John Rubino

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

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• Big Names Bailing

  Published 10 June 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The list of heavy hitters who are saying bad things about this world andits financial markets -- while acting aggressively on their pessimism -- is…

• Unintended Consequences, Part 3: 'How Do I Get Away From Negative Yields?'

  Published 09 June 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The theory was pretty straightforward: push interest rates down far enough -- in some cases to negative territory where borrowers actually turn a profit on…

• Major Libertarian Victory Coming In November

  Published 05 June 2016 | viewed 0 times

  No, not the presidential election. That's a libertarian nightmare no matter how you slice it. But on that same day, California is apparently going to…

• Japan Is First To Panic; Won't Be The Last

  Published 29 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The most widely-reported result of the recent G-7 meeting was Japan's attempt to convince the other major economies to admit that a crisis is imminent…

• Deflation is a Direst Result of our Attempts to Create Inflation through Easy Money!

  Published 27 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  John Rubino of DollarCollapse.com and FRA Co-founder, Gordon T. Long discuss the effects of the rise in eCommerce along with the rise of technology and…

• Unintended Consequences, Part 2: Easy Money = Overcapacity = Trade Wars

  Published 27 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  It's unclear what China was thinking when it was borrowed all those trillions to quadruple its capacity to make steel, cement and other basic industrial…

• Gold Mining Buy-Out Binge Coming, And That's A Mixed Blessing

  Published 24 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  This is a good news/bad news story. Say you're one of the many people who bought junior gold and silver mining stocks a few years…

• Why We're Ungovernable, Part 14: Austria's Two (Formerly) Main Political Parties Watch Election From The Sidelines

  Published 22 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Austrians went to the polls today to elect a new president. But for the first time in living memory the country's two mainstream parties --…

• Unintended Consequences, Part 1: Easy Money = Overcapacity

  Published 19 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Somewhere back in the depths of time the world got the idea that easy money -- that is, low interest rates and high levels of…

• How Stupid Do You Have To Be, Part 2: 100-Year Bonds

  Published 16 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  "Of course there are true copper bottomed mistakes, like spelling the word "rabbit" with three m's, or wearing a black bra under a white blouse,…

• Podcast: Chaos Spreads to US Retailers and Italian Banks

  Published 12 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Macy's reports horrendous earnings and Italian banks finally reveal their non-performing loans. Share prices plunge accordingly. China, meanwhile, admits that it's over-leveraged and promises to…

• Macy's Crushed By Amazon, Italian Banks Crushed By Euro

  Published 11 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  This is a tale of changing environments and the organisms that are, as a result, dying off. First, consider the bricks and mortar retailers. Amazon,…

• China is Always the News

  Published 10 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  John Rubino returns for another installment.... A Chinese news outlet states that it China can't keep pursuing it's current economic agenda because it's not working.…

• China Stops Trying To Fool The World; World Is Sorry

  Published 09 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Something interesting has happened. China earlier this year responded to falling stock prices by borrowing a trillion dollars and spending it on commodities, boosting the…

• Wall Street Is Falling Off A Cliff, And The Bottom Is A Long Way Down

  Published 06 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  For the past 50 or so years, the quickest way for a sharp young sociopath to get rich has been to join an investment bank…

• Podcast: Easy Money From China, Japan and Europe Has Failed. What's Next?

  Published 05 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  China's most recent borrowing binge didn't work, while Japanese and European negative interest rates sent their currencies up rather than down. The result: Global growth…

• Podcast: Gold is the Answer for Economic Pandemics

  Published 03 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  John Rubino visited with us today. In case you hadn't noticed, there's global economic turmoil brewing. From Greece, to Italy, to China and of course…

• A Currency War Battle That Europe and Japan Can't Afford To Lose

  Published 02 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The dollar is tanking lately. From a high of around 100 in December, the dollar index -- which measures USD against a basket of foreign…

• Consensus Forming: China Heading Back Into Financial Crisis

  Published 30 April 2016 | viewed 0 times

  China's historic post-2009 debt binge flew largely under the radar -- fooling most observers into thinking the global economy was recovering rather than just re-leveraging.…

• Negative Interest Rates Claim More Victims. Today It's Deutsche Bank, Tomorrow German Insurers?

  Published 29 April 2016 | viewed 0 times

  These are shockingly bad times for big banks, especially when you consider that the overall economy is supposed to be fairly healthy. The latest example…