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Written by Steve Hanke
- Globe Asia |
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Thursday, June 21, 2012 |
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During the 1992 presidential campaign, former President Clinton's rallying cry was "It's the Economy, Stupid." He sang it to perfection and won the election. Today, the smart politicians (and economists) should realize that "It's the Money Supply, Stupid." One doesn't have to delve deeply into the mysteries of money to realize that money matters. But, you wouldn't know it from reading the deluge of polemics on whether a fiscal stimulus is, or is not, the proper prescription for most of the world's economies. Most Read more |
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Written by Will Bancroft
- The Real Asset Co |
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 |
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In this article about sound money, gold and silver, Will Bancroft takes a look at the current financial crisis and an issue that receives very little media air-time. We see how money backed by gold and silver bullion, weights or measures, is not just better money but also more conducive to liberty and social progress. Read on to learn how our current financial crisis is at heart a monetary issue.
There is much debate in the mainstream today about the apparent reasons for the on-going financial crisis. Unfortunately, Read more |
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Written by Buttonwood
- The Economist |
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 |
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TRAVELLING round America one can only be struck by the vibrancy of the media market. Yes, we can all shudder at the wilder shockjocking, but there seems to be plenty of intelligent programming around if you know where to find it. Last night, I found myself on the talk show of the venerable Milt Rosenberg in Chicago, together with Ann Lee, an academic, who has rather bravely launched a book called What the US can learn from China, calling for a less hostile approach towards the rising Asian power. It was a 2 hour Read more |
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Monday, November 28, 2011 |
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Venezuela has received its first shipment of gold bars, after President Hugo Chavez ordered the repatriation of 85% of the country's bullion reserves.
The gold was unloaded from a plane and taken under heavy guard to the Central Bank in the capital, Caracas.
President Chavez has explained the move as an act of sovereignty that will protect Venezuela's reserves from global economic turbulence.
However critics say it is expensive and unnecessary.
Venezuela plans to bring home around 160 tonnes of gold, worth more Read more |
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Written by Kevin Carmichael, Brenda Bouw
- The Globe and Mail |
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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Central banks are once again major buyers of gold, a dramatic shift that will buoy prices at their elevated levels and sow doubt about the future of an international monetary system based on the U.S. dollar.
Official net purchases of gold exploded in the third quarter, totalling 148.8 tonnes, more than double the entire amount of government buying in 2010, the World Gold Council, a London-based industry association, said in new report Thursday.
The surge is startling because until last year, central banks had been Read more |
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