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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.
In terms of economics, there isn’t much daylight at all between a tax-funded “private” contractor and a federal employee who works directly for a...
Either tariffs raise revenue from foreign imports or make imports expensive enough to protect domestic producers, not both. There is nothing magical about tariffs....
Despite the government‘s efforts to prop up real estate prices, the markets are having the last word. Commercial real estate is especially vulnerable to...