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

Don’t Live in Fear: New In-Person Interview with Future Money Trends

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While I was at Freedom Fest in Vegas, I was able to meet Dan Amerduri of Future Money Trends for the first time.  We also had a chance to record an in-person interview, which is the first time I have done that format.  We cover all the bases in this one, but the main message … Read more

The Department of Homeland Security is a Conduit for Crony Capitalism

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As if we needed more evidence.  Not only is Big Sis’ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) taking away our civil liberties, but we now find out it is a conduit for crony capitalists to make more money off the U.S. taxpayer.  The story I am referencing today concerns the Federal Protective Service (FPS), which is … Read more

University of North Dakota Offers 4-Year Drone-Piloting Degree

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The three P’s of America’s gulag economy at work: Ponzi schemes, Poverty and Police State.  The housing market may still be in the dumps, but the drone industry is booming.  USA! USA! Key quote: The University of North Dakota operates a fleet of seven different types of unmanned aircraft. In 2009, it became the first … Read more

Why I’m Leaving America by Michael Fielding

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The more you try to coerce my affection, the more obvious the ploy becomes. All the ridiculous forms of manipulation that go unseen by the masses are the red flags of malicious intent. My obedience isn’t for my protection, but for yours. You don’t want me to see the choice because that leads directly to … Read more

Inaugural Interview with Kerry Lutz – July 2012

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Early last week, I had the great pleasure to record my first podcast with Kerry Lutz of the Financial Survival Network.  I was fortunate enough to meet Kerry recently for the first time at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas, and we spent what seemed like hours talking about our respective paths in life and how … Read more

AMAZING. The USDA Has Partnered with the Mexican Government to Encourage Food Stamp Participation

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As more and more information emerges about the food stamp program in the United States, the more absurd and downright disturbing the entire thing becomes.  I first posted on the topic in late June with the piece The Government is Encouraging More Food Stamp Usage, Calling it “Stimulus”.  I thought this was ridiculous enough, but only … Read more

Mayor of NYC, Mike Bloomberg, Goes on Anti-Gun Tirade

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Well, we all knew this was coming.  The minute I heard of the shooting tragedy in Aurora, Colorado, I was just waiting for all the self-righteous gun haters to come out of the woodwork and use a horrible tragedy as an excuse to get on their soapboxes to spew their hatred on the 2nd Amendment.  … Read more

Go Back to Sleep

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Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away, and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any farther obedience. – John Locke When it gets down to having to use violence, then … Read more

Mysterious Deaths of 9/11 Witnesses

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I do not claim to know what happened on 9/11.  As many of my readers know, I was there on that day and watched the towers falls in person.  I can tell you one thing.  There is ZERO doubt in my mind that the story we have been fed is 100% BS.  The reason this … Read more

What It’s Like to Fight a National Security Letter

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Here’s a very quick and interesting article from the WSJ.  I mean this case is once again a perfect microcosm for what is going on in America today.  These are the types of folks that the Department of Injustice and the FBI are chasing after, while there are thousands of financial criminals running around free … Read more