4 March 2023 By Jon Wolfenbarger, mises.org: Over one hundred years ago, Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises discovered what causes the boom-bust business cycle. As Mises explained, the boom is caused by central and commercial banks creating money out of thin air. This lowers interest rates, which encourages businesses to borrow this newly created money to …
18 Jan 2023 By MISH, Mish Talk Here’s yet another idea on how to break US dollar hegemony. Can this one fly? CoinTelegraph reports Iran and Russia Want to Issue a New Stablecoin Backed by Gold The Central Bank of Iran is reportedly cooperating with the Russian government to jointly issue a new cryptocurrency backed by …
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22 August 2022 By Dean Arif, MY Bullion Trade Definition of Money Money is anything that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts. The main uses of money are as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value. Aristotle on good money Aristotle (384 …
30 July 2022 By Jeff Clark, Senior Analyst, GoldSilver.com Convinced a recession is here? Worried the stock market isn’t done crashing? It’s a distinct possibility things could get worse. Which raises a natural question: how does gold—and all precious metals for that matter—perform during these events? If we use history as a guide, there’s a …
21 March 2022 From Russia Briefing: US analysts had better have had their sums right in casting out Moscow when it comes to Russian global dominance in precious metals, diamonds, and rare earths, while the US dollar continues its decline against global gold reserves by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Back in early February, just prior to the …
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24 Feb 2022 By David Lin, kitco.com: Tensions continue to rise in Eastern Europe as Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed a “strong response” to the West if sanctions continue. Frank Holmes, CEO of U.S. global investors said that gold has historically performed well during political crises and sees the price climbing as much as 50% …
6 Nov 2021 By Patrick Barron, Mises Institute: 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 celebrated, of course. But no one can deny that government intervention into …
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24 Sep 2021 By John Detrixhe, Quartz: Central banks like the US Federal Reserve are printing more paper money than ever. But Cornell University economics professor Eswar Prasad, who published a new book on the future of money, thinks cash has outlived its usefulness. Prasad’s book, The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Currencies and …
28 June 2021 By Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service: Gold bugs are speculating about the impact of Basel III regulations set to take effect next month. European banks, minus those in the all-important London markets will soon be subject to Net Stable Funding requirements. The effect may be to reduce bank activities in the …
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4 June 2021 From RT.com: Russia’s sovereign wealth fund will take a punt on gold and slash $40 billion of US currency entirely out of its investment portfolio amid growing tensions with Washington, the country’s finance minister announced on Thursday. Anton Siluanov said that the National Wealth Fund would reduce its share of dollars to …
