Jason Hartman talks with Bill Whittle, host of Afterburner, regarding poverty levels in the United States and the strategies that undermine democracy and free markets. Bill’s opinion is that America has the richest poor people in the world, versus countries like...
AMA 34 – The National Inflation Association
A look at Jason's Ultimate Investing Equation followed by Daniel and Gerard Adams for The National Inflation Association (NIA) recently featured on Inside Edition and ABC World News Tonight with Charlie Gibson, The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, ABC's Nightline, KTLA...
AMA 33 – Mark Kohler – Exiting A Bad Property
Jason explores some ways to get out of a bad property then he interviews author/attorney Mark Kohler about his book “Lawyers Are Liars: The Truth About Protecting Our Assets.” Mark is an attorney, CPA and entrepreneur who has owned numerous businesses since high...
AMA 32 Diane Kennedy, CPA: How To Save On Life’s Largest Expense
Most of us spend lots of time shopping around for the best deal on the things we buy while spending more money on taxes than anything else. Why not “shop around” to save money on life’s single largest expense? Join Jason as he talks with famed CPA, Diane Kennedy,...
AMA 31 – John Stapleford: Ethics & Public Policy – Part 2
No, the above title is not a typo. According this week’s guest John Stapleford, it is possible for ethics and public policy to have a direct correlation. Stapleford is not only a senior economist for Moody's Economy.com, professor emeritus of economic development at...
AMA 30 – The Five Love Languages with Dr. Gary Chapman
Whether it’s your spouse, significant other, family, friends, or even business associates, each individual speaks his or her own love language. “The Five Love Languages” are: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch....
The 10 Most Fiscally Irresponsible States
<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-792" title="2345895971_e8cd13e980_m" src="https://americanmonetaryassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2011/07/2345895971_e8cd13e980_m.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="160" />Sometimes the best way to get someone to change a bad habit is by exposing them publicly. Well, when it comes to fiscal irresponsibility, the federal government wins, hands down. No single state in the union can hold a candle to Uncle Sam's raging, decades-long <a href="http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/" target="_blank">spendathon</a>. But there are ten states that have distinguished themselves from the pack via the means of their citizens racking up a tremendous amount of debt. The following list comes to us courtesy of <a href="http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/devil-details/debt-in-america-most-least-indebted-states/4899/" target="_blank">Moneywatch</a>.
Beating Inflation With Debt, The Anti-money
If inflation describes the process of money becoming less valuable, then the solution is to own as little of it as possible, right? Not exactly. The opposite of money is not lack of money but rather debt. When you owe money to someone, you have created a sort of anti-money which exists as the polar opposite to money. This is a bad thing, right? Not always. When the money of a country is being continually devalued by government policies, then the way to create wealth is to collect more of the anti-money, which is debt.