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Retaining a Semblance of Sanity in the Asylum

21st November 2022 Emile Woolf 0

Every time I start this essay I find the political background has shifted so dramatically that I have to start again. Only Ollie’s complaint to Stan seems to be an apt constant: “another fine mess [more…]

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Sound Money Can Prevent What Representative Democracy Does Not

17th August 2022 Patrick Barron 0

One of the arrogances of “Western” nations is that our way of life and our liberties are protected by periodic elections as required by constitutions, written (America) or not (Great Britain), containing bills of rights, [more…]

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Gold: A use case for the modern era, Part Two

10th May 2022 Going Postal 0

The big picture here is clear and it is essential to understand that it represents a very significant paradigm shift. Whether it is online or offline, whether it is through a mobile app, an exchange [more…]

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Gold: A use case for the modern era, Part One

4th May 2022 Going Postal 0

For decades, physical gold investors have had to contend with superficial, naive and wholly ahistorical “arguments” from the mainstream financial press, from economists and experts of all stripes, claiming that gold is nothing but a [more…]

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Russia’s “gold peg”: Lessons for Western investors

20th April 2022 Going Postal 0

It is undeniable that the ongoing crisis in Ukraine has polarized Western societies to an extent unseen in decades in any other foreign conflict. For over a month, we have been bombarded unceasingly by all [more…]

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How Bad Is Currency Debasement of the Dollar?

4th April 2022 Patrick Barron 0

Well, currency debasement is pretty bad, as a few key statistics will reveal, but first some background. At the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 the US agreed that it would redeem dollars for gold at [more…]

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Sound Money Is a Pre-requisite to Peace, Prosperity, and Freedom

25th October 2021 Patrick Barron 0

There are many good recommendations promoted by Austrian school economists for improving the  economy. Although we enjoy successes periodically, most–such as deregulating trucking and airline pricing–involve eliminating previous government interventions. These successes are to be [more…]

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