When people find out how frequently I travel and the list of places I’ve been in and out of, they often ask me what trends I see around the world that I believe will take hold....
Rahm Emanuel proves Big Government is just a schoolyard bully
"I'm rubber, you're glue; whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you!" Such words populated the schoolyard at recess for me nearly a quarter-century ago. Now, it seems...
Why foreign workers don’t want to move to the United States
Reporting from: Seattle, Washington When flying to the Land of the Free from Asia, I try to fly into Seattle. San Francisco is a nice airport for international travel, but agents...
Economic freedom in Singapore and why you must be planting flags
Reporting from: Singapore Here in one of the world’s bastions of economic freedom, the proof that you need to be planting flags around the world is all the more apparent. Coming...
Where is the next Cyprus? Ask government propaganda
Reporting from: Cebu, Philippines I illustrated last week why living in a smaller, more laissez faire country has its advantages over big, bloated governments like the United...
How to use medical tourism to bypass Obamacare and save
Reporting from: Manila, Philippines Here at Nomad Capitalist, I lay out my top suggestions for internationalizing your life and becoming free from the shackles of one country and...
Top 5 countries with the most millionaires per capita
Which country has the most millionaires per capita? If you said the United States, you'd be wrong. In fact, the United States doesn't appear on the list of most millionaires per...
Why I use the Five Flag Theory to find more freedom
When people hear that I'm off to live in Vietnam or open a bank account in Hong Kong or start a business in the Indian Ocean nation the Seychelles, the often ask: "Why? Don't you...
Chavez’s failed state and the westerners who love him
History always repeats itself, yet bankrupt and corrupt governments are often too happy to ignore it in exchange for short-term gain to keep the party going and their image...
Top 5: Developed countries with Budget Deficits: Read Now
We recently shared five countries running budget surpluses. While a new list of sovereign players are emerging with their fiscal house in order, there is still the list of those...
Try Not to Laugh at Michael Bloomberg’s Latest Nanny State
I'll bet you didn't peg New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a comedian. That is, unless you find the nanny state slash schoolmarm act amusing. Yet you just might fall out of your...
Why western countries should let Chinese tourists visit visa-free
Old habits die hard. So do stereotypes of other countries and their wealth. That includes antiquated visa policies that are closing doors in western markets around the world....
The Five Most Underestimated Economies
To those in the west, the world's emerging and newly developed economies are often incorrectly seen as "third world", "corrupt" or "backward". Many people just don't understand...
When governments compete, you win
Part of what's so frustrating about doing business in much of the west is that you feel like the government doesn't care about you. Sure, I doubt running a hot dog cart in Sudan...
Where to plant your citizenship flag
Where should you plant your citizenship flag? This past weekend on my radio show, I spoke with passport guru Mark Nestmann about who is calling him for a second...
The myth of “American exceptionalism” in five short minutes
At the opening of of HBO's series Newsroom, a wide-eyed sorority girl asks a panel of speakers (click to watch; NSFW) to explain why America is the greatest country in...
What kind of Nomad are you?
A few weeks ago, I was doing some out-of-town holiday shopping and ended up striking up a conversation with one of the staff members at the store. It turns out he was...
