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"By a continuous process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. By this method, they not only confiscate, but they confiscate arbitrarily; and while the process impoverishes many, it...

States with big government, big welfare, overreaching environmentalists and unfriendly business climates are collapsing everywhere. And why was that a mystery to so many? It seemed so obvious to me. How about you? New Geographer Oregon Fail Joel Kotkin, 02.17.09 There...

"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take...

DALLAS (Dallas Morning News) - A new report from Moody's Economy.com and Fiserve Lending Solutions predicts when Texas home price declines will bottom out and what the peak-to-bottom price drop will look like. Most major Texas cities went into the home market downturn...

AUSTIN (Dallas Business Journal) - Mere days after being named tops in job growth by bizjournals.com, Texas has been declared the nation's top exporter by the U.S. Department of Commerce. According to Governor Rick Perry's office, Texas exports totaled $192.14 billion...

February 2nd, 2009 HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) - Zimbabwe slashed 12 zeroes from its currency as hyperinflation continued to erode its value, the central bank announced Monday. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono said, "Even in the face of current economic...

Field report from one of our friends - Talk to one of our Investment Counselors for info. Oklahoma City, OK... (can't beat marketing headlines) - #1 Most Recession-Proof City in America, Forbes - due to low unemployment, one of the strongest housing markets in the...