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Legitimate Offshore Investments: Myths vs. Reality

Offshore investments often carry a negative connotation, but the reality is far more nuanced. Contrary to popular belief, most offshore ...
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Overcoming Scarcity with Technology: Transforming Our World

Imagine a world where scarcity is no longer a concern, where homes can be printed in a day, and diseases ...
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Smartphone Surveillance: How Your Phone Tracks Your Every Move

It’s no surprise that Big Brother takes an intense interest in how we interact with our mobile devices.

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Navigating the Post-COVID-19 Economy: Key Changes Ahead

The COVID-19 pandemic has irrevocably altered the fabric of American society. It has reshaped everything from our urban landscapes to ...
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Leaving America: Why More Americans Are Saying Goodbye to the IRS

Heads, Big Brother wins. Tails, you lose. That’s the no-win dilemma US citizens who live overseas face when it comes ...

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COVID-19 Exposes the Dangers of Nanny State Regulations

You might call it the “curse of good intentions”: an action we take upon ourselves or require others to take ...

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Will COVID-19 Speed Up the Dollar’s Decline?

An economic truth I revisit periodically is that every fiat currency (a medium of exchange without intrinsic value or backing ...
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Government Surveillance Expansion in Time of Crisis

In today’s world, government surveillance has become more pervasive and invasive than ever before. Over the years, government surveillance expansion ...
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COVID-19 Economic Crisis: Worse Than the Great Depression?

The global economy is on the brink. Unemployment is soaring, and businesses across the country are closing. Even large-scale government ...
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The True Cost: Moral Hazard in Government Bailouts

As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc on the global economy, Congress is preparing a $1 trillion bailout package. But will ...
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Inflation Manipulation: How the Government Skews the Numbers

Do you remember the first time you realized that the government was lying to you? ...
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Prepare for Economic Collapse: Survival & Financial Tips

A decade or so ago, a client I’ll call Will hired me to give him a list of tactics to ...

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Nevis Asset Protection: Secure Your Financial Assets Effectively

The island of Nevis covers just 36 square miles, has 12,000 full-time residents, several hundred hotel rooms, and a tiny ...

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Free Market Climate Change Solutions: A Practical Approach

Our planet’s climate has been changing for billions of years. It will continue to do so for billions more. Eventually, ...
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Top Reasons for Moving Assets Offshore

The world is smaller than ever, and the opportunities to internationalize your finances are right at your doorstep. In just ...
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Protecting Wealth from Negative Interest Rates

In August 2018, an astonishing $17 trillion in global debt had negative yields. About 30% of investment-grade bonds had yields ...
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Supreme Court Ruling Boosts Civil Forfeiture Reform

In February 2019, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Eighth Amendment prohibition against "excessive fines and fees” applies to ...
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Deepfake Deception: How AI Is Changing Digital Reality

Did you know Hollywood star Nicholas Cage played Lois Lane in a Superman movie? Or that Facebook ...

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Offshore Investing vs. Media Myths: The Real Story

Given shifting attitudes, it’s harder to publicly argue in favor of offshore investing than it once was.

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Challenges for Americans Living Abroad

A fundamental injustice of US tax law is that it discriminates against the approximately nine million Americans who live in ...

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FATF vs. Crypto: The Fight Over Financial Privacy

The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) is perhaps the most important organization you’ve never ...

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How Italy’s Debt Crisis in 2019 Could Trigger Global Chaos

Italy is an amazing country with a long history, outstanding food, great wines, and unsurpassed culture. But it’s facing an ...

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Warning Signs of an Impending Recession and What to Do

It’s here, or at least nearly here. “It,” in this case, is another recession. We can debate the causes – ...

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Global Asset Registry: A Threat to Financial Privacy

The tax-and-spenders of the world are desperate to find new ways to pay for the crumbling welfare states of western ...

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The Pentagon’s $21 Trillion Mystery: Where Did It Go?

I sleep better at night knowing that ever-vigilant defense contractors and the politicians they’ve bought and paid for are making ...

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Bank Account Closures and Protecting Your Financial Freedom

In the last few years, banks have been falling over themselves to get rid of “undesirable” customers. Basically, if your ...

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The Resilience of Cash in a Digital World

Let’s face it, many forces are pushing for the abolition of – or at least serious restrictions on – cash.

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Could a Porn Tax be the Next Sin Tax?

The pornography (porn) industry is worth almost $100 billion. Laws that banned porn were struck down more than 50 years ...

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Global Economic Slowdown: Warning Signs and Survival Strategies

At the end of the trading day on August 22, 2018, the US stock market reached a historic milestone as ...

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The End of Civil Forfeiture… NOT

On February 20, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Eighth Amendment prohibition against “excessive fines and fees” applies to ...

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