Category Archives: Gold standard

Are central bankers giving up on fiat money?

Posted on September 20, 2016 by admin

“After years of selling their stocks of gold, central banks around the world are now buying bullion, according to a new study on the “Seven Ages of Gold.” Source: Central banks have been buying gold with a vengeance






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America Needs a Dose of Strong, but Necessary Medicine

Posted on July 25, 2016 by admin

The Fed’s easy money policies always ends in a bust…the sooner the better.  Source: America Needs an Old-Fashioned Depression






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The Real Reason the “Rich Get Richer”

Posted on July 24, 2016 by admin

I have know this for more than 40 years.  The chickens are coming home to roost.  If Bernie had talked about the Federal Reserve, he would be the nominee.  Ditto for Rand Paul.  “Time the Taskmaster DUBLIN – “Today’s money,” … Continue reading →






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Field trip with my colleagues to the Museum of American Finance

Posted on July 19, 2016 by admin

I spent this morning with three of my colleagues visiting the American Museum of Finance on Wall Street, down the street from the NYSE, the Trump building and a couple of blocks form the New York Fed.  Last week I … Continue reading →






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Debt is crushing the global economy

Posted on July 17, 2016 by admin

“Max Keiser Financial War Reports” Source: [KR940] Keiser Report: Gold & World’s Debt Problems | Max Keiser






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Gold is on a roll because real interest rates are negative

Posted on July 16, 2016 by admin

Gold is in the second major bull market since President Nixon severed the last link between the dollar and gold on August 1971.  With negative interest rates around the world and real interest rates negative, gold will boom, again. In … Continue reading →






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Greenspan does a 180

Posted on July 10, 2016 by admin

“Faking It   Under a gold standard, the amount of credit that an economy can support is determined by the economy’s tangible assets, since every credit instrument is ultimately a claim on some tan…” Source: Alan “Bubbles” Greenspan Returns to … Continue reading →






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Greenspan Warns A Crisis Is Imminent, Urges A Return To The Gold Standard

Posted on June 28, 2016 by admin

Greenspan is reverting to his 1966 analysis, Gold and Economic Freedom.   “We’re dealing now in very early days a crisis which has got a way to go.  If we went back on the gold standard and we adhered to … Continue reading →






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