Some years ago, I stepped into a McDonalds somewhere in the center of Madrid, craving a double cheeseburger and a Coke Zero. Let’s call it 2013 …
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On the Ground for El Salvador’s Bitcoin Rollout
International Living Managing Editor Seán Keenan was visiting El Salvador during early September when the country became the first in the world to …
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Weekly Digest: Is China Backtracking on its Bitcoin Mining Ban?
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The Dollar’s Days Could Be Numbered…
A New Currency System Is Emerging for Global Trade Kmart was a very big part of my childhood. When summertime rolled around, I and my …
Is Hyperinflation Coming to America? Janet Yellen Seems to Think So
And now…this: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was recently chin-wagging with some international …
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Video: What the Global Energy Crisis Means for Your Wallet
The world is in the midst of an energy crisis. At the start of this week, U.S. oil prices climbed above $85 for the first time in seven years. …
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Death by Federal Reserve
Higher Inflation Is Coming Next Year… Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve’s Grand Wizard of Backtrackery, had this to say during a virtual …
I Just Bought 21 College Football Stadiums
How I Became a Sports Real Estate Magnate The four boys looked at the gate, wide-eyed in their excitement. A groundskeeper had …
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Weekly Digest: Worrying Signs for the Global Economic Recovery
Plus, the UK Hints at a Hike in Interest Rates Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking …
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This Ridiculous New Asset Class Is Going to Make Some People Very Rich
“Plastics!” If you’re of a certain age, you will instantly recognize that bit of dialogue, and you’ll know …
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