Thoughts on Gov. Gary Johnson’s Huffington Post article: "Standing Still on a Down Escalator"
“Standing Still on a Down Escalator” is an excellent piece by the former Republican Governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson, on the 2012 US Presidential Election, on its issues and outcomes and what divided the Republicans and Democrats – and why he ended up as the Libertarian Party’s candidate....
Making the Case for Gold… (Romney & a new Gold Commission) #2
Seth Lipsky’s Wall Street Journal article “The Gold Standard Goes Mainstream” reports on the growing calls across the US for real and fundamental monetary reform, for the restoration of a metallic basis to money (a return of the Gold Standard), auditing the Federal Reserve, and the restriction of the...
Making the case for Gold… (and against central banks) #1
The Telegraph (31/08/12) carried an article by Andrew Trotman that reported Euro Pacific Capital’s chief, Peter Schiff, has predicted that the US will return to the Gold Standard within two years. Whilst a timetable of two years might be overly optimistic, the very fact that serious people in finance...