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Michigan Gas Prices Soar to 2021 High, Averaging $3.33 per Gallon

Michigan gas prices have soared to a 2021 high, as the average gallon of unleaded gas in the state registers at $3.33.

Oil Reaches $80 per Barrel for First Time Since 2014

Oil reached $80 a barrel Friday, a seven-year-high that threatens to increase energy costs for millions of Americans at the gas pump and during the upcoming winter heating season.

Exclusive — Steve Cortes Predicts 'Biden Blue Christmas' with Inflation, Supply Chain Breakdowns

Steve Cortes, co-host of Newsmax’s Cortes & Pellegrino, predicted on Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow that inflation and global supply chain breakdowns would yield what he dubbed a “Biden Blue Christmas” for Americans. Increased costs of goods and services — including for expenses

Companies Stand to Make Billions Off Coronavirus Booster Shots

The advent of coronavirus booster shots could rake in billions of dollars in profits for companies like Pfizer and Moderna, according to the Associated Press (AP).

Hungary To Refund €1.7 Billion of Income Tax To Families

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government has pledged to refund families their income taxes in 2022, around €1.7 billion (£1.45 billion/$2 billion).

Probe Finds World Bank Fudged China Data for 'Doing Business' Report

The World Bank has canceled its annual Doing Business report after an independent investigation found the bank “pressured” economists into modifying data in 2018 to boost China’s ranking, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. “Although the data-gathering process for the 2018 report was finished, the World Bank’s economists

Consumer Sentiment Stuck Near Decade Low While Inflation Fears Rise

Consumer sentiment remains mired in the depths it sunk to in August.

WATCH: The Markets are Rigged

At base, the markets are a con game where the rich and powerful employ a raft of confidence men to lure suckers into the latest mania. In this game, the suckers are the general public who are left holding the bag as the market bubble bursts while the smart money

WATCH: Survival Currency

We all know the problem: in the coming dystopia of social credit scores and central bank digital currencies, our ability to buy and sell will be at the mercy of the criminals in government…Unless we have an alternative means of transaction, that is. Join James for this exploration of

Reimagining the World: Agroecology vs Post-COVID Plunder

Contingent on World Bank aid to be given to poorer countries in the wake of coronavirus lockdowns, agrifood conglomerates will aim to further expand their influence.

Putin’s Call For A New System and the 1944 Battle Of Bretton Woods

As today’s world teeters on the brink of a financial collapse greater than anything the world experienced in either 1923 Weimar or the 1929 Great depression, a serious discussion has been initiated by leaders of Russia and China regarding the terms of the new system which must inevitably replace

Lockdown Therapy for Capitalism

Artwork: “Isolation Therapy”, by Jess Ebsworth One might think that artists wouldn’t mind being isolated and having more time in studios on account of the current Coronavirus situation. After all, we spend an enormous amount of time alone, and isolation allows us to have uninterrupted amounts of time to