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The Bulletin: November 21-27, 2024

The Bulletin: November 21-27, 2024 How Societal Collapse Can Save Humans From Mass Extinction Our Sixty Days of Nuclear Chicken Have Begun ZeroHedge Edit: Fort Knox, Egon Von Greyerz, and Zoltan Pozsar Doug Casey on the Looming Debt Crisis and What Lies Ahead – International Man Biden’s parting Ukrainian sacrifice – by Aaron Maté Trump’s […]

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July 11, Readings

July 11, Readings How El Niño And La Niña Are Affecting Weather Patterns | ZeroHedge The Nationwide 500,000 EV Charger Charade › American Greatness’ Will the BRICS Currency Use a Gold Standard? – MishTalk Doug Casey on Preparing for Coming Shortages – International Man House Report Reveals GARM’s Role in Stifling Online Discourse–Reclaim the Net […]

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Inflation is a Policy. Gold Does Not Reflect Monetary Destruction, Yet

Inflation is a Policy. Gold Does Not Reflect Monetary Destruction, Yet The money supply is rising again, and persistent inflation is not a surprise. Inflation occurs when the amount of currency increases significantly above private sector demand. For investors, the worst decision in this environment of monetary destruction is to invest in sovereign bonds and […]

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When in Rome

When in Rome Over its last one hundred years, the State steadily devalued the currency by 98% The high cost of government—particularly, growing entitlements and perpetual warfare, coupled with a diminished number of taxpayers, led the government to massive debt, to the point that it could not be repaid. Those citizens that were productive began […]

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Modern Currency Policy: Nations Compete, Citizens Suffer

Modern Currency Policy: Nations Compete, Citizens Suffer Below we consider how modern currency policy may not be so good for, well, the people… This is why gold inevitably enters the conversation, for unlike policy makers, this old pet rock garners more trust. Gold, of course, loves chaos, tanking currencies and cornered, debt-soaked nations, the numbers […]

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Doug Casey on the Death of Privacy… and What Comes Next

Doug Casey on the Death of Privacy… and What Comes Next International Man: In practically every country, the allowable limit for cash withdrawals and transactions continues to be lowered. Further, rampant currency debasement is lowering the real value of these ridiculous limits. Why are governments so intent on phasing out cash? What is really behind this […]

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BRICS Nations Developing “New Currency” as Quest for Global De-Dollarization Accelerates

BRICS Nations Developing “New Currency” as Quest for Global De-Dollarization Accelerates China and Brazil recently finalized a trade deal in their own currencies completely bypassing the dollar, but that’s not the only bad news for the world’s reserve currency. Last week, a Russian official announced that the BRICS nations are working to develop a “new currency,” […]

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Hyperinflationary Hell: Lebanese Central Bank Devalues ‘Lira’ By 90%

Hyperinflationary Hell: Lebanese Central Bank Devalues ‘Lira’ By 90% Cash is now king in Lebanon, where a three-year economic meltdown has led the country’s once-lauded financial sector to atrophy and turned the country into a Venezuelan-esque hyperinflationary hell. The country has been hit hard by events over the past few years, starting with COVID. In […]

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The Race to the Bottom Accelerates

The Race to the Bottom Accelerates When competence, transparency and accountability are all punished, the Race to the Bottom accelerates. Race to the Bottom describes the process of competitive devaluation, where value is gutted to remain competitive with those who are grabbing market share by stripping out quality, value, durability, transparency, accountability and competence. We see the global Race to […]

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Global South: Gold-backed currencies to replace the US dollar

Global South: Gold-backed currencies to replace the US dollar The adoption of commodity-backed currencies by the Global South could upend the US dollar’s dominance and level the playing field in international trade. Photo Credit: The Cradle Let’s start with three interconnected multipolar-driven facts. First: One of the key take aways from the World Economic Forum […]

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The evolution of credit and debt in 2023

The evolution of credit and debt in 2023 The evidence strongly suggests that a combined interest rate, economic and currency crisis for the US and its western alliance will continue in 2023. This article focuses on credit, its constraints, and why quantitative easing has already crowded out private sector activity. Adjusting M2 money supply for […]

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Winter in Central Europe and for the dollar

Winter in Central Europe and for the dollar In this article I examine the current state of the fight for hegemonic control between America on the one side, and Russia and China on the other. It is being fought on two fronts. Ukraine, the one in plain sight, is about to endure a winter without […]

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One Monetary Policy Fits All – Part II

One Monetary Policy Fits All – Part II In Part one of this series, Our Currency The World’s Problem, we discuss the vital role the U.S. dollar plays in the global economy. With an understanding of the dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency, it’s time to discuss how the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy machinations influence […]

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What You Need To Know About Physical Gold Supply And Demand

What You Need To Know About Physical Gold Supply And Demand Much of the confusion regarding the gold price has to do with gold’s dual nature, being both a currency and a commodity. This confusion is removed when you realize that in terms of supply and demand dynamics gold trades more like a currency than […]

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Designing a new currency is impractical

Designing a new currency is impractical Rising interest rates threaten to destabilise both financial asset values and the fiat currencies in which they are priced. This outcome is feared by the chattering classes who increasingly speculate about currency resets. So far, we have seen cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, plans for the introduction of central bank […]

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