Paul Tustain explains how central banks override natural market forces and favor the proliferation of unhealthy financial life forms. He warns us that more of what caused the problem isn’t likely to solve the problem.

In this excerpt from I.O.U.S.A., Addison Wiggin details the history of the Federal Reserve, the decline and end of the gold standard, fiat currency in the U.S., inflation, stagflation and Paul Volcker’s solution.

Dan Amoss looks at how even good companies are getting dragged down as credit evaporates and panic continues. He seems some incredible buys, but has doubts about how the dollar itself will do in the end.

Byron examines the real dynamics of cause and effect in politics.

Chris Mayer shares the words of the great John Templeton and reminds us that great fortunes were made amidst fear.

The chorus of unwinding debt, bank and market collapse and government seizures and meddling should come as no surprise to Whiskey readers. All we strive to do here is warn you about this sort of thing.

The credit crisis has swept across the globe as more banks are being propped up with government money.

Like everything else, the world is running short on usable soil and it is having an effect on food prices.

If the government does not pump more cash into the markets, we could be on the verge of another deflationary period.

Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke are reversing direction and proposing more market regulation which could be worse than an all-out collapse.

The financial crisis is once again wreaking havoc on the U.S. dollar. Expect gold and silver to shoot back up again.

The $700 billion for the proposed bailout is within the scope of the federal government. Too bad it’s still not near enough to fix the problems.

With the recent turmoil in the stock market, gold has reversed its course and is now entering another bull run.

By banning the short selling of many financial companies, the government has taken away one of the most important tools an investor can use.

In a further attempt to prop up failing companies, the government has put the screws to short sellers and forced everyone to go long on some truly poisonous companies.