On the Korelin economics report, Axel Merk discusses what may be a fizzling out of the nascent U.S. and European recovery.

The vast majority of people are willing to pay their fair share in taxes. But when faced with taxes and regulations deemed unreasonable, people will get creative…

I bought a house last month. I had been a long-time advocate of renting rather than buying, so what drove me to buy a house now? Has the time come to buy a house as an inflation hedge? Buying a house should be a matter of risk, not price.