A 10% correction in gold is a good thing

March 20, 2008 Economics, Precious Metals | Leave a Comment

Everybody knows a parabolic rise leads to a parabolic decline, the occasional correction is welcome because it helps prevent unreasonable growth and often presents a valuable buying opportunity. The gold chart is replete with 5% and 10% corrections that are quickly erased a few weeks later.

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Bushville grows outside Los Angeles

March 16, 2008 Economic Collapse, Videos | Leave a Comment

Hooverville.

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The Great NAFTA Debate

March 16, 2008 Freedom, Videos | 1 Comment

In 1993, Al Gore and Ross Perot sat next to each other for 90 minutes to discuss the controversial NAFTA “free” trade agreement.

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Sub-prime mortgage blues

March 15, 2008 Funny, Videos | Leave a Comment

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(via Greg Mankiw’s blog)

Bernanke steals $666 from every American

March 14, 2008 Economics, Federal Reserve | 6 Comments

When money has no intrinsic value, its worth can only be measured in what people are willing to trade in exchange for the money. Therefore, the total value of all money in circulation can not increase unless the total supply of goods and services which define their value does as well. When the amount of money in circulation increases at a rate disproportionate to production and productivity gains, prices are slowly bid up by more dollars chasing fewer goods. The new dollars are able to buy existing goods, but they only have value because they steal a tiny bit of it from each dollar already in circulation.

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Interest rates going over 20% – Jim Rogers

March 14, 2008 Trends, Videos | 1 Comment

There’s nothing to add, I’ll just let Jim speak for himself.

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How we got here

March 13, 2008 Economic Collapse, Videos | Leave a Comment

Peter Schiff is mocked by Arthur Laffer for being right. This 2006 interview clearly demonstrates how establishment economists blindly led the world to this crisis. Outsourcing monetary policy? Really, Arthur?

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Israel’s last chance

March 12, 2008 Freedom, Politics | Leave a Comment

The war of 1973 was completely avoidable, but stubborn arrogance and a lack of imagination in Tel Aviv made it inevitable. The terms agreed upon between the two primary belligerents in the late 70′s were offered in the early 70′s but rejected by Israel, just as they have recently rejected the Saudi led Arab peace plan.

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Nouriel Roubini testifies before Congress

March 12, 2008 Economic Collapse, Videos | Leave a Comment

Anybody who complains about too many opinions and too few numbers, take notes.

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Will the European Union survive?

March 11, 2008 Trends, Videos | Leave a Comment

This discussion between Jim Rogers, Marc Faber and Unilever chairman Antony Burgmans from 2004 explores the viability of Europe’s newest empire. The introduction is Dutch (I think), but the rest of the video is in English. It’s always helpful to analyze your favorite economists’ track records.

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