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The “Barbarous Relic” Helped Enable a World More Civilized than Today’s
The “Barbarous Relic” Helped Enable a World More Civilized than Today’s One of history’s greatest ironies is that gold detractors refer to the metal as the barbarous relic. In fact, the abandonment of gold has put civilization as we know it at risk of extinction. The gold coin standard that had served Western economies so […]
#238. Money and the end of abundance
#238. Money and the end of abundance A FINANCIAL CRISIS PRIMER Amongst the world’s decision-makers, French president Emmanuel Macron has come closer than anyone to spelling out the reality of the current economic situation, saying that “we are in the process of living through a tipping point or great upheaval”, and referencing “the end of abundance” (my emphasis). […]
The Most Valuable Form of Money Nobody’s Seen–Yet
The Most Valuable Form of Money Nobody’s Seen–Yet What is “money”? “Money” is a claim on the essentials of life. Ration cards are claims on essentials. Many people expect “money” will soon be tied to commodities. Agreed. It’s called a ration card that grants the holder the right to buy a specific quantity of essential goods at […]
#231. Short and sharp
#231. Short and sharp A SYNOPSIS OF DETERIORATION AND RISK Might we very soon face a major financial crisis, at a scale exceeding that of 2008-09? Are we heading for a global economic slump, or can current problems be explained away in terms of ‘non-recurring events’, such as the war in Ukraine? Do the authorities have […]
Running on Empty, Part II
Running on Empty, Part II How the Petrodollar Poisoned Foreign Policy with Financial Profiteering Welcome to Part II of Running on Empty, my three-part analysis of the Petrodollar system. Part I of this series explained what the petrodollar system is, how it came to be, and what its financial effects have been on the United States. In Part […]
Gold As Cheap Today As In 1971 At $35
GOLD AS CHEAP TODAY AS IN 1971 AT $35 “Specie (gold and silver coin) is the most perfect medium because it will preserve its own level, because having intrinsic and universal value, it can never die in our hands, and it is the surest resource of reliance in time of war.” – Thomas Jefferson Since no […]
Ukraine war: World Bank warns of ‘human catastrophe’ food crisis
Ukraine war: World Bank warns of ‘human catastrophe’ food crisis IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES The world faces a “human catastrophe” from a food crisis arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, World Bank president David Malpass has said. He told the BBC that record rises in food prices would push hundreds of millions people into poverty and […]
#225. Gravitational pull
#225. Gravitational pull MANAGING THE REALITY OF ‘LIFE AFTER ORTHODOXY’ A new ‘heavenly body’ has entered the cosmology of political and corporate decision. This new influence is the emerging reality that the economy is turning out, after all, to be an energy system, and that long-accepted ideas to the contrary are fallacious. The concept of limits is […]
What War in Ukraine Means for Energy and Money
What War in Ukraine Means for Energy and Money
The Ins and Outs of Whose Money is it Anyway?
The Ins and Outs of Whose Money is it Anyway? “Inside, Outside…. Leave me alone! Inside, Outside … Nowhere is home! Inside, Outside … Where have I been? Out of my brain on the 5:15…” — The Who There’s been a massive reaction to Credit Suisse analyst Zoltan Poszar’s note about the birth of a new Bretton Woods […]
What War in Ukraine Means for Energy and Money
What War in Ukraine Means for Energy and Money
Here’s Why Our Monetary System is a Giant Ponzi Scheme
Here’s Why Our Monetary System is a Giant Ponzi Scheme Ponzi schemes keep going until the perpetrator is stopped from the outside. They never stop by of their own volition. Bernie Madoff kept going until it all blew up. In the year 2000 the Nasdaq composite exceeded a P/E of 200 before collapsing 78% by […]
Inflation Lowered By Investment In “Intangible Goods”
Inflation Lowered By Investment In “Intangible Goods” Inflation ahead will be contained in certain sectors of the economy. How much inflation we see is still up in the air. From a Main Street perspective, people and businesses are saying that inflation is here to stay and is not a short-lived or transient issue. Still, it […]
Inflation Is The Kryptonite That Will End Our Decades-Long Monetary Policy Ponzi Scheme
Inflation Is The Kryptonite That Will End Our Decades-Long Monetary Policy Ponzi Scheme “It means buckle your seatbelt Dorothy, because Kansas is going bye-bye.” The linchpin that allows the world’s nefarious central banking model to be so effective is that the commonfolk – the plumber, the electrician, the teacher, the bartender, bus driver or barber […]
Ending Fiat Money Won’t Destroy the State
Ending Fiat Money Won’t Destroy the State A certain meme has become popular among advocates of both gold and cryptocurrencies. This is the “Fix the money, fix the world” meme. This slogan is based on the idea that by switching to some commodity money—be it crypto or metal—and abandoning fiat currency, the world will improve […]
