Michael Krieger

My name is Michael Krieger, and I am the creator and editor of Liberty Blitzkrieg. I'm originally from New York City.

As far as my academic and professional background, I attended college at Duke University where I earned a double major in Economics and Spanish. After completing my studies in 2000, I took a job at Lehman Brothers where I worked with the Oil analyst in the Equity Research Department.  In 2005, I joined Sanford C. Bernstein where I served as the Commodities Analyst on the trading floor. About halfway through my time there, I started to branch out and write opinions on bigger picture "macro" topics that no one else at the firm was covering. These opinion pieces were extremely popular throughout the global investment community, and I traveled around providing advice to some of the largest mutual funds, pension funds and hedge funds in the world.

I loved my job, but as time passed I started to educate myself about how the monetary and financial system functions and what I discovered disgusted me. I no longer felt satisfied working within the industry, and I resigned in January 2010.  At that point, I started a family investment office and continued to write macro pieces on economic, social and geopolitical topics. That summer, I drove cross country for six weeks and ultimately decided to leave the crowded streets of Manhattan for the open spaces of Boulder, Colorado, where I currently reside.

In the years that followed, I gradually recognized that my true passion centers upon writing on issues of significant societal importance given the extremely challenging times we live in. This realization culminated with me losing interest in financial markets and eventually launching this website in early 2012.

If you are interested in a more detailed description, replete with colorful anecdotes, of how I ended up making this bizarre professional transition, take the time to watch the video below.

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In Liberty,
Michael Krieger

Here We Go…Slate Magazine Bashes the First Amendment

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This article is so heinous I almost couldn’t believe what I was reading. Better yet, the author, Eric Posner, is a Professor at the University of Chicago Law School. So let me get this straight, a guy who is teaching law to our future lawyers is arguing against The First Amendment of the Constitution, which is the single most important document in U.S. history upon which all laws are supposed to be written!

Wow. This guy isn’t just saying people should be cautious about what they say, he seems to really have a deep dislike for free speech.  Here is the winning line in his absurd piece:

Even other Western nations take a more circumspect position on freedom of expression than we do, realizing that often free speech must yield to other values and the need for order.

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My Interview with “Wall Street for Main Street” – Keynesian Jedi Mind Tricks!

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This is my first interview with Jason Burack of Wall Street for Main Street.  In this thirty minute podcast, I really dissect the Keynesian matrix of insanity.  As I said on twitter earlier today, what we have is not Socialism or Capitalism, it is Ponzism.  Enjoy!   Like this post? Donate bitcoins: 35DBUbbAQHTqbDaAc5mAaN6BqwA2AxuE7G Follow me … Read more

Two Minute Clip from the Movie “The Dictator”

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I haven’t seen this movie, but you better believe this is exactly how the elites think things ought to be in this country…and they have been doing a great job making their dreams come true! Like this post? Donate bitcoins: 35DBUbbAQHTqbDaAc5mAaN6BqwA2AxuE7G Follow me on Twitter.

You Know You Are a Conspiracy Theorist If…

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You are capable of critical thinking. You distrust mainstream media. You like nature. You think it’s a good idea to spend the Friday after Thanksgiving with your family rather than camping outside Best Buy to get a cheap plasma television made in China. You think it’s a little strange that WTC building 7 came down … Read more

Jesse Ventura Embarasses Piers Morgan in Front of CNN Audience

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This is pretty epic.  It starts slow, so I would just fast forward to the 8 minute mark if you are pressed for time.  Look at Piers gulp as Ventura begins to question the BBC.  Then, the 12 minute mark is the absolute highlight of the video.  I don’t want to spoil it so watch … Read more

Gallup Poll: Americans’ Distrust of Media Soars to New Record

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The latest Gallup poll on Americans’ perception of the media has just been released, and it shows that 60% have “little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly.”  Here’s another very interesting data point: The current gap between negative and positive views — 20 percentage points — … Read more

Canada Gets Ready to Ban Masks!

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Don’t take it from me.  According to the CBC: Bill C-309 would make it a crime for people rioting or at an unlawful protest to conceal their identities. It’s already illegal to wear a disguise when committing an indictable, or more serious, offence, which includes rioting. Unlawful protests, however, don’t fall under that law because … Read more

English City of Bristol Launches its Own Local Currency

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In what is an extremely positive development, the English city of Bristol has created its own local currency.  It is called the Bristol Pound and it came into official existence for trade yesterday at 12:11pm local time.  This just further solidifies what I believe is an irreversible trend toward decentralization of money away from banking … Read more

Tim Pawlenty to Head U.S. Bank Lobbying Group

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We always ultimately see where their loyalty lies when it comes to these guys.  Can’t win the Presidency?  No problem!  Become a whore for the banksters that blew up the economy and now continue to parasitically suck the lifeblood out of it each and every day.  I’ve said it before and I will say it … Read more

The Case for Precious Metals Miners

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The Case for Precious Metals Miners You don’t need me to tell you.  Precious metals mining shares have been nothing short of a historic fiasco over the past couple of years.  Specifically, gold is up 25% since the end of 2010, while the ETF of large cap miners, the GDX, is down 11%.  That is … Read more