Zero Hedge
Type of site |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | ABC Media Limited (Bulgaria) |
| Created by | Daniel Ivandjiiski |
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| URL | zerohedge |
| Commercial | Yes (free content, paid advertising) |
| Registration | Optional. Registration is required to post comments. |
| Launched | 9 January 2009 |
| Current status | Online |
Zero Hedge (or ZeroHedge) is a far-right libertarian financial blog and news aggregator. Zero Hedge is bearish in its investment outlook and analysis, often deriving from a strict adherence to the Austrian School of economics and credit cycles. It has been described as a financial "permabear".
Over time, Zero Hedge expanded into non-financial political content, including conspiracy theories and fringe rhetoric, and has advanced radical right, alt-right, and pro-Russia positions. Zero Hedge's non-financial commentary has led to multiple site bans by global social media platforms, although a 2019 Facebook ban and a 2020 Twitter ban were later reversed.
Zero Hedge's in-house content is authored by one "Tyler Durden", the pen name of site owner Daniel Ivandjiiski. The motto of the site is posted in the masthead of every page: "On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero". The quote is from the book and film Fight Club, which is in turn a paraphrase of economist John Maynard Keynes who said "In the long run we are all dead".