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Boy, Mike Maloney had no idea what was to come. In this first section of chapter seven, he talks...
Dot-Bomb
Back in the late 1990s, a very strange thing was happening. I remember it well. I had...
I can remember my mother telling me about monetary inflation during the 1970s and 1980s. My...
Have you ever noticed how things in the economy seem to move with a sort of mass agreement by...
What have been the greatest drivers of gold price increases throughout history? I'll tell you...
Something odd occurred on August 15, 1971. That was the day President Richard Nixon moved the...
The 1960s were a tough time for governmental borrowing and gold prices. When the Vietnam War...
If you ask any grandparent out there what saved the United States from the Great Depression...
Can you imagine a situation where you agreed to work for $10 per hour and then went off to buy...
Imagine this: you own a bunch of gold coins. Perhaps your father or grandfather gave them to...
If there was ever a perfect example of how bank runs can exacerbate deflation, the Great...
It's really not a complex concept. If we compare the national or global economies to a very...
Have you ever thought about what a credit economy is? I'm currently reading "The Rise of Credit...
We all know that wars cost a lot of money, but what we all don't know is how that money is...
The Federal Reserve is an extremely interesting bank. It's a fascinating organization that does...
I've always been fascinated by certain aspects of history. No, not the boring parts, but the...
In this post, I'll give you an outline of how currencies collapse and how that outline pertains...
I read a book once about the Weimar Republic and its hyperinflation mess. Well, I guess I...
Here's something to think about and is certainly appropriate for today. Back in October of 2006...
After you read this story, you'll be scratching your head in wonder of how people get away with...