Bitcoin, Bit-by-Bit, Pitches Silicon Valley Against Washington As Our True Capital
byWashington, DC, is the capital of the United States. Yet Silicon Valley is the true capital of the America of the present and the…
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Rand Paul Draws Liberal Fire As The Left Discovers Its Inner Love Of The Fed, Part Two
bySen. Rand Paul is drawing liberal fire from many left wing commentators, now including Prof. Paul Krugman. Many of the criticisms are badly off…
Rand Paul Draws Liberal Fire As The Left Discovers Its Inner Love Of The Fed, Part One
byThe New Republic, in its February 8th issue, carries an article by Danny Vinik entitled Rand Paul Has the Most Dangerous Economic Views of…
A Salvo in the Battle for the Gold Standard
byI wrote what I thought was a fairly simple article for Forbes on Tuesday. I noticed that some people really got it, and they…
BITCOIN: THE MONETARY TOUCHSTONE
by[Editor’s Note: this piece, by John Butler from March 2014, is now very relevant again with legal authorities and central banks currently looking at…
Swiss National Bank policy and its implications for currencies, assets and central banking
bySwiss National Bank policy and its implications for currencies, assets and central banking The SNB unpegged from the Euro and sustained balance sheet losses,…
Europe’s Move In The Direction Of More Monetary Mischief
byThe European Central Bank has announced its intention to create out of thin air over one trillion new Euros from March 2015 to September…
Whatever it Takes
bySo, finally, the world’s most open conspiracy came to full fruition and Magic Mario actually got to do a little of ‘whatever it takes’…
More euro-tragedy
byDespite the uncertainties ahead of the Greek general election, the European Central Bank (ECB) went ahead and announced quantitative easing (QE) of €60bn per…
European Central Bank plan to unleash massive pumping is likely to further undermine the process of wealth generation
byThe European Central Bank (ECB) is planning to pump 1.1 trillion euro’s into the banking system to fend off price deflation and revive economic…