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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Don’t Trust the Frontmen
As the situation in both the Middle East and Japan continue to escalate the world of international finance staggers on, woozy and dazed. Brent crude is at $117 and WTI is at ‘only’ $106/barrel. After the initial jump in price … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Gold Standard, Inflation
Tagged Banking, By the Bankers For the Bankers, currency, deficit, Dollar Crash, gold, Race to the Bottom, Regulatory Capture
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The Day The Standards Died
We have spent a lot of time discussing the Gold standard and what it means to have the world reserve currency here at the Capital Research Institute. But today we want to look at something a little different, but just … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, General
Tagged accounting, AcSB, bailouts, Banking, By the Bankers For the Bankers, central banks, debt, economy, IFRS, mark-to-market, standards
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The King is Dead, Long Live the (new) King
What is happening right now in the world of finance can best be understood from the perspective of… succession planning? Thats right. What is underway right now has a lot in common with what used to happen every time a … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, General, Gold Standard
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The Gold Standard: Why Now?
A topic that is increasingly being discussed since the 2008 financial crash is that of a return to the Gold Standard. The world’s currencies were backed by gold until 1971 at which time the current fiat system was adopted. The … Continue reading
Posted in Gold Standard
Tagged bank failure, bank runs, Banking, CDIC, central banks, credit addition, credit growth, currency, debt, deposit insurance, Dollar Crash, FDIC, Federal Reserve, fiat currencies, gold money, gold standard, inflation, money, sound money, unemployment, US Treasuries
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