Gold Standard Institute's blog

There's an interesting initiative on the Swiss ballot, which imposes a barrier to currency debasement. It's a heroic measure, but there's a flaw.

The dollar doesn't work; it is failing. Gold works well, but there's an even stronger argument for it.

But not how you think.

67 econonomists polled by Bloomberg predicted rising rates. Rates fell. Many predict rising rates now. Let's look into the wrong assumptions that lead to this prediction.

The fiat dollar harms us in many ways, but rising prices is the least of them. There is no limit to prices, but credit abuse can only continue so long, before the dollar fails.

Carmen Segarra said, “I come from the world of legal and compliance, we deal with hard evidence. It’s like, we don’t deal with, you know, perceptions.”

How ironic. Segarra worked at the Fed.

The ECB again cut the interest rates it controls, deeper into negative territory. It says it’s trying to nudge prices higher, but it’s actually feeding the cancer of falling interest.

There is confusion over what legal tender law does. It doesn't force merchants to accept dollars under threat of imprisonment. It attacks lender, by granting debtors a right to repay in dollars.

Government spending is out of control. But even if voters and politicians wanted to stop, they couldn't. The root of the problem is a flaw in the nature of the dollar.

I normally write about gold and economics, but Edward Snowden has brought to the attention of America—and the whole world—a different issue.

The rate on the 10-year Treasury bond has risen dramatically. Is it priced in to stocks? Does it mean recovery, at last?

Are we at the beginning of a new cycle of rising interest and rising prices? No, and here's why.

The end. The dollar collapsing into zero interest is like a spacecraft crashing into a black hole. The singularity's pull is irresistable.

A look the end of the rising cycle and the start of the falling cycle, including its dynamics and capital destruction. How does the central bank respond?

What happens if the central bank pushes the rate of interest below the marginal time preference? A destructive dynamic is set in motion...