The threat to your financial privacy from a worldwide system of automatic exchange of information is very real. This is informally known as GATCA and is based on the atrocious FATCA law.

Dual American-Canadian citizens are finding themselves in a serious bind due to FATCA, which has been dubbed “the worst law that Americans have never heard of.”

The very idea that the individual has a natural-born right to his privacy and basic freedoms flies in the face of the collectivist ideal.

In light of sweeping revelations about the email, telephone, and internet surveillance activities of the NSA, it’s time to take a look at FATCA’s implications for personal electronic privacy and the growing power of the US intelligence agencies’ global surveillance state.

It’s no surprise to anyone paying attention that the pace in which financial privacy is evolving worldwide is accelerating. And unfortunately for the worse.

Why countries worldwide are waging a global war on cash and financial privacy.

Why would the US government go through all the enormous trouble of implementing FATCA if it’s going to bring in a meager amount of money? Plus, the International Man weekly update.

Why would the US government go through all the enormous trouble of implementing FATCA if it’s going to bring in a meager amount of money? Plus, the International Man weekly update.

There is an avalanche on the horizon. It will bury you alive unless you take steps to protect yourself (i.e. second passport, offshore bank account). Plus, the International Man weekly update.

Something I think you can plan your life around is the eventuality of the US government imposing capital controls and other restrictive measures.

What the International Man needs to know this week, recent articles and news, the best internationalization sources on the web, and more.

What the International Man needs to know this week, recent articles and news, the best internationalization sources on the web, and more.