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GOLD – A Valuable Thing to Store!

January 18, 2008 ~ Gold is a valuable thing to store. However, it is not a store of value. Gold has intrinsic properties that make it valuable. However, it does not have intrinsic value. I mention this, because, at some … Continue reading

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The Federal Reserve: 100 Years Of Boom And Bust

December 11, 2013 ~ “If we evaluate an organization’s performance by what it promised when it was created, the Federal Reserve has clearly failed the American people,” is how Murray Sabrin concludes this documentary on the first 100 years of … Continue reading

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The Death of the US Dollar

The homes did not become more expensive – your work, efforts, talents and the US dollar became WORTHLESS! 1934 Christmas Catalog from Montgomery Ward.

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Bulls, Bears and PIGS

Artist: MiMo – Wall Street New York – 2015

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Why Base Your Money On Gold? A Simple Answer For First-Timers

November 15, 2017 ~ The United States embraced the principle of a gold standard – a dollar whose value was linked to a defined quantity of gold – from 1789 to 1971, a stretch of 182 years. During this time, … Continue reading

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Even the Government Will Violate You…

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The Moneychangers

Christ Purging the Temple And the Jews’ Passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:  And when he had … Continue reading

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Hickman: Freedom is Like Inflation ~ You Lose 2-3% Every Year

My grandfather was born on April 19, 1915 in a dirty, one-room shack in the town of Bonham, Texas. Given the era, they had no electricity and no running water. And the family considered themselves fortunate that both mother and … Continue reading

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Snyder: They Are Accusing Trump Of “Manufacturing” A Recession, But What Is Really Going On?

Is it just a coincidence that a large number of talking heads in the corporate media have all suddenly decided to start blaming Donald Trump for causing a “recession”? During the four years of the Biden administration those same voices … Continue reading

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Forgotten Anniversary: One Hundred Years of Legal Tender

NOTE: Below has been edited from an Address by Antal E. Fekete, Professor of Money and Banking, San Francisco School of Economics at a Fund-Raising Dinner for the benefit of the Ficino School, Auckland, New Zealand, October 28, 2009. ~ … Continue reading

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