Where We Stand Today 50 Years After The Shock (Gold)
Moral constraints are clearly nowhere to be found among the political class, nor are there any tools for…
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Investment Turned Into Speculation (Stocks, Gold, Bitcoin, Etc): Where Does Your Profit Come From?
Deprived of interest, people turn away from investing. They end up with the only alternative to investing, speculating. Whether they…
Continue readingFinancial Times: Believe in unicorns, not gold
If the gold market is ever made free and transparent, the world will perceive the false pricing of gold via derivatives and…
Continue readingThe Demise of the Gold Standard
Returning to the gold standard will be difficult, not because of its profound benefits and miniscule cost, but because of…
Continue readingMainstream Financial News Outlet Proves It Doesn’t Understand Gold
Gold bugs should never assume that the mainstream investing community actually understands finance…
Continue readingThe Crime of ’71: When Nixon Ended the Dollar’s Last Connection to Gold
The move away from gold money, which reached its dramatic end point in the summer of 1971, was much more than just historical occurrence well in the past. It was […]
Continue readingThe Great Keynesian Coup of August 1971: Fifty Years Later
There was no national emergency in the summer of ’71, and unemployment stood at 6 percent. Yet, after Nixon’s announcement, the markets…
Continue readingA Look Back at Nixon’s Infamous Monetary Decision
A half century ago one of the most disastrous monetary decisions in U.S. history was committed by Richard Nixon. The ramifications continue to this very day…
Continue readingGold & Silver Begin Temporary Anniversary Week With A Brutal Beat Down
It’s going to be a long week until August 15, 2021, which just so happens to fall on Sunday…
Continue readingMoving from Gold-Redeemable to Irredeemable Currency
What will lead to runaway Hyperinflation?
Continue readingThe Smart Newbie’s Complete Gold & Silver Crash Course
Because we don’t really have all that much time…
Continue readingUnbridled Stimulus: Could Money Be Worthless In Just Six Months
Prior to the Great War, the gold standard reigned supreme. The jury is still out on whether the dollar’s…
Continue readingSound Money (Gold) Versus Fiat Money (Unbacked): Effects On The Boom-Bust Cycle
The key to the emergence of the boom-bust cycle is the expansion in money supply out of “thin air.” The increase in the supply of gold has…
Continue readingGold and Latin: Twin Pillars of Western Rejuvenation
A one-world commodity standard allows for integration and the extension of the division of labor since all prices are expressed in terms of gold/silver. Costs, too, would be…
Continue readingShould Millennials Care About Gold & Silver?
Most people under 50 have never lived under a monetary system based on gold or silver. Most under 50 know a lot more about cell phones, tablets, and…
Continue readingThe World Needs a Gold-Backed Deutsche Mark
Reinstating the Deutsche Mark, a peaceful act by a sovereign country, would create a cascade of monetary reform throughout the world…
Continue readingReflections Over 2020: Battlefield Weapons, Coronavirus, And Gold
Economists should take great care in forming conclusions from statistics…
Continue readingNational Currencies’ Tragic Race to the Bottom
The devaluation of national currencies is to the detriment of all us. IF the foundation is rotten after all, any effort by entrepreneurs is ultimately like…
Continue readingAn Economist Rebukes The Economist: Central Planning, The Economy, And The Right Price Of Gold
The irredeemable currencies are failing, as we see with the final collapse of their interest rates. It makes little difference what…
Continue readingNext Bubble Will Be a Panic Into Gold and Silver
A different world awaits post-Covid19, and the next bubble will be a panic into gold & silver…
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