Banking crisis: The new bailout strategy (Part I)
The recent turmoil that has roiled the global banking sector has placed central bankers in an impossible position: Cut rates and avert a domino-style disaster in the industry ...
Modern Monetary Theory: Reality check
I’ve written extensively over the past years about the rise of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and all the terrible dangers it entailed from its very birth, not just for our economies, but for our...
Switzerland: Still a bright beacon of freedom
Switzerland’s long-standing and well-deserved reputation as one of the last bastions of individual and financial liberty has been recently vindicated and reaffirmed ...
Interview with Laurent Halmos
For most die-hard physical gold investors and students of history like myself and most of my readers and clients, technical analysis is often seen as a bit of a taboo, or at best something irrelevant...
The blame game (Part II)
As we know from every crisis in human history, and especially the more recent ones, the most important item on any politician's agenda ...
The death of the middle class is the death of civil society (Part I)
The middle class in the West has been shrinking for years, but after the covid crisis and especially after the inflation explosion, whatever was left of it is now basically under threat of extinction...
Interview with Jeff Deist (Part II)
“Markets and civil society are win-win institutions, government and politics are zero-sum.”...
Interview with Jeff Deist (Part I)
“Markets and civil society are win-win institutions, government and politics are zero-sum.”...
A grateful goodbye to 2022 - a hopeful hello to 2023
Even though what we saw during the height of the pandemic was shocking enough for most people, what we saw during 2022 ...
Gold outlook: What physical precious metals investors can expect 2023 and beyond
Throughout the better part of 2022 there has been one question that has consistently, and predictably, popped up in conversations with my friends, clients and readers...