How secure are property rights if the police can take your stuff and keep it, citing no particular reason at all? Not very secure. This…
Year: 2012
Today I’m going to do something I don’t do enough. One of my favorite advisors, commentators and anarchists is Doug Casey. I can honestly say…
By Doug Casey L: Doug, I hear that a friend of yours, Indian activist Russell Means, has passed away. He was an unusual and interesting…
Isaac Newton, the father of classical mechanics and progenitor of nearly every technology we use today, was easily one of the top 10 most influential…
‘Tis the season to be jolly. But then there’s the TSA. No government agency inspires “Bah Humbug” like the Transportation Safety Administration. For those who…
A number of market analysts and gold-industry insiders are warning about a possible shortage of gold supply. Barrick CEO Jamie Sokalsky recently stated that since…
(Interviewed by Louis James, Editor, International Speculator) Dear Reader, Before we get to this week's conversation, I am very pleased to announce that Doug Casey…
Louis: Doug, after conversations like the one we had last week, we often get letters from angry readers who accuse you of hating America, disloyalty,…
by Jeff Clark Have you ever wondered what the typical Chinese gold investor thinks about our Western ideas of gold? We read month after month…
After a year or more of depressed prices, gold and silver stocks reversed with a vengeance. GDX (the ETF proxy for the Gold Miners Index)…
I’ve told you before about the Hard Assets Alliance – our preferred precious metals vendor –and more specifically about their SmartMetals™ program – a breakthrough…