Well, here’s an interesting historical repeat. Apparently, it took the Roman Empire about 200 years to reduce the value of its currency, the silver Denarius, by 95%. As shown in the chart below, the silver content of the Roman currency had been nearly 100% at the peak of the Empire in 65 AD, but by 268 AD the coin had been clipped and debased so thoroughly that it was comprised of less than 5% silver. Continue reading
Cryptocurrency, which has exploded in popularity in recent years, is digital ‘money’ which lies beyond the control of central banks and governments.
As I am sure you are aware, we have entered tumultuous times. In this article we are going to consider the Big Picture and what it means to us as investors.
I’m not much into the economic area. It’s far from being my long suit. But I caught an item on the news this morning that grabbed my attention. It talked about how, in our present day, most young couples cannot afford to buy a home. With Biden’s inflationary policies running amok the American dream of owning your own home and setting roots down in your own community is now “out of reach.” I noted, awhile back, another news item I saw about how most young folks in the 25 year old age bracket are still living with their parents instead of getting out on their own. It’s lots cheaper. 
The magazine was DISCOVER, October 1998.
I have written to you more times than I can count about how the US government’s own budget officials forecast a $20 trillion increase in national debt over the next ten years.
The historical embodiment of monetary freedom is the gold standard. The era of its greatest flourishing was not coincidentally the 19th century, the century in which classical liberal ideology reigned, a century of unprecedented material progress and peaceful relations between nations. Unfortunately, the monetary freedom represented by the gold standard, along with many other freedoms of the classical liberal era, was brought to a calamitous end by World War I. 
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