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In the calendar year of 2024, the government racked up a $1.74 trillion deficit. But the national debt actually increased by an even higher $2.23 trillion from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024. That’s a lot of money spent for a Congress that never even passed a budget! The... Read more
1 day ago
By James Hickman
In the year 500 AD, just a few decades after the fall of Western roman empire, the standard of living for a typical European peasant was pretty grim. Squalid hobbles. No sanitation. Short life expectancy. Even food was by no means guaranteed. If you go forward in time, even 1,000... Read more
3 days ago
By James Hickman
The year was 1901, and it was pretty much a who’s who of American business and finance at the time. Andrew Carnegie. JP Morgan. Charles M. Schwab. Elbert Gary (namesake of the city Gary, Indiana). It would be as if Elon Musk, Billy Gates, and Carl Icahn all got together... Read more
4 days ago
By James Hickman
If you’re looking for an easy example of almost everything wrong with this government, let me introduce Exhibit A: It started almost exactly a year ago. It was January 2, 2024, and we wrote to you about a new law that had just taken effect called the Corporate Transparency Act,... Read more
5 days ago
By James Hickman
Marco Polo never actually set foot on Japanese soil. But that didn’t stop him from writing the most wildly exaggerated tales about the immense, incredible wealth of Japan– which he called Cipangu. Supposedly Marco Polo had spoken to merchants and traders who’d been there, but it’s entirely possible he made... Read more
23 days ago
By James Hickman
If you examine the anatomy of a crisis, it seems like almost all of the big ones start with a completely false belief system. “Two weeks to stop the spread”. “Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.” “We’ll be greeted as liberators.” “The debt doesn’t matter because we owe it to... Read more
29 days ago
By James Hickman
As the 1800s came to a close and the world propelled itself full of innovation and optimism into the 20th century, there was perhaps nowhere else on the planet more admired and envied (except for the United States) than Argentina. In fact, just like America in the late 1800s and... Read more
30 days ago
By James Hickman
I always marvel when I take my kids to the park. They’re aged 2 and 3, and they pretty much become best friends with anyone else who’s more or less their size and also likes going down the slide. They have precisely one thing in common: they all want to... Read more
1 month ago
By James Hickman
What does it really mean to have a Plan B— especially these days? We’ve used the term Plan B for almost the entire 15 years since I started this business in 2009. Back then the national debt was really starting to become a major problem. The Federal Reserve was printing... Read more
1 month ago
By James Hickman
On July 9, 1997, Apple Computer (as the company was then known) was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Its cash reserves were dwindling rapidly. Its losses were mounting. And the once mighty company was just 90 days away from failing. This was an almost unimaginable outcome for a company... Read more
1 month ago
By James Hickman
Right at the beginning of the year in early January, I wrote to you about one of the dumbest laws to hit the books in the Land of the Free in a VERY long time. It’s called the Corporate Transparency Act. The article was called, “Get ready to spend two... Read more
1 month ago
By James Hickman
On November 20, 1945, an international tribunal first convened in the Bavarian city of Nuremberg to prosecute key leaders of Nazi Germany for crimes against humanity. The Nuremberg Trials were a key aspect of holding individuals accountable for the brutal acts and genocide committed under Nazi rule. High-ranking officials, including... Read more
1 month ago
By James Hickman

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Sovereign Man publishes news and views on current events with an eye toward historical perspectives to highlight how things tend to ‘rhyme’. As well as writing about threats to personal liberty, privacy and prosperity, the site also focuses on solutions to these problems by diversifying wealth and residency and having a ‘Plan B’.

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