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Economics

Cantillon effect: Who’s paying the highest price?

11th April 2022 Going Postal 0

Every time we hear government officials announce their big spending plans, their new welfare programs and their ambitious “job creating” schemes, they always present them as being in defense of the poorest and the most marginalized [more…]

Economics

Is gold too expensive?

23rd March 2022 Going Postal 0

Over the last couple of years we witnessed quite an extraordinary ride in gold prices. An impressive ascent until the last quarter of 2020 was followed by a pullback that scared many speculators away, which [more…]

America

“Some things never change like weather patterns, famines and wars, whilst others change rapidly through technology and human greed”

23rd February 2022 Going Postal 0

Claudio Grass (CG): Taken together, the moves by Russia and China, especially on the monetary front, with their plans of a gold-backed digital currency, appear to pose a direct challenge to the status quo and [more…]

America

“Some things never change like weather patterns, famines and wars, whilst others change rapidly through technology and human greed”

21st February 2022 Going Postal 0

As my friends and clients know very well, but also anyone who has read any of my writings before, I always held that understanding history and geopolitics is one of the most important elements of [more…]

Economics

Missing the forest for the tree

31st January 2022 Going Postal 0

Over the second half of January, we witnessed a fresh wave of volatility in equity markets, culminating in a pullback that caused widespread concern and endless headlines in the mainstream financial press. There was speculation [more…]

Arts

Planet Lockdown Film is coming on Jan 15th!

13th January 2022 Going Postal 0

Short Trailer to the international documentary PLANET LOCKDOWN. WHERE ARE WE? Full release in multiple languages January 15th: PlanetLockdownFilm.com Subscribe to the email list for updates on the film and interviews: https://planetlockdownfilm.com/lists/?p=subscribe Watch more full [more…]

Economics

The rise of the Anti-Work movement

21st December 2021 Going Postal 0

Campaigns to improve working conditions, union-led protests, strikes for better wages and tensions between workers and employers have always been part of our social, political and economic reality and are really nothing new. After all, [more…]

Economics

Government interventions and the Cobra effect – Part II

9th December 2021 Going Postal 0

Unsound money, unsound society  Of course, one of the most important and consequential parts of the incredibly complex organism that is the economy is money itself. It is its lifeblood and as the song goes, “it [more…]

Economics

Government interventions and the Cobra effect – Part I

1st December 2021 Going Postal 0

Almost two decades ago, German economist Horst Siebert coined the term the “Cobra effect” to describe the real-world consequences of “well-intentioned” government interventions that go awry and produce the exact opposite results from what they aim for. [more…]

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