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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 […]
The Inflation Crisis Is Worse Than Admitted – Will Interest Rates Go To Record Highs?
The Inflation Crisis Is Worse Than Admitted – Will Interest Rates Go To Record Highs? Inflation is not a new problem in the US; there has been a steady expansion of price inflation and a devaluation of the dollar ever since the Federal Reserve was officially made operational in 1916. This inflation is easily observed […]
After the Gold Standard, Government Grew While the Dollar Shrank
After the Gold Standard, Government Grew While the Dollar Shrank Public-domain image via Picryl.com Why ending the gold standard led to a bigger government and a smaller dollar As The Hill’s Robert P. Murphy notes, most Americans associate the end of the gold standard and the ensuing dollar erosion with Nixon and his 1971 decision to […]
The dollar’s debt trap
The dollar’s debt trap On the fiftieth anniversary of the Nixon Shock, this article explains why fiat currencies have become joined at the hip to financial asset values. And why with increasing inevitability they are about to descend into the next financial crisis together. I start by defining the currencies we use as money and […]
Is High Inflation Now A Bigger Danger Than A Deflationary Crash?
Is High Inflation Now A Bigger Danger Than A Deflationary Crash? What’s the more likely event at this point: a deflationary crash or runaway inflation? For a long time, Peak Prosperity co-founder Adam Taggart and I have hewed to the “Ka-POOM!” theory, which states that a major deflation will scare the central banks so badly […]
Europe Has Been Preparing a Global Gold Standard Since the 1970s
Europe Has Been Preparing a Global Gold Standard Since the 1970s Research reveals that European central banks have prepared a new international gold standard. Since the 1970s, policies that paved the way for an equitable and durable monetary system have gradually been implemented. In my view, the current fiat international monetary system is ending—unconventional monetary […]
The Great Government Gold Heist of 1933
The Great Government Gold Heist of 1933 Yesterday marked the anniversary of the great government gold heist of 1933 ordered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. On April 5, 1933, the president signed Executive Order 6102. It was touted as a measure to stop gold hoarding, but it was in reality, a massive gold confiscation scheme. […]
Red Gold: China’s Stealth Plan to Use Gold for World Domination
Red Gold: China’s Stealth Plan to Use Gold for World Domination Gold used to be important. During and after World War II, every major developed country amassed as much physical gold as they could. It stabilized currencies and signaled independence. But with the end of the gold standard in 1971, most countries began to sell […]
The Ethics of a Gold Standard
The Ethics of a Gold Standard The efficacy of a metallic monetary system is beyond dispute at least among real economists which eliminates just about 95% of whom are now engaged in the “profession.” Money, which gold is, allows for specialization, the division of labor, and provides the means for mankind to escape from barter and, […]
Could The U.S Be Gearing Up To a Return to the Gold Standard?
Could The U.S Be Gearing Up To a Return to the Gold Standard? There may be readers who weren’t even born when the U.S. still had a gold-backed dollar. Since the gold standard was abolished in 1971, the value of the dollar has decreased annually by 3.96 percent. You would need over $600 today to […]
The return to a gold exchange standard
The return to a gold exchange standard This article makes the obvious point that a return to a gold standard is the only way nations can contain the interest cost of servicing debt, given the alternative is inflationist policies that can only lead to far higher interest rates and currency destruction. The topic is timely, […]
