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Mark Thornton digs into the gold-silver ratio—its wild swings, its history, and what it might mean for investors and the world at large.
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Mark Thornton digs into the gold-silver ratio—its wild swings, its history, and what it might mean for investors and the world at large.
Amtrak is always on the verge of reviving intercity rail traffic in the US, or at least that is what politicians want us to...
William Nordhaus coined the term “Political Business Cycle” a half-century ago. The idea was that government authorities, particularly the central bank, would manipulate the...
The blackout in Spain was not caused by a cyberattack but by the worst possible attack—that of politicians against their own citizens.
Twenty-six years ago, the debate was over whether or not the target inflation rate should be raised from zero to 2 percent. Now we’re...
The Pilgrims tried socialism at Plymouth. After two years, they returned to private enterprise. Likewise, Israel was founded as a socialist state but has back turned toward...