Bill Bonner


How Politics Drove a Ruling Family Into a Ditch

The English conquered Ireland in the early 17th century and then divided it up into vast plantations. In 1622, Paul Gore, an English commander, was given a vast stretch of land in the north of the island in County Donegal, where your editor’s family is from. And by 1900, Sir Henry William Gore-Booth, father of Eva and Constance, was one of...

America’s Economy Is on a “Suicide Mission”

Here at the Diary, we take no interest in politics… except to despise it. Money is our beat here. But...

The Greatest Financial Crime of the 21st Century

We – along with dozens of others – thought a crisis was inevitable. The Dow-to-Gold ratio was over 20....

It Feels Like 2007 All Over Again…

here are three things that might drive inflation higher. First, the tax cut leaves more money in more hands. As...

How to Purge the Rot From American Finance

CHERBOURG, FRANCE – We’re on the ferry that will take us to Ireland. It is foggy outside. We can...

There was a loud crack. The crowd gasped…

Yesterday, on our way to the Cherbourg ferry, we stopped in at a local farm fair in Normandy. On display...

America’s Oil Boom Is a Fraud

Well, here comes the Big Bang…Mistake #4. Rarely seen and always regretted. Mistake #4 is what the feds do when...