Bill Bonner

Since founding Agora Inc. in 1979, Bill Bonner has found success and garnered camaraderie in numerous communities and industries.

A man of many talents, his entrepreneurial savvy, unique writings, philanthropic undertakings, and preservationist activities have all been recognized and awarded by some of America’s most respected authorities.

Along with Addison Wiggin, his friend and colleague, Bill has written two New York Times best-selling books, Financial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt. Both works have been critically acclaimed internationally.

With political journalist Lila Rajiva, he wrote his third New York Times best-selling book, Mobs, Messiahs and Markets, which offers concrete advice on how to avoid the public spectacle of modern finance.

Bill has been a weekly contributor to The Rum Rebellion.

Coming Soon: A Counterfeit Economy

We’re entering a new phase. Up until now, the Federal Reserve was backstopping Wall Street. This created a huge shift in wealth from average people — with few financial assets — to the ‘rich’, who…

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Republicans Gone AWOL

The Republican Party was forged by Abraham Lincoln and then bent in one direction or another as the years went by…including a disastrous twist toward empire under Teddy Roosevelt.

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2020: What We’ve Learned so Far

Unbelievably, August is almost over. Summer has all but adjourned. The leaves are turning, and the gavel is coming down. And what have we learned? What is the verdict? It doesn’t matter whether you lock down or not. A face mask probably doesn’t help. Americans are easily panicked. They readily tyrannise each other. The Federal … Read More

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