Tag: gold standard

 

Operation Meltdown, Part II: Hoarding for War, Vaulting for Victory

Published on September 8, 2008

“Governments and their central bank agencies set the price — and thus value — of what we now use to buy and sell, invest and spend. And since this control over money rests with politicians and bureaucrats, it’s worth noting how the surge in nationalized gold reserves coincided precisely with the surge in nationalist politics, [...]

Oil Is the New Gold Standard

Published on June 17, 2008

“The Fed can no longer cheat with the money supply and get away with it. There is a new gold standard and it’s called ‘oil.’” — Byron King, Whiskey and Gunpowder
by Byron King
Baltimore – (TFN): Oil has become the “anti-dollar” of modern times. Oil is now serving as the [...]

Ron Paul: Small-town ideals for the global economy

Published on January 27, 2008

"At the core of Ron Paul's economic program are purist libertarian considerations that I find quite endorsable at least in principle." — J. Christoph Amberger

by J. Christoph Amberger 
Baltimore — (TFN): Ideals and reality — in every campaign year, the candidates lay on the first with the same dainty touch as the late Tammy Faye [...]