Small Step Forward for Gold In Arizona
On February 4, 2015 Keith Weiner testified before the Arizona House Federalism and States’ Rights Committee in support of HB 2173. The bill would recognize gold and silver as legal tender and...
View ArticleWill “the 1%” Accept the Gold Standard?
Keith Weiner explains why the 1% wealth will not like the gold standard, they want to keep achieving trading profits caused by asset price inflation.
View ArticleAmerica Needs The Gold Standard More Than Ever
The United States needs the gold standard more than ever. The gold standard is neither barbaric nor impractical, and it is more urgently needed every day. This is because the standard of paper money is...
View ArticleWhy Did Both Silver and Gold Become Money?
Keith Weiner explains why gold and silver, two shiny metals, have become money. They fill different human needs, and evolved through different paths. Money solves a problem called the coincidence of...
View ArticleThe Gold Standard For Democrats
Keith Weiner describes how the Fed pushes down the interest rate and due to that, it drives up prices of food and rents. This implies that businesses are clearly priviliged against workers. The gold...
View ArticleArizona Governor Ducey Vetoes Gold
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have made Arizona the third state behind Utah and Oklahoma to recognize gold and silver as legal tender. This isn’t yet another in a long...
View ArticleWhat Good is the Texas Gold Depository?
You’re getting onto a highway. You want to go to your destination but there are roadblocks. The barriers are stacked up in layers. Even if one is removed, you still can’t get anywhere. So is it worth...
View ArticleJackson Hole: Cherry Flavored Cyanide, or Strawberry
The American Principles Project and the Atlas Network Sound Money Project, provided a much needed alternative in the Jackson Hole Summit.
View ArticleMonetary Innovation is the Path Forward
There is no shortage of sound money conferences. They’re regularly put on by think tanks, and dutifully attended by all the free market academics who can get travel budget. But I have a premonition....
View ArticleWill Gold Outperform Stocks?
Will stocks go up more, or will gold outperform? With the paperocentric theory, this is hard to answer. We have to estimate rates of inflation (meaning increases in the quantity of dollars) and...
View ArticleInterest on Gold Is the New Tempest in a Teapot
A company offers interest on gold, and the gold community goes ballistic. Why so visceral a response? To answer that, we need to look at the backdrop of today’s bizarre financial world.
View ArticleArizona Governor Ducey Vetoes Gold
Unpersuaded by either the plight of the pensioners or the prospect of business growth in Arizona, Ducey vetoed gold. This is his second time to shoot down gold.
View ArticleWhat Can Gold Do for Our Money?
One of the chief virtues of a gold standard is that it serves as a restraint on the growth of money and credit. It makes runaway government deficit spending and major monetary catastrophes such as...
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