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The Cyberattacks Are to Force the End of Paper Money

The Cyberattacks Are to Force the End of Paper Money I find it interesting how nobody seems to distinguish between a digital currency and blockchain cryptocurrency. The former is not traceable other than that transaction. To eliminate cybercriminals, the World Economic Forum is pushing ending paper money and moving to cryptocurrencies – not digital. With […]

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“Panicking” Central Banks to Power Gold Higher

“Panicking” Central Banks to Power Gold Higher This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Institutions will be the drivers of gold demand, Ray Dalio issues warning about the greenback, and silver believers could soon be rewarded. Institutional demand will power gold prices […]

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Governments Have Crippled the World’s Economies. Revolution May Soon Follow.

GOVERNMENTS HAVE CRIPPLED THE WORLD’S ECONOMIES. REVOLUTION MAY SOON FOLLOW. The world seems to be on fire. A couple of months ago, the economic upswing was still firmly established, production expanded, and unemployment was declining. It all changed with the advent of the coronavirus or, to be precise: things turned really sour with the politically […]

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Gold’s long-term gains have even outperformed Warren Buffett…

Gold’s long-term gains have even outperformed Warren Buffett… Warren Buffett, despite his extraordinary investment success, has a rather famous and long-standing love/hate relationship with precious metals. Maybe it started with his dad– Congressman Howard Buffett of Nebraska– who, as a staunch advocate for the gold standard, argued to his colleagues on Capitol Hill that “paper […]

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A Sign of Things to Come: China Adds 1,853 Metric Tonnes to “Official” Gold Reserves

A Sign of Things to Come: China Adds 1,853 Metric Tonnes to “Official” Gold Reserves While Western governments continue to ravage each other viciously, seemingly unable to come to terms on even the simplest of agendas, the East, led predominately by the financial juggernaut that is China, continues to chug along, slowly but surely carrying […]

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Retailers Rejecting Customers’ Cash As More Ban Paper Money

Retailers Rejecting Customers’ Cash As More Ban Paper Money “Your cash is not wanted here”, a growing number of retailers and restaurants throughout the US and UK are telling customers. But are reasons being given by companies for the new “cashless” approach — speed, efficiency, and the safety of store employees — valid enough to require something as utterly and […]

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Story of a Gold Coin

Story of a Gold Coin Here’s a true story of one gold coin, a 50 Pesos gold coin like that pictured above. Earlier this month, my friend Hugo Salinas Price emailed an interesting story about a single gold coin that that he still holds dearly. Story of a Gold Coin by Hugo Salinas Price As […]

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The Big Picture: Paper Money vs. Gold

The Big Picture: Paper Money vs. Gold Numbers from Bizarro-World The past few months have been really challenging for anyone invested in gold or silver; for me personally as well. Despite serious warning signs in the economy, staggering debt levels and a multitude of significant geopolitical threats at play, the rally in risk assets seemed […]

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2019 Outlook: The State of Sound Money in the United States

2019 Outlook: The State of Sound Money in the United States The Great Recession, coupled with the “Ron Paul Revolution,” prompted a renaissance of the sound money movement in the United States. As Germany, Russia, and China — to name a few — continue to increase their gold holdings, the hegemonic power of Federal Reserve […]

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The Art of Defaulting

The Art of Defaulting … the debt-financed overspending of the 1960s had continued into the early 1970s. The Fed had funded this spending with easy-credit policies, but by paying back its debts with depreciated paper money instead of gold-backed dollars, the U.S. effectively defaulted. Ray Dalio Principles for navigating big debt crises Ray Dalio of […]

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You Can’t Eat Gold 

You Can’t Eat Gold  “You can’t eat gold.” The enemies of gold often unleash this little zinger, as if it dismisses the idea of owning gold and indeed the whole gold standard. It is a fact, you cannot eat gold. However, it dismisses nothing. This gives us an idea. Let’s tie three facts together. One, […]

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The Gold Standard: Protector of Individual Liberty and Economic Prosperity

The Gold Standard: Protector of Individual Liberty and Economic Prosperity A Piece of Paper Alone Cannot Secure Liberty The idea of a constitution and/or written legislation to secure individual rights so beloved by conservatives and among many libertarians has proven to be a myth. The US Constitution and all those that have been written and […]

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Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value – zero

Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value – zero In socialist Venezuela, the price of a cup of coffee has doubled every few weeks. The annual inflation rate could hit 1,000,000 percent by years end. People can no longer afford food, but that’s okay because there isn’t any food to be found. South America’s […]

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Mexico’s Central Bank Just Broke with the War on Cash

Mexico’s Central Bank Just Broke with the War on Cash Motivated by inflation? A strange thing just happened in Mexico. The Bank of Mexico (Banxico), announced that it is considering launching a 2,000 peso note (ca. $105), double the highest denomination note currently in circulation. It’s also considering doing away with Mexico’s lowest denomination 20 […]

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What Causes the Acceptance of Paper Money?

WHAT CAUSES THE ACCEPTANCE OF PAPER MONEY? Demand for a good arises because of its perceived benefit. For instance, people demand food because of the nourishment it offers them. This is however not so, with regard to the pieces of paper we call money – why do we accept them? Following the view of Plato […]

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