about the housing bubble reflected by its current monetary policy, and if it is, then what does this say about immediate future of stocks and bonds?... keep reading

I am not giving medical advice. I am providing personal testimony, based on a discussion I had with a biologist 15 years ago. My grandmother, a 1918 flu survivor, tipped me off 40 years ago to a self-defense home remedy. I plan to use it. And others. But most important.... keep reading

There was a pre-Greenspan rule of the stock market that enabled savvy investors to avoid major market reversals and crashes. The experts no longer honor that rule. But the stock market will, and maybe has already begun.... keep reading

Here, I reveal my secret for cranking out lots and lots of words. Use this to apply to your work. Both strategies are applicable to your work.... keep reading

This investment strategy is considered radical. The conventional wisdom regarding retirement specifically repudiates it as too risky. The conventional wisdom is wrong. Not adopting this strategy is far more risky.... keep reading

Greenspan's September 27 speech was widely hailed as positive. I see it very differently. He raised the yellow warning flag. He expects to be out of office before the red flag goes up.... keep reading

Another sign of an economic slowdown, this time at the very heart of America's manufacturing capacity.... keep reading

The idiocy of Washington is refreshing for its constancy. The same old bad ideas are recirculated as a program of conservation. "Waste not, want not" is the motto of every bureaucrat when it comes to failed ideas.... keep reading

A change is taking place under our noses that will negate the Left's control of higher education. I don't mean the Web. I mean something far more revolutionary.... keep reading

The housing mania has been a worldwide phenomenon. There is a reason for this. The basis of this worldwide boom is now being reversed. Most American home buyers know nothing about this. You had better understand the meaning of two crucial words.... keep reading

Alan Greenspan's September 26 speech to the American Bankers Association raised the yellow flag. The home equity game is about to change. There will be winners and losers. You don't want to be a loser.... keep reading

One statistic now indicates that the upward move will continue. I predict that there will be a crucial announcement soon. Watch for it. Then watch gold's response for three days. If it rises, we are into a full-scale bull market.... keep reading

From Thursday at noon through Sunday evening, I will be inside the walls of a maximum security prison. I will get out overnight. This is part of a unique prison ministry: Kairos.... keep reading

Good career models are hard to find. If you are determined to stay where you are, do your job better than your competition, and have influence locally because of your longevity, here's your man.... keep reading