American Consequences - November 2017

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NOVEMBER 2017 : ISSUE 5

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Editor in Chief: P.J. O’Rourke Editorial Director: Carli Flippen Managing Editor: Steven Longenecker Contributing Editors: Todd G. Buchholz, Peter Byrne, Doug Casey, Turney Duff, Dr. David Eifrig, Alex Mayyasi, Buck Sexton, Justin Spittler Newswire Editors: Scott Garliss, John Gillin, Greg Diamond Assistant Editor: Chris Gaarde Creative Director: Erica Wood Cartoon Director: Frank Stansberry Contributing Cartoonists: Hank Blaustein, Paul Noth General Manager: Jamison Miller Advertising: Sam DeCroes, Jared Kelly, Jill Peterson Editorial feedback: feedback@ americanconsequences.com AMERICAN CONSEQUENCES

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37 A $37,000 Deal Does Matter BY PETER BYRNE 40 FREE: Debt-Free?... BY P.J. O’ROURKE 46 Real Portfolios: How to Protect Yourself From a Jubilee 52 2020 Visions: The Next Presidential Campaign BY P.J. O’ROURKE 58 Why Social Justice Loves Economic Crisis BY BUCK SEXTON 62 Of Money and Morals BY ALEX MAYYASI 70 A Conversation With... KEVIN O’LEARY 78 Read This 80 Featured Contributors

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6 Letter From the Editor BY P.J. O’ROURKE 10 What Moved the Market 12 What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 14 From Our Inbox 18 Easy Come, Easy Go BY TURNEY DUFF 22 Three Foolproof Ways to Deal With Credit-Card Debt BY DR. DAVID EIFRIG 26 $63 Trillion of World Debt in One Visualization 28 Monty Hall’s Lesson for the U.S. Treasury BY TODD G. BUCHHOLZ 32 Will Puerto Rico’s Debt Be the First ‘Jubilee’? JUSTIN SPITTLER INTERVIEWS DOUG CASEY

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