CIVILISATION works only if those who enjoy its benefits are also prepared to pay their share of the costs. People and companies that avoid tax are therefore unpopular at the best of times, so it is not...

Stunning news from WaPo’s Ezra Klein: The Treasury is ruling out the use of a trillion dollar platinum coin to break the debt ceiling impasse. Klein writes: That’s the bottom line of the statement that Anthony Coley,...

Happy New Year to all. A lot of fanfare and hoopla about a non-existent debt ceiling has captured the imagination of the press, the Tea Party, and even the President. The United States of America is more...

Japan just approved a ¥10.3 trillion fiscal stimulus package.  That translates to around $ 116 billion dollars. Click Here For Updates > Japan’s Nikkei stock market index is up 1.2 percent as the yen tumbles. Speaking at...

For the last couple of days, we’ve been talking about the “Platinum Coin Solution” to the debt ceiling crisis. This is the idea that the Treasury could mint a trillion dollar platinum coin and deposit it at...

Everyone’s talking about the trillion dollar coin, but how would that even work? Find out everything you need to know about the #MintTheCoin movement below:   <div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> Produced by William Wei...

Earlier today we explained how more and more prominent and influential individuals are calling on The Treasury to avert the debt ceiling crisis by minting a trillion dollar coin. The Treasury, technically, can create platinum coins in...

The hottest idea to save the economy from another debt ceiling fight (and a potential default) is the Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin. In order to understand how it works, we first need a very quick lesson in...

Just out from the CBO: A “score” of the Fiscal Cliff deal that the Senate voted on last night. You can find the score on the 2nd page of this embedded document. The bill adds nearly $...

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