Not so with our children. They inherit a different world. America was the world’s leading nation in the ’50s and ’60s. And it was growing in power and wealth – rapidly. We grew up with it.
October 26th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 6 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Ireland"
Ireland Going Through Same De-leveraging Process as the US
“House prices here in Ireland are still too high,” judged our man on the scene. Chris is our main man at the family office…
October 23rd, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
England Sinks Deeper into Depression in Decade of Pain
“Decade of pain predicted for public services,” was the headline on Friday’s Guardian from London. The reason for the decade of pain is the obvious one. Tax receipts are down – because of the depression. Governments are caught in a bind.
July 28th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Obama Plans to Do Away With Ireland’s Tax Advantage
Your editor operates a mini-multinational. Yes, we have offices all over the world – in Paris, London, Madrid, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Bombay…and Waterford, Ireland.
May 8th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
An Irish Bond Bomb
More people are beginning to see States in a different light. Rather than seeing states as the (most of the time) democratically elected representatives of the people, people see something much more feudal. They see a set of elites who achieve and maintain their position by looking out for the economic interests of a small group of elites, including themselves…
February 19th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 3 comments | Continued