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Private credit or direct lending soared in popularity after the 2008 recession when regulators cracked down on banks, but now, companies backed by direct loans are beginning to fail. Fears surrounding private lenders and their legitimacy are coming to a head. Private credit is lending outside the traditional banking system. It exploded because regulation crushed […]

A report cited by VICE says the U.S. death rate is expected to surpass the birth rate by 2030, meaning population growth would be driven primarily by immigration rather than natural increase. This is exactly the kind of story the press will sensationalize while completely ignoring the real cause: the collapse in economic confidence and

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I am new to Socrates. Everyone told me you have done more research and have real-world experience unmatched in the finance world. Your post on silver and the long-term blew my mind. Nobody has ever explained the real history of silver and confiscations. Is this why you have been saying ‘by silver

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The single most dangerous lie in modern economics is the Random Walk Theory. It’s taught in every major university to support government intervention and manipulation of society. It’s the foundation of the Efficient Market Hypothesis. Nobel Prizes have been awarded for proving that markets are unpredictable, random, and impossible to forecast. Random Walk Theory persists

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Barclay-Goldman.mp4   COMMENT: Marty, you are not the only one who can’t beat Socrates. Every time I swore the high was in place, Socrates said no, he won, I lost. A close friend of mine who works at one of the major investment banks told me that Wall Street has tried to fight you, and

The United States Withdrawal from the World Health Organization: A Cyclical Analysis of Sovereignty and Global Health Governance January 23, 2026 The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization represents far more than a simple policy shift. This marks a critical inflection point in the post-World War II international

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 157.98 points or 0.29% to 53,846.87 • Shanghai increased 13.588 points or 0.33% to 4,136.164 • Hang Seng increased 119.55 points or 0.45% to 26,749.51 • ASX 200 increased 11.40 points or 0.13% to 8,860.10 • SENSEX decreased 769.67 points

Newly released emails show that Anthony Fauci KNEW that natural immunity was more effective than the COVID vaccine. If you want to understand how the modern world is collapsing, you have to stop pretending this was ever purely about “health.” COVID was not simply a virus. It was a stress test on society to see

Donald Trump declared at Davos that America would not become a nation of renters, much to the dismay of the “you will own nothing and be happy” audience. Trump is now talking about banning large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes, claiming this is about restoring the American Dream and ending the insanity where