Since 9/11 the Fed has been injecting significant liquidity into the market, driving down interest rates and the dollar. Both increase commodities as an attractive asset, partly because most commodities are traded in US dollars. [...]
What if they’re all Wrong?
What if they're all Wrong? The Fed and government's actions supposedly put us back on the course to prosperity. The only economists to predict the financial crisis say they are wrong. Meanwhile, India just purchased 200 tonnes of gold. [...]
Peak oil? Not.
The ongoing message is that we're running out of oil, and that it's dirty, and scary and bad for the environment. Never mind that our air is some 70% cleaner than it was say, 30 years ago. [...]
Globalization or Isolation
Let's say you live in Chicago. And I tell you that you can not buy anything from anyone who didn't go to your high school. What kind of life do you think you'd have, compared to the one you have now? What about if you could just buy things from Chicagoans, or better yet, people who live in Illinois? What kind of life would you have now? But wouldn't you prefer to be able to buy things from all over the world? [...]
