During my years working in the marketing industry, I must have heard one particular joke about a proverbial dog food company a dozen times. The joke goes that a large pet food...
Why You Need a Location-Independent Business in 2024
When it comes to living your best life, you may feel that you’re just like the masses of people stuck in a rut incapable of seeing the potential that lies just beyond the...
Big Government is Your New Mommy – Here’s Your Escape
If you had involved parents like mine, you know how difficult it was to get some of the stuff you wanted as a kid. Growing up, kids tend to figure out which parent will give them...
What Adam Kokesh told me about moving to South America
This weekend, I aired a radio interview with libertarian icon Adam Kokesh. Adam was arrested earlier this year attending a rally against the police state, and has been arrested...
Does the Government Believe the World is Flat?
Dr. Who once said, “The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views......
Expatriation: why the New Rich in China get it
"Go where you're treated best". That was the simple philosophy with which I started Nomad Capitalist. It's simple, really; why would you stay somewhere where you're not...
The psychology of jingoism and expatriation
Let's do a little psychological analysis today. Ever since arriving back on US soil a month ago for my two-month hiatus from traveling, I've been writing what seems constantly...
Asset seizures? Government intimidation? Illegal surveillance? Check.
To many people around the world, the concept of geographically diversifying your assets is - no pun intended - a foreign concept. While many investors are comfortable with the...
“American Exceptionalism” and other lies about economic freedom
I talk a lot about how silly I find the concept of "American Exceptionalism". The idea that one country is inherently superior to any other is an odd and disturbing concept to...
Economic freedom is all about momentum
I'm often asked why I would want to pack up my things and fly half way around the world to visit and live in developing countries like some of the ones I've reported from...
Be careful what you wish for in the court system
Reporting from: Phoenix, Arizona It's been a circus here in Phoenix lately. Now-convicted murderer Jodi Arias has been the talk of the town as pundits pushed for her conviction....
When your country isn’t worth fighting for
I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio - a city that hasn't won a professional sports championship since 1964. Oddly enough, ever since I was a kid, people there have been bemoaning that...
How Big Government made it harder to get a second passport
Your options for escaping your home country have decreased dramatically in the last fifteen years. Yes, you are still technically free to move to almost any country in the world...
Forecasting trends from around the world
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....
Internet sales tax: you’re nothing but a milk cow
Yesterday, I told you how politicians have - surprise - officially run out of ideas when they start using grade school tactics against their opponents. That includes against...
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...
How To Get Offshore Gold Storage In Singapore
At Nomad Capitalist we can advise on a wide range of investment matters, including buying gold and offshore gold storage. So if you are looking to diversify your portfolio and...
What Obama could learn from Imelda Marcos on spending
Reporting from: Manila, Philippines It's been almost three decades since Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos fled as the Yellow Revolution ousted them from power here in the Philippines....
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...
California and other unsafe government pension disasters
Reporting from: San Francisco, California California is an interesting place. It is home to some of the world’s most beautiful coastlines and hosts some of the world’s most...
