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By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  A friend of mine, who is a crack investigative producer, just got a gig with a major network.  His new job will be to cover the Madoff story.  There is no doubt this is a big story

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Back in the late 60’s and early 70’s prime interest rates averaged 6 or 7 percent.  Back before 1971 it was possible to save money at a reasonable guaranteed rate of return and easily keep ahead of

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  The uneven form the financial bailout has taken is really quite galling to me.  The headline: Not a single bank president has been asked to step down or a single plan asked for from the big banks.

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com   In April of this year former Fed Chief Paul Volcker described the problems facing the economy as the “mother of all crises.”  That was a critical and amazing statement, not just because of the implications of what

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Everybody knows the date of the start of the Great Depression, October 29th 1929.  It was the day of the worst stock market crash in history.  Some people confuse the stock market crash on that fateful day