Bill Bonner

POITOU, FRANCE – On Thursday came word that the European Central Bank followed through, just like the Fed. After $2.7 trillion in “stimulus,” it has officially taken its foot off the pedal. No more bond purchases by the end of…

POITOU, FRANCE – Well, it looks like we were wrong about everything. Everything. The Fed. Donald J. Trump. The stock market. The economy. Even the weather. Yesterday, we looked at the sky and forecast rain. Instead, the sun came out….

POITOU, FRANCE – What a rollicking good time we’ve had these past few days. The G7… the North Korean summit… Canada’s “backstabber” chief… trade wars… U.S. midterm elections… Did any generation before us enjoy so much cheap entertainment? Place in…

POITOU, FRANCE – You can divide the world’s people – all its bumblers, fumblers, fools, and saints – into two categories. There are the decent people who go about their business trying to improve their lives by honest toil, invention,…

PARIS – Last week, it was war with Europe. This week, it’s bombs over Toronto. Plans are being drawn up for two walls. One across the southern border to keep Mexicans out. And one across the 49th parallel to keep…

All earthly empires die. Is this the end? Only God knows. – St. Augustine, 413 AD POITOU, FRANCE – Last Thursday, in advance of the G7 pow-wow at the weekend, Donald Trump tweeted his position on trade: If we charge…

Vernacular: A vernacular, or vernacular language, is the language or variety of a language used in everyday life by the common people of a specific population. It is distinguished from a standard, national, or literary language or a lingua franca, used…

I think the greatest threat domestically to the country is this $21 trillion debt hanging over the cloud of America and future generations. – Outgoing Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz on CNBC POITOU, FRANCE – Uh oh. The “social welfare” systems…