AUTHOR
Bill Bonner
Bill is the author of the acclaimed free daily email, The Daily Reckoning, and two best-selling books, Financial Reckoning Day: Surviving the Soft Depression of the 21st Century, and Empire of Debt: The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis.
He is also the co-author (along with Lila Rajiva) of Mobs, Messiahs and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics.
To find out more about Bill and what makes him tick, read an in-depth interview with him here.
Bill Bonner: I have a dream…
Economy
Bill Bonner: I have a dream…
…but also a wife, says Bill Bonner. And thankfully she saved him from a very costly mistake.
8 Jun 2018
How Trump’s crony made his fortune
Economy
How Trump’s crony made his fortune
Making money is a different game when the money is all fake, says Bill Bonner.
16 Dec 2016
Who can beat the market?
Features
Who can beat the market?
Investors can only guess what a stock is worth, says Bill Bonner. Those who do their homework make better guesses.
11 Sep 2014
Last of the capitalists
Economy
Last of the capitalists
Nobody likes capitalism, says Bill Bonner. Not even the rich.
29 Apr 2014
This recovery is fake
Features
This recovery is fake
1 Feb 2014
Argentina is going down
Features
Argentina is going down
28 Jan 2014
Flat hunting in Charm City
Features
Flat hunting in Charm City
If you want something better than stocks and bonds, says Bill Bonner, try real estate.
23 Jan 2014
There’s nothing normal about this recovery
Features
There’s nothing normal about this recovery
America is about to enter its seventh year of slumpy, crisis-prone ‘recovery’, says Bill Bonner.
18 Dec 2013
American grifters
Features
American grifters
Americans are saps, says Bill Bonner. They don’t know who to trust.
3 May 2013
The destruction of wealth
Features
The destruction of wealth
Government spending destroys wealth, says Bill Bonner. It kills capital and makes the nation poorer.
7 Oct 2011
On course for destruction
Features
On course for destruction
Greece, Japan, Ireland, Italy and the US have now borrowed so much that they are on course for destruction. And yet they couild still save themselves,…
14 Jul 2011
Compound effort over time, part II: generations of wealth
Features
Compound effort over time, part II: generations of wealth
One of the secrets to building true wealth is 'compound effort over time' - work hard at your chosen field, says Bill Bonner, and it'll pay off. But h…
17 May 2011
The elegant mischief of capitalism
People
The elegant mischief of capitalism
Crisis can be fun, says Bill Bonner. It reveals the hideous skinny-dippers as the tide goes out.
19 Dec 2008
Bill Bonner: homage to Gideon Gono
People
Bill Bonner: homage to Gideon Gono
There is something heroically imbecilic about the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, going where no central banker has dared to go since the wo…
5 Dec 2008
The world turns its weary eyes to Obama
People
The world turns its weary eyes to Obama
Bill Bonner believes the American public have voted for Obama as a diversion from the real world – a fantasy, something to entertain them.
14 Nov 2008