Stocks Close Out Best Year Since 2013; S&P 500 Soars 28.9%

ALEX VEIGA / The Associated Press Dec 31, 2019 The three major indexes set more record highs than in 2018 and kept the longest bull market for stocks going. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Worsening U.S.-China Trade Tensions Rattle Financial Markets

ALEX VEIGA / The Associated Press May 7, 2019 The Dow tumbles more than 470 points as investors dump shares of companies that bring in significant revenue from China. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Goodbye to the Dollar

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Feb 4, 2019 The Trump administration accelerates the abandonment of the dollar as the world’s principal reserve currency, which will be fatal to the American empire. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Stocks Dive on Trade War Fears After China Sanctions

MARLEY JAY / The Associated Press Mar 22, 2018 The Dow Jones industrial average drops 724.42 points (2.9 percent) on investor worries that trade tensions between the U.S. and China will escalate. Planned sanctions include tariffs on $48 billion worth of Chinese imports. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Open for Business: Lands Stripped From Utah Monuments

BRADY McCOMBS / The Associated Press Feb 3, 2018 For $212, anyone can stake a claim to land cut from federal protection by President Trump in December. But so far, there doesn't appear to be a rush to seize the opportunity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Denmark to Refugees: Want In? Hand Over Those Valuables

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jan 27, 2016 Those seeking asylum in Denmark will have to pay to stay, following a referendum Tuesday that established new guidelines for refugees, including stipulations about handing over certain personal belongings upon arrival. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Meet the People ‘Being the Change’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 5, 2014 In search of communities striving to build viable alternatives to scorched earth capitalism, a documentary team profiled people in Spain, Estonia and Indonesia who are creating underground economies that serve them, rather than waiting for political parties and corporate institutions to engender humane social change. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bitcoin and the Dangerous Fantasy of ‘Apolitical’ Money

By Yanis Varoufakis Dec 26, 2013 The crash of 2008 infused our societies with enormous skepticism of government and central bank authority. Naturally, many dream of a currency that politicians and bankers cannot manipulate. Bitcoin has emerged as the great white hope of something of the sort. Alas, that hope is false. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Feeding On the Small

Luojie, Cagle Cartoons, China Daily, China May 27, 2013 Dig deeper

Meteorite Gold

Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons, The Ottawa Citizen Feb 20, 2013 Dig deeper

Thar Be Gold in Them Hills

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2011 You know Fox News is all over this story: The Utah House of Representatives is fixin' to vote on a measure that would make gold and silver coins a viable alternative to the boring -- and inflation-prone -- forms of currency currently in national circulation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How to Be a Billionaire

Moshe Adler / Truthdig Feb 2, 2011 All you have to do to be a billionaire is to have an idea. John A. Paulson had an idea, and in 2010 his idea made him $5 billion. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )