Bill Bonner


How The Feds Robbed the Working Stiff

Back in grade school, a teacher once told us that “anybody can grow up to be president.” In 2017, Donald Trump proved it. In high school, we learned that “anything can be used as money.” In 2017, bitcoin proved it. (In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, a full-page ad offered a house in the Caribbean for […]

The Three Most Remarkable Surprises of 2017

BALTIMORE – Our work here at the Diary is to connect the dots. And we begin connecting the dots...

Why Are Americans Dying Younger?

BALTIMORE – “U.S. Lifespans Fall Again,” was the headline in The Wall Street Journal yesterday. The accompanying reportage tells...

The End of the World as We Know It

BALTIMORE – In all the excitement surrounding the passing of the GOP tax bill, we almost missed it. But...

A Tax Win… But for Whom?

BALTIMORE – After a year of defeat and disorder, it finally looks like Republicans have managed a legislative victory....

How The Fed Pulled Off History’s Greatest Larceny

BALTIMORE – We attended a family wedding in Nicaragua over the weekend. Asked to make a little speech, we...

Eight Axioms to Understand the Fake Economy

DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA – What have we learned so far? Let’s spell it out as a series of axioms....