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Addison Wiggin

Addison Wiggin is the executive publisher of Agora Financial, LLC, a fiercely independent economic forecasting and financial research firm. He’s the creator and editorial director of Agora Financial’s daily 5 Min. Forecast and editorial director of The Daily Reckoning. Wiggin is the founder of Agora Entertainment, executive producer and co-writer of I.O.U.S.A., which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, the 2009 Critics Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature, and was also shortlisted for a 2009 Academy Award. He is the author of the companion book of the film I.O.U.S.A.and his second edition of The Demise of the Dollar… and Why it’s Even Better for Your Investments was just fully revised and updated. Wiggin is a three-time New York Times best-selling author whose work has been recognized by The New York Times Magazine, The Economist, Worth, The New York Times, The Washington Post as well as major network news programs. He also co-authored international bestsellers Financial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt with Bill Bonner.

  1. 5 Min. Forecast

    When “Retirement Age” Is Obsolete • February 3, 2012

    The next nail in Social Security’s coffin: Patrick Cox on one simple substance and three big breakthroughs. Plus… In the labor force in December, out of the labor force in January: How the government conjured up today’s ridiculous unemployment numbers.…Read more…

  2. Daily Reckoning

    Taking Back Habeas Corpus • February 2, 2012

    “I’m a little Ron Paulish,” declared bond king Bill Gross to CNBC. Recall from yesterday’s 5 that in his monthly letter, Gross groused that near-zero interest rates would hamstring developed economies and even “give a rise to commodities and gold as store of value alternatives when there is little value left in paper.” In a …Read more…

  3. 5 Min. Forecast

    Down the Groundhog Hole • February 2, 2012

    The Amazonian precedent: How Facebook’s lofty claptrap gives us Groundhog Day déjà vu. Plus, Groundhog Day weirdness: Bill Gross goes “Ron Paulish”… Rogue lawmakers in the Evergreen State… Eerie swarms of drones… and a busybody crackdown on a blogger.…Read more…

  4. 5 Min. Forecast

    Time-Wasters, Money-Wasters • February 1, 2012

    800 million teenyboppers wasting time on Facebook: Is each one really worth $125 to an investor? The hottest IPO ever, seen through the prism of The 5. Plus… Iran, Venezuela, China: A laundry list of “strategic threats” loading up on gold.…Read more…

  5. Daily Reckoning

    Gold in the Face of Facebook • February 1, 2012

    Stocks are up today. The major indexes have jumped 1%… for no obvious reason. There’s talk of a halo effect from the pending IPO of Facebook, which could file the paperwork as early as today. Oy… Talk about “riding on a smile and a shoeshine,” to borrow from Death of a Salesman. “You have 500 …Read more…

  6. Agora Financial Newsroom

    The Mother of All Financial Bubbles About to Burst: Wiggin Warns RT • January 31, 2012

    Capital Account’s guest host Demetri Kofinas visits Agora’s historic Baltimore offices for an exclusive interview with Addison Wiggin.…Read more…

  7. Daily Reckoning

    Trends that Won’t End • January 30, 2012

    U.S. taxpayers have lost $133 billion from TARP — the abominable acronym inflicted on us by former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson — a new report out this morning shows. We begin another week pulled in two directions: In one direction lie unresolved failures in policy… and the mayhem it has wrought in the financial system. …Read more…